Andrew Bagala

Kampala

Reporter at Daily Monitor

Human being.

Articles

Have Uganda, DR Congo finally buried the hatchet?

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

What you need to know:Observers say it should come as no surprise that the DRC has thawed out sufficiently to green-light Uganda’s top diplomat in the war-torn country. When Farid Kaliisa’s credentials were received by Felix Tshisekedi, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday, ending a long wait, all indications were that there was a thaw in relations between Kinshasa and Kampala.
The West is back, says Museveni

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

What you need to know:They say we are good people. So, we say ‘you are most welcome’,” Mr Museveni said while referring to the western governments yesterday President Museveni has said the West, which had severed financial and diplomatic support due to the legalisation of the anti-homosexuality laws, is repairing its relationship with Uganda. Mr Museveni said the West that sanctioned his government and halted support to his government, now say they are back and refer to his team as a good people.
DNA confirms Honorary Consul as dead baby’s father

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

What you need to know:Detectives have used the results to release the corpse to Zimbabwe’s Honourary Consul Chris Akansasibwa Rugari. The paternity test results have confirmed that Zimbabwe’s Honorary Consul was the biological father of a two-year-old baby, who died under mysterious circumstances that led to the mother being held by the police.
Police hold mother over death of two-year-old baby

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

What you need to know:On the fateful day, the father of the deceased was scheduled to take the child and the four others for a DNA test to establish their paternity. A mother involved in a divorce case with a businessman over alleged infidelity has been taken into custody following the death of their two-year-old baby, just hours before a paternity test was scheduled.
Trump slaps 10% tariffs on Uganda

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

United States President Donald Trump has slapped a 10 percent base tariff on Ugandan products exported to his country. Mr Trump said reciprocal tariffs on imports is to deal with the trade deficit with its trading partners around the world, but he warned that if they retaliate, his country would do the same.
Trump advisers coming to Uganda over DRC

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

The US President’s top advisers for Africa are set to visit Uganda and meet President Museveni and his counterparts in the region over the escalating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Massad Boulos, the US senior advisor for Africa, and Corina Sanders, the US deputy assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, are to arrive in the region today, according to the US Department of State.
Regional leaders send envoy to Juba after Machar arrest

3 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

The chairperson of the East African Community, Mr William Ruto, has sent a special envoy to South Sudan to de-escalate tensions after the arrest of South Sudan First Vice President, Dr Riek Machar. The move comes after President Ruto held discussions with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Norwegian’s suspected suicide turns out to be a murder case

4 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

What you need to know:Detectives did not believe accounts of two suspects who reportedly were with the deceased in his final moments. The duo told police the foreign national died by suicide When Robert Hausvik, 39,a Norwegian national, was brought to a medical facility in Jinja City, those who brought him told the health workers that he had been found hanging in a room in the house where he was staying on March 10.
Angola withdraws from DRC-Rwanda mediation

4 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

Angola’s President João Lourenço has announced that his country will withdraw from mediating the conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over regional security concerns. Mr Lourenço said a new country to lead the mediation will be announced soon.
Kagame-Tshisekedi meet offers hope for ceasefire

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Andrew Bagala

What you need to know:The meeting occurred against a backdrop of severed diplomatic ties and heightened tensions following M23 rebel advances in eastern DRC A meeting between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Doha, Qatar, has offered a glimmer of hope for a ceasefire in the volatile east.

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