The Norwegian flag was raised in Uganda in 2005 KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Norway has officially closed its embassy in Uganda, marking the end of 19 years of diplomatic presence in the east African country. The embassy posted on its official handle on X, formerly Twitter, Friday, saying that the …
Read More »Ukraine opens embassy in Cote d’Ivoire
ABIDJAN | Xinhua | Ukraine on Thursday inaugurated an embassy in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, in an attempt to expand its diplomatic presence in Africa. “The opening of the embassy in Cote d’Ivoire, a country rightly considered one of the leaders in the West African region, is explained above all by …
Read More »Danish Embassy insists on new Ugandan passport
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Danish Embassy in Kampala insisted that holders of the new Ugandan new polycarbonate passports will not receive Visa approvals until the verification process is done. Only holders of the older version which Ugandan authorities stopped issuing in 2019 are the ones being considered for …
Read More »French Embassy invests in Uganda’s creative future
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Embassy of France in Uganda contributed Shs180 million to support young Ugandan content creators in the design and production of digital media. This was through a partnership with the Media Challenge Initiative (MCI), a nonprofit youth media development organization. The initiative, titled “Supporting Young …
Read More »U.S. Embassy equips women with business skills
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 5th cohort of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship (AWE) Program has successfully graduated 85 women entrepreneurs from Kampala, Lira, and Arua covering sectors of building, agriculture, education, health, and technology businesses and tourism courtesy of the US Embassy and SHONA. The U.S. Embassy Department of …
Read More »China protests arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada, urges release: embassy
Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Beijing on Wednesday protested the arrest in Canada of Chinese national Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of global telecommunications giant Huawei, and urged her immediate release as she faces extradition to the United States. “At the request of the US side, the Canadian side …
Read More »Palestinians say Trump told Abbas of ‘intention to move’ embassy to Jerusalem
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories | AFP | US President Donald Trump told Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in a phone call Tuesday that he intends to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Abbas’s office said. Trump “informed the president (Abbas) on his intention to move the US embassy from Tel …
Read More »How fake US embassy in Ghana issued visas for 10 years
Washington, United States | AFP | Fraudsters posing as consular officers operated a fake American embassy in the Ghanaian capital Accra for about a decade and printed counterfeit visas, a US official said Monday. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said no one was believed to have entered the United …
Read More »Man shot dead after stabbing officer outside US embassy in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | A man was shot and killed by Kenyan police outside the US embassy in the capital Nairobi on Thursday after stabbing an officer with a knife, police said. “The man was shot after stabbing a GSU officer in the hand and left him with injuries,” …
Read More »Uganda Opens Embassy in Mogadishu
By Julius Odeke The State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem also MP for Chua County in Kitgum district says the new envoy to the war-torn country; Prof. Sam Turyamuhika arrives in Mogadishu any time from now. He says, “Turyamuhika will be deputized by Maj Gen Nathan Mugisha, formerly …
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