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Petersburg, Russia | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni Thursday evening held bilateral talks with his host President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. President Museveni outlined areas of cooperation that included Oil exploration, nuclear power energy, fertilisers, electric batteries, and Space science that …

  Istanbul, Turkey, | Xinhua  | Turkey will support Sweden’s joining NATO if the European Union (EU) revived membership talks with Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “First, let’s pave the way for Türkiye in the EU, then let’s pave the way for Sweden, just as the case …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | The Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have promised to protect civilians and achieve a short-term ceasefire to facilitate emergency humanitarian assistance, as they signed the Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan. In response to various parties’ concern over …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | A section of Christians who are challenging the election of the fourth Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Luwero have shunned mediation talks. On April 4th, the House of Bishops elected Rev. Can. Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula as the fourth Bishop of Luwero to succeed Bishop …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua |  The Ukrainian delegation for talks with Russia is now in Belarus, Sputnik reported on Monday. Ukraine agreed to hold talks with Russia at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border near the Pripyat River, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday via social media. The agreement to hold the talks …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden have strong disagreements on important issues, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. During previous talks, Putin elaborated on Russia’s national interests and “red lines,” but Biden showed unwillingness to recognize them, Peskov told an interview …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Ministers of foreign affairs and irrigation of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to hold a week-long round of negotiations to discuss the substantive aspects and controversial points over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Agreement for the new round of talks came …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | President Yoweri Museveni has  held discussions with the Ethiopia’S Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen as the world seeks a solution to the unrest in the Tigray region. “Our discussion focused on the peace and security issues affecting Ethiopia currently. Being one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | With no communique shared with journalists, the second meeting to discuss the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Angola between Uganda and Rwanda in August concluded quietly in Kampala on Friday. Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa and Rwanda’s Minister of State …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Hundreds of supporters of a key rebel leader from Darfur protested Monday against peace talks being held in Juba between Khartoum and other Sudanese rebel groups. Juba is hosting talks between Sudan’s new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and representatives of three rebel groups that fought …