April 21, 2021 DRC President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi (L) with Uganda President Yoweri Museveni
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has asked Uganda to pay $322 million for damages caused by its troops during the Congo invasion between 1997 and 2003.
This reparation is part of the $4.3 billion compensation that Congo is demanding from Uganda - nearly half of the $10 billion it demanded in 2005. The additional amount Congo is demanding is for the looting of its minerals, destroying the environment, adverse impact on the economy and legal costs. When added the figure totals to about $4.3 billion (about Shs 14 trillion).
The figure is a drop from the $10 billion that DRC had demanded from Uganda in 2005 when it won the case it had filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). By the conduct of its armed forces, which committed acts of killing, torture and other forms of inhumane treatment of the Congolese civilian population . [Uganda] violated its obligations under int
Daily Monitor
Tuesday April 20 2021
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DR Congo sued Uganda at the Hague-based court in 1999 over acts of armed aggression that violated the United Nations Charter and the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union.
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Government has assembled a team of 19 local and international experts in the proceedings on reparations in the case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Uganda’s armed activities in neighbouring DR Congo between August 1997 and June 2003.
The proceedings convened in a hybrid format with some members attending at the Hague, Netherlands, and others via video link resume today to thrash out the long-standing issue of $10 billion (about Shs36 trillion) reparations.
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Monday March 08 2021
National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, addresses the Press on February 22, 2021 to announce his withdrawal from the Presidential election petition. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI
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Last week, he instructed his lawyers to notify the Supreme Court that he was withdrawing the petition citing bias, impartiality of the court and the uncomfortable composition of the judges chosen to hear the petition.
He said he would instead take the matter to the people, the court of public opinion.
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The Supreme Court in Uganda has accepted the withdrawal of a presidential petition filed by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine challenging the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni during the January 14 General Election.
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Egos, unfair trade shake EAC as DR Congo eyes entry Frederic Musisi Once upon a time, the East African Community (EAC), a six-member regional bloc of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan – admitted in 2016 – was both vibrant and buoyant. Not just to keen observers, but anyone could tell it had a sense of purpose. What exactly happened is a long story. But it began with Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda forming a loose association, which has since fizzled out, within the bloc. Along came a series of happenings, including trade wars and political disagreements, partly exacerbated by egos between Uganda and Rwanda, Rwanda and Burundi, and now Kenya and Somalia, which is also seeking entry into the bloc. Then the endless trade wars. It became monotonous to follow and the bloc became a floating object. Some members started defaulting on their financial commitments and the secretariat soon ran of cash to run operations. The 2019/2020 financial year