Uganda

Uganda bus crash leaves at least 63 dead

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – A road accident involving two buses on one of Uganda's busiest highways killed at least 63 people and left others injured, police said on Wednesday.

Iran, Mozambique FMs meet in Uganda

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Mozambique held a meeting in Uganda on Thursday.

Iranian FM meets Ugandan president in Kampala

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iran's foreign minister met with Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on the sidelines of the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states in Kampala.

Iran’s FM hold talks with foreign counterparts in Uganda

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is in Kampala, Uganda, held talks with his counterparts from several countries on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Iran, Myanmar FMs meet in Uganda for NAM meeting

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister met and held talks with Union Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Than Swe in Ugandan capital of Kampala on Wednesday on the sidelines of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Iran's Araghchi in Uganda for NAM meeting

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Uganda to participate in the 19th Midterm Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

Iran's foreign minister due in Uganda for talks

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to Uganda to participate in the 19th Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Araghchi meets Ugandan FM in New York

TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – The Ugandan foreign minister, in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, called out Israel’s military action against Iran.

Suicide car bomb targets Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – 20 Ugandan soldiers were killed, over 43 others injured, and nine Somali soldiers were killed, eight wounded in a suicide attack in Somalia.

Lightning strike kills 14 at prayer service in Uganda: report

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – A lightning strike killed 14 people during a prayer service in a refugee camp in Uganda on Saturday, authorities in the east African country said.

Ugandan military strikes ADF rebel camp inside DRC

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced that the country's military helicopters launched an attack on a camp of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Two foreign tourists, local guide killed in attack in Uganda

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Two foreign tourists and a Ugandan guide were killed Tuesday evening after their safari vehicle was attacked in western Uganda, police said.

Russia:

Pentagon wanted to test unregistered medicines on Africans

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – The Pentagon planned to use its biolaboratories in Africa to test unregistered medicines on the local population, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops said on Tuesday.

Raeisi:

Enemy threatens family institution by promoting homosexuality

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Today, the institution of the family has been threatened by the promotion of homosexuality, which is one of the ugliest perversions and is hated by all the divine and Abrahamic religions, says the Iranian President.

West using human rights as political tool: Raeisi

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has criticized the West for using human rights as a political tool, stressing that the Islamic Republic is at the forefront of advocating human rights across the world.

Iran, Uganda sign 4 cooperation documents

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – The high-ranking officials of Iran and Uganda signed four cooperation documents in the presence of the presidents of the two countries.

Raeisi arrives in Uganda on second leg of Africa tour

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi arrived in Uganda on Wednesday at the invitation of his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni.

Iran's exports to African countries grow by 100%

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – The Vice President of the Iran and Africa Merchants Club said that since the beginning of President Raeisi's administration, Iran's exports to Africa have witnessed a 100% growth.

Iranian President due in Africa this week

TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi is scheduled to visit three African countries this week to pursue the government's multilateral foreign policies.

Iran strongly condemns terrorist attack on Ugandan school

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani on Sunday strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a Ugandan school which left several students killed and injured.

At least 25 killed in ADF school attack in Uganda

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Militants linked to ISIL killed 25 people in a terrorist attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan police said on Saturday.

Uganda president:

Al-Shabab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia

TEHRAN, June 4 (MNA) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia.

Heavy rain, floods kill at least 136 in Rwanda, Uganda

TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 129 people in Rwanda and six in Uganda, authorities said on Wednesday, as rescuers hunted survivors trapped in homes.

Ugandan cabinet minister shot, killed by bodyguard

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Uganda’s State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations Charles Okello Engola was shot and killed by his own bodyguard on Tuesday.

11 killed in fire at Uganda school for the blind:report

TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – A fire outbreak at a boarding school on the outskirt of Uganda's capital, Kampala, has killed 11 people, including children, a police official said Tuesday.