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Daily News Egypt
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Daily News Egypt
Egypt, Uganda strengthen water cooperation, address Nile governance
Egypt's Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water Resources met on Tuesday with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to discuss bilateral water cooperation, ongoing development projects, and shared concerns over Nile River governance, the Ministry of Water Resources said. The meeting was also attended by Uganda's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Oryem, and Minister of State for Environment, Beatrice Anywar. Water Resources Minister Hani Sewilam praised the historic ties between Egypt and Uganda, emphasising the importance of closer coordination on sustainable water resource management to support both nations' development goals. He reiterated Egypt's stance on the Nile, stressing that all riparian states must respect international law on transboundary watercourses, with cooperation grounded in mutual benefit and legal frameworks as the basis for stability and prosperity. Sewilam acknowledged Uganda's role in the consultative process among countries that have not ratified the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) and highlighted Egypt's $100m financing mechanism for infrastructure and development projects in southern Nile Basin states. Talks reviewed joint initiatives, including the drilling of 75 groundwater wells and rainwater harvesting tanks in Ugandan districts, flood mitigation works in Kasese District completed in 2018, and the 25-year-old aquatic weed control programme in Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Albert, which has improved ecosystems and generated biogas from invasive plants. The two sides are preparing to sign a new $6m memorandum of understanding on integrated water resources management under the Egyptian-led Nile Basin Development Initiative.
Jordan Times
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
Ugandan, DR Congo troops secure eastern Congolese city Bunia
A nurse tends to the wounds of an injured woman following clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at the General Provincial Hospital in Bukavu today (AFP photo) KAMPALA — Uganda said on Wednesday its troops have "taken control" of security in the city of Bunia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, working with Congolese forces to fend off local militias. The move came as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has been seizing territory further south in the neighbouring North and South Kivu provinces, raising fears of a regional war. "Working with our Congolese counterparts, Uganda sent troops to Bunia and the forces of the two countries have taken control of the security situation to stop further killings," Uganda's Foreign Minister Henry Oryem told AFP. Bunia is the capital of Ituri province, where Uganda already had thousands of troops under an agreement with Kinshasa. They operate alongside DRC forces against the Allied Democratic Forces, which has been linked to the Islamic State group, and tribal militias. Oryem said the deployment aimed to "deal with armed elements including the remnants of Allied Democratic Forces who may still be active in areas under our cooperation agreement". Oryem and the defence ministry declined to give the exact number of Ugandan troops deployed in Bunia or say whether the country planned to send additional troops to the city. Military sources and analysts have said that Uganda has between 5,000 and 7,000 troops there. Ugandan military spokesman Felix Kulayigye told AFP on Tuesday the country had deployed along with DRC forces in "joint operations to save lives" after "massacres" by local militias. But in the highly complex dynamics of the region, Uganda has also been accused, by UN experts and others, of working against Congolese interests by supporting the M23 and controlling some of the region's valuable mining interests. Uganda has strongly denied the accusations. A senior analyst at South Africa-based consultancy Signal Risk, Daniel van Dalen, judged that for the time being the Ugandan move was "a very localised issue". "I don't think right now it has anything to do with the M23 conflict," he told AFP. "Uganda is quite far away from where M23 is for the moment." But with various other groups involved in the unrest in the region, he said, "Uganda is worried about a spillover into its territory and it's willing to help out".
