General Elly Tumwine, one of the heroes of the 1986 Luweero bush war that brought the current NRM government to power. By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – General Elly Tumwine, best known as one of the heroes of the
Students in Uganda (Source: United States Agency for International Development January 2008) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT -KAMPALA, UGANDA – (EDITOR’S NOTE: Diplomatic Times East Africa Correspondent Atwine Allen interviewed several students who are studying Bachelor’s in Education at the Bugema University
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday Aug. 18, 2022 met and held discussions with visiting US Senator Chris Coons who paid him a courtesy call at State House Nairobi. (Credit: twitter.com/StateHouseKenya) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday met and held discussions
William Samoei Ruto is the Fifth President of the Republic of Kenya (Source: World Trade Organization) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – Kenya’s Independent Electoral Bureau Commission (IEBC) officially declared Deputy President William Ruto of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance as
Flag of the President of Uganda (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – The world’s two super powers the United States and Russia have dragged Uganda into the middle of its rivalry. The average Ugandan has been left
The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Uganda for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Ugandan counterpart, President Museveni Aug. 8, 2022 (Credit: twitter.com/HassanSMohamud) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA – UGANDA – President Yoweri Museveni invited the
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, met Thursday Aug. 04, 2022 with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, Uganda. (Credit: USAmbUN /Twitter) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Correspondent KAMPALA – UGANDA – The average Ugandan is a bit mystified
Uganda President Idi Amin at UN (United Nations, New York) Oct. 01, 1975 (Wikipedia Commons) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – This is the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Indians from Uganda in 1972 by President Idi Amin. On August
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – A new Scramble for Africa is on! French President Emmanuel Macron made visits to Cameroon, Benin and Guinea Bissau last week amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russia’s
By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Moscow dispatched its top diplomat Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Uganda Monday on his third stop on an African tour to win over the Continent against Western pressure over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov