The national flag of Uganda (Wikipedia) DIPLMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT The U.S. Department of State has sanctioned four Ugandan police officers for alleged gross violations of human rights including torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. The individuals are Bob Kagarura, the then-Wamala
(credit: icc-cpi.int) Dominic Ongwen alleged Brigade Commander of Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Uganda at time of arrest warrant in 2005. -DIPLOMATIC TIMES Staff The International Criminal Court on Monday transferred Dominic Ongwen, a former commander in the brutal rebel group in
(Photo by Atwiine Allen ©Diplomatic Times) His Excellency, (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former Ugandan Ambassador in Rwanda between 1991 and 1996. Ambassador Katetegirwe died June 26, 2023 at age 92. By Atwiine Allen DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Former Ugandan Ambassador to
Flag of the Republic of Uganda By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the most extreme anti-homosexuality law in Africa that includes the death penalty. In Uganda, they can now kill those who
Entebbe International Airport in the Republic of Uganda (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – Just about every Ugandan who utilizes Entebbe International Airport has their own painful experience while traveling out of the country and while returning home.
The flag of the Republic of Uganda By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – Meet Muhindo Jimmy. The 32-year-old politician representing the Kasese district in Municipality says older politicians in the East African nation are intimidated by younger ones such as
By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA- UGANDA – Uganda is seeking to boost its wildlife tourism as the East African nation recovers from the devastation caused by the COVID pandemic. Uganda’s tourism sector was the hardest hit by the coronavirus as the
Woman working in a gold mine, Siguiri Prefecture, Guinea, West Africa (Credit: USAID) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORESSPONDENT KASESE, Western UGANDA – I walk near the River Nyamwamba in Kasese district of Western Uganda for my reporting on the environmental hazard caused by
Man with Ebola in the Congo 2009 (Credit: microbewiki.kenyon.edu) By Atwiine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORESSPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – There is a crisis in Uganda. The Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Uganda with at least 51 deaths reported as health officials struggle to
(Photo by Atwiine Allen ©Diplomatic Times) His Excellency, (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former Ugandan Ambassador in Rwanda between 1991 and 1996 By Atwiine Allen DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT -ISINGIRO DISTRICT, UGANDA – (EDITOR’S NOTE: Diplomatic Times East Africa Correspondent Atwiine Allen interviewed (HE) Ignatius Katetegirwe, former