Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday launched the first phase of a $620m Chinese industrial project in the eastern part of the country. The project dubbed, “Uganda-China Free Zone of International Industrial Cooperation”, undertaken by the Dongsong Energy Group, will manufacture glass, steel and organic-fertilizers, creating about 3,000 jobs at peak when completed in 2020.

China on Tuesday opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge linking to Hong Kong the Chinese government has docked the world’s longest Sea Bridge, about 55 kilometers. A Hong Kong bridge linking Macau and Zhuai-used technique is remarkable considering how careful they fall marine transit or halt flights at Hong Kong close. The formation was launched

Ethiopia signed a peace deal on Sunday with Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels from its Somali Region, whom it had previously outlawed as a “terrorist group,” officials said. The ONLF launched its bid for secession of the Somali Region, also known as Ogaden, in eastern Ethiopia in 1984. In 2007, Ethiopian forces launched a

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could accept extending the post-Brexit transition period by a few months if the European Union drops its proposals for a so-called Northern Irish backstop, Britain’s Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday. Talks between Britain and the EU have stalled largely over a disagreement on the backstop – an insurance policy

Turkish Special Police Unit Chief, Salami Türker has pledged his country’s cooperation with Somalia on security and Intelligence report sharing. Mr Türker who arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday has held talks with officials from Somali police. The delegation led by Türker met Somali minister for security, Mohamed Abukar IsLow where they the relations between the

The government of Zimbabwe aims to clear its $2 billion debt with the World Bank and African Development Bank in the next 12 months after securing international creditors and donor countries, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Friday. The southern African country has struggled to access international credit since defaulting on its debt to global

Washington-A bill in the House of Representatives would halt arms sales to the Saudi Arabia unless Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certifies it did not order the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Massachusetts Democratic congressman Jim McGovern, co-chair of the Human Rights Commission and the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, took the lead on

The Saudi Arabian government reportedly sent $100 million to the Trump administration toward its operations in Syria Tuesday – the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Riyadh – timing that some are calling too good to be true. According to The New York Times, the funds were allegedly committed by the

Mogadishu -Eritrea and Ethiopia’s foreign affairs chief have arrived in Mogadishu, as Somali government officials welcomed Adan Adde airport. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr. Ahmed Issa Awad, other Ministers of the Somali Federal Government and the Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia welcomed the delegation. Ethiopia and

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde canceled her plans to attend Future Investment Initiative, an economic conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Move comes amid the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “The Managing Director’s previously scheduled trip to the Middle East region is being deferred,”