UK, US issue fresh security alert on Uganda
Uganda has experienced heightened insecurity in recent months…..
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Uganda has experienced heightened insecurity in recent months…..
The US had previously said it might take such action after Uganda passed a tough new anti-homosexuality law….
Last week, US President Joe Biden said Uganda and three other African countries would be removed from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), citing Uganda’s “gross violations of internationally recognised human rights”……
Rwanda has been on a campaign to boost its tourism sector, partnering with football clubs like Arsenal and Bayern Munich to promote the country as a tourist destination…
As a retired president, Mr Lungu was entitled to three security officers, a diplomatic passport, three state cars, a furnished house, medical insurance and funeral expenses on his death…..
In May, the US government said it was considering removing Uganda from Agoa and introducing sanctions on the country after it passed a controversial anti-homosexuality law….
The former president is also under a gag order in a separate ongoing civil fraud trial in New York…
The US, she said, was providing Israel with advice, equipment and diplomatic support….
With the challenge to his victory finally put to rest, President Tinubu is now expected to focus on how to pull the country out of its current economic crisis…
Now Israel says it will refuse visas to key UN officials…..