President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has arrived in Uganda for an official visit expected to deepen diplomatic and economic cooperation between Kampala and Cairo, with discussions set to focus on regional security, trade, agriculture, and water resource management.
Uganda Airlines has expanded its fleet with the arrival of the first of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft acquired under a wet-lease partnership with Ethiopian Airlines as the national carrier moves to boost capacity, reliability, and regional connectivity.
The funds will be implemented by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The WPS project enhances support to women peace-builders and women’s human rights defenders, integrating gender in risk reduction and humanitarian response, increasing the capacity of humanitarian actors on gender, and building women’s and girls’ resilience, including through economic empowerment and enhanced response to Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) stemming from insecurity in West Nile and Southwest regions.