CAR Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Gabon’s Junta
The President of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin Touadera, held closed-door talks with Gabon's newly appointed junta leader in Libreville on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in the wake of the main region's bloc's condemnation of the coup of August 30, 2023.
The Central African bloc, ECCAS, suspended Gabon's membership but has so far stopped short of imposing sanctions in response to the non-violent military ouster of President Ali Bongo.
President Touadera was visiting Libreville, the capital of Gabon, as a...
Africa Para Games 2023: Uganda Fields Two teams, Loses Inaugural Game
 In Ghana, West Africa, fourteen countries are competing in the all-Africa Para Games, including Uganda. The first-ever African Para events were opened at the Trust Sports Emporium in Accra on Sunday, September 3, 2023, making history and will run till the 12.
The 2023 African Championships wheelchair basketball competition will determine which African country advances to the IWBF Paris 2024 Repechage Tournaments in April of next year.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) states that this year's theme is "Inspire a Better...
Sudanese General Al-Burhan in Juba for Talks on Bilateral Relations
General Abdel Al-Fattah Al-Burhan, Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, is in Juba, South Sudan, to engage in talks with South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit about strengthening bilateral relations and fostering cooperation between the two countries. The meeting comes after months of turmoil in Sudan.
In an official statement released, on September 4, 2023, Sudan and South Sudan have announced their intention to tackle the pressing issues plaguing Sudan during the talks. These multifaceted challenges encompass political instability, economic turmoil, and a...
Kadaga Slams Kenya, South Sudan for Unfair Trade Practices
Rebecca Kadaga, the Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, has criticised Kenya and South Sudan for engaging in trade practices that she perceives as unjust, hence impeding the operations of Ugandan corporate entities.
During her address at the two-day East African Business and Investment Summit and Expo 2023 held at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kadaga voiced her discontent with the recent treatment of grain exporters by South Sudan. She explicitly referred to the act as impunity...
Africa Climate Summit to Begin September 4: Proactively Addressing Climate Change
The Africa Climate Summit of 2023 is scheduled to occur from the 4th to the 6th of September at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit is being coordinated jointly by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of Kenya to convene African and world leaders to engage in deliberations concerning climate change on the African continent.
The primary focus of the summit will revolve around the overarching theme of "Promoting Sustainable Economic Growth and...
UPDF and Congo Army hold Special Meeting to Evaluate the Progress of Operation Shujaa
The meeting was held on August 30, 2023, between the Commander of the Defence Forces (CDF), Gen.Wilson Mbadi Mbasu, of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), and his counterpart, Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Christian Tshiwewe Songesa of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This meeting is part of the memorandum of understanding between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda jointly fight alongside each other against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)...
