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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda plans to increase its annual exports to 6 billion dollars excluding oil exports, between 2023 and 2028 from the current average of 3.5 billion dollars. This should also reduce the big trade imbalance that has been blamed for the foreign exchange rate, and …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | An extraordinary European Council summit convened in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, economic policy and migration wrapped up on Friday with unresolved differences among leaders over key issues. Although there was some agreement on continued European support to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, opinions diverged on immigration …

Why Uganda and others were not disappointed COVER STORY | Ian Katusiime | President Yoweri Museveni got at least one major deal on the sidelines of the just concluded US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, US. The President managed to get the U.S. group, Albertine Graben Energy Consortium (AGEC), to agree that a …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday once again urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to hold a summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During a phone talk, Erdogan told Putin that the “continuation of the positive momentum achieved in the Istanbul talks” to reach peace …

  Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposed admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo into the East African Community is set to dominate the next meeting of the leaders next Wednesday. The 18th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State of the EAC Partner States is set to …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely hold a summit in Geneva in June, U.S. media reported on Monday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, several media outlets said that the Swiss city of Geneva is expected to be the venue …

Merkel a ‘no’ for Trump’s in-person G7 summit: report Washington, United States | AFP |  German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Politico website quoted her spokesman …

UK puts visas into pitch for post-Brexit trade with Africa London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Boris Johnson told African leaders Monday that Britain would be more open to migrants from their continent after Brexit as he hosted a summit intended to boost trading ties. He also promised …

Davos, Switzerland | AFP |  The number of billionaires has doubled in the past decade and the world’s 22 richest men now have more wealth than all the women in Africa, Oxfam said Monday in an appeal to the Davos elite to get serious about inequality. “Our broken economies are …

Berlin, Germany | AFP | Key players in the Libya crisis and world leaders held a high-stakes summit in Berlin on Sunday to discuss the way forward to end the conflict. Here are the main points they agreed on their final communique, to be put forward as a UN Security …