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Eritrea, Uganda
Kampala quietly blocks arrival of Eritrean asylum seekers

The Ugandan government wants to step up its fight against human trafficking and money laundering networks set up by Eritrean émigrés. [...]

Published on 10/06/2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Museveni faces looming refugee crisis as foreign aid diminishes

Hard hit by successive cuts in international aid, Uganda's government can no longer cover the needs of refugees on its territory. President Yoweri Museveni risks losing an important support base in the regions where refugee camps are installed.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 29.07.2025

Congolese families at Kyangwali refugee settlement camp, Kikuube District, Uganda, 2018.

Eritrea
Opposition group Brigade Nhamedu hires lobbyist in the US

An Eritrean opposition movement recently turned to a US law firm.

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Uganda
Army orders surveillance aircraft from Sino-Austrian firm Diamond

Kampala recently signed a contract with Diamond Aircraft for a batch of four DA62 surveillance planes.

Subscribers only Defence 04.06.2025

Uganda
Uganda's first son tightens grip on army and ruling party

President Yoweri Museveni's eldest son may have abandoned his ambition to succeed his father in next year's election, but he remains bent on maximising his influence across all state affairs, including the security sector. Meanwhile, his brother-in-law's star seems to be fading.

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Muhoozi Kainerugaba at his birthday party in Entebbe, 7 May 2022.

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Uganda Army orders surveillance aircraft from Sino-Austrian firm Diamond

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Eritrea, Uganda
Kampala quietly blocks arrival of Eritrean asylum seekers

Uganda
Museveni faces looming refugee crisis as foreign aid diminishes

Eritrea
Opposition group Brigade Nhamedu hires lobbyist in the US

Uganda
Army orders surveillance aircraft from Sino-Austrian firm Diamond

Uganda
Uganda's first son tightens grip on army and ruling party

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Yoweri Museveni

Uganda
Kampala working to change Egypt's stance on Nile Basin Initiative

Uganda
Uganda pushed into austerity as new sanctions loom after anti-gay law

Somalia, Sudan
Sudanese intelligence pulls one over NCA