Washington, D.C. / Kampala, Uganda – The long-standing security partnership between the United States and Uganda faces new uncertainty after U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch warned that Washington may reconsider its cooperation following incendiary social media posts by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces and…
Kampala, Uganda – Uganda’s army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has issued an apology to the United States after briefly accusing its embassy in Kampala of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine evade authorities. On Friday, Kainerugaba posted on social media that the army was suspending all cooperation with the U.S. embassy. Within…
The United States has named Laura F. Dogu, a seasoned diplomat and former ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras, as the new charge d’affaires to Venezuela, according to a U.S. diplomatic source speaking to AFP on Thursday. The appointment comes less than three weeks after Washington’s dramatic ouster of Venezuelan leader…