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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HARARE4318 |
RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE [...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...] |
2000-08-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI |
| 00HARARE4753 |
ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON MARGINS [...] (C) PER REF A INSTRUCTION, POLOFF SPOKE ON AUGUST 28 WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TO SOLICIT THE GOZ'S VIEWS ON A POSSIBLE DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON THE MARGINS OF THE MILLENIUM SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI WAS UNAWARE OF PRESIDENT CHILUBA'S CURRENT EFFORTS BUT SAID THE GOZ WOULD [...] |
2000-08-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG AO BY UG WA ZI |
| 01ABUJA2515 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...] |
2001-10-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI |
| 01ABUJA2974 |
NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...] |
2001-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI |
| 01HARARE1048 |
ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE [...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...] |
2001-03-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI |
| 01HARARE1051 |
CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO [...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...] |
2001-03-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA |
| 01HARARE1730 |
ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS [...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...] |
2001-05-30 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO |
| 03KAMPALA2587 |
UGANDA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Kampala's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report is keyed to reftel as follows: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA OPERATIVES, BUT INCLUDING DIPLOMTIC EFFORTS [...] |
2003-12-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UG |
| 03ROME4340 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...] |
2003-09-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4411 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...] |
2003-09-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03ROME4672 |
WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD [...] John Brooks, Project Budget Specialist, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG), and Mary Margaret Knudson, Refugee Officer, U.S. State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World [...] |
2003-10-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN |
| 03VATICAN1329 |
HOLY SEE RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE OUTLINED ITS CONCERNS ABOUT MOUNTING UNREST IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF ITURI IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) IN A NOTE PASSED TO EMBASSY MARCH 24. THE VATICAN IS CALLING ON THE PARTIES TO "RESPECT AGREEMENTS ALREADY SIGNED AND RESUME NEGOTIATIONS." THE HOLY S [...] |
2003-03-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT |
| 03VATICAN1747 |
POPE CALLS ON WORLD NOT TO FORGET GREAT LAKES [...] (U) DURING HIS WEEKLY WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE APRIL 9, POPE JOHN PAUL II URGED THE WORLD TO NOT FORGET THE VIOLENT AND CONTINUING CONFLICT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA, AND CALLED ON LEADERS TO RETURN TO THE PEACE PROCESS. VATICAN OFFICIALS HAD PASSED EMBASSY A PR [...] |
2003-04-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | CF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT |
| 04DJIBOUTI437 |
IGAD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: The March 22 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Ministerial in Djibouti had three agenda items: Somalia and Sudan peace processes, election of an Executive Secretariat and arrears of IGAD member states. On Sudan, IGAD ministers are pleased at progress made in Keny [...] |
2004-03-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SO DJ KE UG IT IGAD |
| 04DJIBOUTI526 |
DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON UTILITY OF [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, sees the planned port of Doraleh as key to a prosperous economic future for Djibouti. In a March 31 meeting with Ambassador, he talked about the port and its two key components: a fuel container terminal and a Free Zone. The containe [...] |
2004-04-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV DJ EG TU IN UG TC |
| 04KINSHASA1357 |
EMBASSY ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER GHONDA REMAINS IN OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In demarches to both President Kabila's Chef de Cabinet and Vice President Bemba, the Embassy argued that FM Ghonda was a key element in the success of the July 14 and 15 meetings in Washington. Given the importance of his likely contribution to future such negotiations, we arg [...] |
2004-07-20 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG UG US ANTOINE GHONDA JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA |
| 04KINSHASA1850 |
UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN [...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...] |
2004-10-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG |
| 04MAPUTO338 |
SYGSR SWING BRIEFS ON CHISSANO MEETING [...] On March 8, Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador William Swing called on Ambassador to brief on his meeting in Maputo with President Chissano and the current situation of the MONUC in DRC with sixteen months until the planned June 2005 elections. 2. Ambassador Swing told us [...] |
2004-03-12 08:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PREF CG XA ZF MZ SF UG BY UN |
| 04PARIS9133 |
FRANCE AND EAST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. France's principal long-term concern in East Africa is the management of its relations with Djibouti where it maintains a large permanent military presence. The crisis in Darfur has prompted a more active French policy with regard to Sudan, but it remains largely a "Chad problem" [...] |
2004-12-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ ER ET KE SO SU TZ UG XW XA FR |
| 05DARESSALAAM2339 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S DECEMBER 23 [...] (U) December 23, 2005, 11:30 a.m., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State D. Purnell Delly, Charge d'Affaires Maureen B. Latour, Political Officer TANZANIA Jakaya Kikwete, President Pastor Ngaiza, Director for Europe an [...] |
2005-12-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UG ET ER BY TZ OVIP FRAZER |
| 05KINSHASA1055 |
UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...] |
2005-06-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1072 |
ITURI MILITIAS REPORTEDLY OBTAINING ARMS AND [...] (C) Summary. Monuc and NGO officials in Ituri have received credible reports of increased support for Ituri militias from Ugandan businessmen and military officers in the form of arms shipments, training, and efforts to build a coalition of militias. Monuc officials point to recent meetings in [...] |
2005-06-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS UG CG |
| 05KINSHASA1094 |
REFUTING UGANDAN CLAIMS OF ADF REGROUPMENT [...] (C) Recent Ugandan allegations that 1,000 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) soldiers are regrouping in Ituri along the Ugandan border are unfounded, according to MONUC. Although Ugandan press reported that a joint aerial surveillance mission conducted with the UN in December 2004 identified ADF b [...] |
2005-07-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG CG |
| 05KINSHASA1433 |
MUSEVENI LETTER TO AU ON DRC [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni has written several letters in recent months (to DRC President Joseph Kabila, the UNSC and President Bush) complaining about the alleged threat to Uganda's security posed by the continuing presence of some ADF elements in Orientale Province in eastern Congo. In [...] |
2005-09-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1519 |
ALLEGATIONS OF LRA ENTRY INTO DRC [...] (C) Some press reports indicated September 20 that the GOU alleges that elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have fled into the northeastern part of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response to these articles, PolCouns spoke September 20 to MONUC's milita [...] |
2005-09-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CG UG UPUO |
| 05KINSHASA1532 |
LRA INCURSION INTO DRC CONFIRMED; MONUC AND GDRC [...] (C) PolCouns followed up evening of September 20 with MONUC on the question of a possible incursion into the DRC by elements of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). MONUC confirmed that about 320 armed LRA elements, accompanied by about 50 family members, had entered the DRC through Sudan the even [...] |
2005-09-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1559 |
LRA UPDATE: MONUC/FARDC MISSION LIKELY THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Sixth regional military commander General Padiri continued September 22 to insist to LRA that the GDRC is prepared to assist with and accept only unconditional surrender. He told MONUC that he is negotiating, as of yesterday, directly with Kony (in Sudan) via satphone, as well as with Co [...] |
2005-09-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PGOV CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1567 |
LRA UPDATE: MONUC MISSION ARRIVES IN ABA, FARDC [...] (C) Three MONUC aircraft arrived in Aba late afternoon September 25 with Sixth Military Regional Commander General Padiri, several MONUC DDRRR experts and UNHCR officials. They were met by LRA Colonel Otti and taken to the LRA camp. Initial discussions were not promising, however. The LRA has [...] |
2005-09-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1579 |
LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE WOULD LIKE LRA OUT [...] (C) Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador September 26 that he shares the feelings of other senior GDRC officials that the LRA incursion into northern DRC represents an unwelcome intrusion into what is already a complicated and sensitive context. The government would like the LRA gone, p [...] |
2005-09-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
| 05KINSHASA1584 |
LRA UPDATE: KABILA PERSONALLY ENGAGED, URGANDAN [...] (C) During a rancorous seven-hour meeting September 26 of the Supreme Defense Council (chaired by President Kabila and composed of senior government officials responsible for security issues), the normally soft-spoken Kabila uncharacteristically took Army Chief of Staff Kisempia and Air Force [...] |
2005-09-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1585 |
LRA UPDATE: PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SAYS OKIDI NOT [...] (C) Prompted apparently by a September 26 conversation between SRSG Swing and President Kabila, Kabila's Private Secretary, Kikaya bin Karubi, called PolCouns September 26 to SIPDIS say that Kabila was very upset at implications that elements of the GDRC or the Presidency might have been in [...] |
2005-09-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1596 |
LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE TROOPS MOVE TOWARD ABA [...] (C) Congolese Air Force General John Numbi told PolCouns September 27 that the first 200 (of a total of 500) Congolese commando troops left Kinshasa en route for Kisangani. Numbi said an additional 100 (again of a total of 500) commandos also were dispatched from Kamina training base where th [...] |
2005-09-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1613 |
LRA UPDATE: TROOP MOVEMENT CONTINUES, LRA HUNGRY [...] (C) The movement of Congolese troops toward Aba via Kisangani and Aru is expected to continue today. General Padiri spoke the evening of September 28 again with Colonel Tabu but no flexibility was evident in the LRA position. Tabu complained, however, that the family members (and presumably t [...] |
2005-09-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1626 |
LRA UPDATE: 200 FARDC TROOPS IN ABA, ANOTHER 650 [...] (C) Both the FARDC and MONUC confirmed to PolCouns morning of September 30 that 200 FARDC troops are currently in Aba. (Note: These are non-integrated forces which General Padiri had ordered transferred from other patrol points in northeastern Oriental province, one company plus two platoon [...] |
2005-09-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1641 |
LRA UPDATE: FARDC DEPLOYMENTS, CONTACTS WITH [...] (C) MONUC Divisional Commander Gen Cammaert confirmed October 1 separately to the Ambassador and PolCouns that MONUC was initiating during the weekend the transport of FARDC troops already in Aru (Ituri District, Orientale Province) to Aba (Haut-Uele District, Orientale Province) to deal with [...] |
2005-10-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO UG CG |
| 05KINSHASA1662 |
LRA UPDATE: OVER 300 FARDC IN ABA BUT NO MISSION [...] (C) As a result of MONUC's efforts in transporting FARDC troops from Aru to Aba, there are now about 350 FARDC troops in Aba. About 300 are in Aru, awaiting transfer via helicopter (25 troops per load) to Aba. FARDC likely will have to ask MONUC for transport assistance for another 500 troo [...] |
2005-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1677 |
LRA UPDATE: FARDC MISSION POSSIBLE SUNDAY/MONDAY [...] (C) The CIAT (International Committee to Accompany the Transition) meeting October 6 was briefed by General Babacar Gaye (MONUC Force Commander) on LRA-related developments. Gaye confirmed that MONUC has transported about 522 FARDC troops to Aba and said they expect to have the necessary two [...] |
2005-10-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1686 |
LRA UPDATE: BACK IN SUDAN? [...] (C) As reported reftel, MONUC and FARDC officials traveled to Aba the morning of October 7 in order to present a "last chance" disarmament proposal to LRA forces that crossed into the DRC from Sudan on September 19. When the MONUC team, led by MONUC political section chief (and acting director [...] |
2005-10-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MARR CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1770 |
DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...] |
2005-10-24 17:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA1798 |
PRESIDENCY ALARMED BY EUROPEAN REPORTS OF UGANDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the Presidency Friday afternoon, October 28. Upon arrival, President Kabila was in another meeting, but Chief of Staff She Okitundu received the Ambassador to relay Kabila,s message. The gist was that "Europeans" had provided reports to the Presidency which c [...] |
2005-10-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UG CG |
| 05KINSHASA1876 |
LRA UPDATE: MONUC-FARDC PLAN SEARCH-AND-CORDON OPS [...] (C) Summary. According to MONUC sources, Operation Eastern Endeavour is to begin in the vicinity of Aba on November 10, encompassing forces from MONUC and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in an effort to identify and capture any elements of the Lord's Resistance Army [...] |
2005-11-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
| 05KINSHASA1998 |
ITURI UPDATE: THE MILITIA THREAT, PETER KARIM, AND [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff visited Bunia November 28-30 to review ongoing efforts by MONUC, civil society, local government and NGOs to bring peace and stability to the historically volatile region. Militia violence continues to threaten these efforts despite recent offensives by the Con [...] |
2005-12-07 17:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA2102 |
FARDC ENGAGES HEAVILY ARMED MILITIAS IN ITURI [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), with air and other logistical support from MONUC troops, launched Operation Eden December 21 against militia elements in the northeastern Ituri District. MONUC sources report operations are being directed against the Congolese R [...] |
2005-12-27 16:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 05KINSHASA2110 |
ITURI: POSSIBLE UGANDAN SUPPORT TO MILITIAS; KARIM [...] (C) MONUC military commanders told PolOff December 28 that a truck captured by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) during operations in Nioka (reftel A) belongs to the Ugandan military. MONUC officials said the truck, which was being driven by three Ugandan civilians (later arrested), bore the [...] |
2005-12-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 05NAIROBI5102 |
Kenya and Uganda Privatize the Railroad [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Uganda are at last moving to revive the storied 1,500 mile rail line from Mombasa to Kampala by concessioning the railroad on both sides of the border to a private sector consortium led by a South African firm. This form of privatization is a welcome attempt to fix a [...] |
2005-12-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPRV EAID ELAB ECON KE UG |
| 05NAIROBI5184 |
GSP/AGOA LABOR COMPLAINT ON UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials, unions, and some employers are anxious to address the worker rights issues raised in the GSP complaint against Uganda to protect AGOA trade benefits. President Museveni and the Cabinet sent four labor reform bills to Parliament and the GOU referred plant mana [...] |
2005-12-20 03:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
| 05ROME1264 |
A REPORT BY USUN ROME AMBASSADOR TONY HALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Tony Hall, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Ethiopia and Uganda from March 16 through 23, 2005, to investigate humanitarian issues in both countries. In Ethiopia Ambassador Hall visited USAID-funded projects for HIV/AIDS orphans and mothers, observ [...] |
2005-04-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR ET UG UN |
| 06ADDISABABA2203 |
SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...] |
2006-08-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG |
| 06CAIRO7159 |
EGYPT PRESSING FORWARD ON NILE BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Egypt is a strong supporter of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) as a tool for cooperative management of water resources and is leading efforts to finalize a framework agreement. In January, the GOE will host an NBI council meeting aiming to ratify the framew [...] |
2006-12-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KPAO EG ET ER SU BY RW UG TZ KE |
| 06DARESSALAAM1706 |
TANZANIA DEFENDS REFUGEE RETURNS AS VOLUNTARY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of Tanzania's expulsion of illegal immigrants "abruptly and under harsh conditions" are misreported and exaggerated, according to John Chiligati, Minister of Home Affairs. Chiligati described a two-phase process now ongoing in the Kagera region of northwestern Tanzania t [...] |
2006-10-18 03:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL RW UG BU TZ |
| 06GUATEMALA195 |
GUATEMALA: REACTION TO DEATH OF PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of eight Guatemalan peacekeepers in the Congo has provoked some criticism of Guatemalan participation in international peacekeeping. The Guatemalan President praised the dead peacekeepers as heroes and reiterated his government's continued commitment to UN peacekeep [...] |
2006-02-01 13:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL KPKO PHUM MASS GT CG UG SU UN |
| 06KAMPALA1488 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: LOCAL VIEWS ON PEACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials, international organizations, human rights groups, and local residents in Gulu expressed cautious optimism about the prospects for resolution to the war in Northern Uganda. Most reservations are associated with the mental stability of Lord's Resistance A [...] |
2006-08-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV EAID UG SU |
| 06KAMPALA1512 |
UGANDA: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PTER UN UG IS |
| 06KAMPALA1514 |
UGANDA: PROGRESS ON GSP/AGOA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda, Textile Unions, and Textile Manufacturers Association have made significant progress toward resolving the outstanding issues in the AFL-CIO GSP case. The Government,s passage of the new labor laws in May has been followed up with the signing of the impl [...] |
2006-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM ELAB UG |
| 06KAMPALA1521 |
UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST [...] Post requests Department assistance in screening the following candidates, Ugandan nationals who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. They will participate in a CENTCOM "Golden Spear" Conference from August 28-30, 2006. Post ha [...] |
2006-08-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS UG |
| 06KAMPALA1531 |
UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR SATMO [...] Post requests Department assistance in screening the following candidates, Ugandan nationals who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. All candidates have been nominated for a U.S. Army SATMO truck driving and maintenance traini [...] |
2006-08-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS UG |
| 06KAMPALA1534 |
MORE NORTHERN UGANDAN OFFICIALS GOING TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials view this week's back-and-forth by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation as nervous "antics" rather than a threat to the peace process and continue to support confidence-building efforts by northern Ugandans. A group of five northern Ugandan parliame [...] |
2006-08-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 06KAMPALA1540 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: GOU PRESENTS CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda formally presented its position paper on disarmament, amnesty, repatriation, demobilization, and re-integration of the Lord's Resistance Army on August 11 at the peace talks in Juba. Key provisions include the assembly of LRA forces within 14 days of [...] |
2006-08-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 06KAMPALA1573 |
POSTCARD FROM MASAKA: MULTIPARTY OPPORTUNITIES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Internal party conflict between national and local NRM officials is an important trend in Uganda's new multiparty system. On August 14, poloffs visited Masaka, a large rural district located southwest of Kampala notable for its diversity of political party representation at b [...] |
2006-08-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID UG |
| 06KAMPALA1601 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: VERIFYING JOSEPH KONY'S LOCATION [...] (C) We are following up on information that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony may be in Central African Republic or headed there. Ugandan press reports said that Kony had asked CAR for asylum and that President Bozize's "chief of staff" Dr. Jebbari had traveled to Kampala to di [...] |
2006-08-24 03:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV WCI UG SU |
| 06KAMPALA1613 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: RETURNS OF DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In northern Uganda, humanitarian organizations are reporting increases in the numbers of internally displaced persons returning to their land. The process of "decongestion" of the camps has led to the spontaneous movement of IDPs from more crowded camps to areas where they can [...] |
2006-08-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PREF UG SU |
| 06KAMPALA1615 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES NOT A [...] The Government of Uganda has agreed to a cessation of hostilities--not a cease-fire--to allow members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to assemble at two sites. Rebels in northern Uganda will move to a site in southern Sudan. Rebels in Garamba National Park will go to a designated site i [...] |
2006-08-28 03:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV WCI UG SU |
| 06KAMPALA1616 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: GOVERNMENT MAXIMIZING PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda's efforts to expand its options regarding the Lord's Resistance Army and the Juba Peace Talks intensified over the past week. These include consulting with Sudanese Vice President Salva Kiir, opening direct discussions with LRA number two Vincent Otti [...] |
2006-08-28 03:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV WCI UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1116 |
GOSS CONTACTS WITH THE LORD,S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) [...] (C) Summary: UNMIS, UNHCR, and Ugandan consulate officials, among others, have confirmed at least two meetings between GoSS Vice President Riek Machar and Vincent Otti of the LRA. In April, Machar reportedly offered to mediate peace talks with Kampala, an offer that Otti did not refuse. A fo [...] |
2006-05-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
| 06KHARTOUM1322 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LORD,S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ugandan officials have confirmed that the GOU has accepted the concept of contact with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA), but they were uncertain on the modalities. An initial meeting was postponed due to Vice President Machar,s travel to Khartoum but is expected to take place [...] |
2006-06-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
| 06KHARTOUM1396 |
LRA NEGOTIATORS IN TOWN; UGANDANS YET TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, CG met with David Pulkol, Chairman of the Africa Leadership Institute in Kampala and the former GOU Director of External Intelligence. Pulkol explained that he had come to Juba on behalf of President Museveni for two reasons ) to encourage the GoSS to stick with CPA [...] |
2006-06-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1612 |
UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...] |
2006-07-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1643 |
UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE INCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar will return from Maridi on July 12, where he traveled to meet with Lord's Resistance Army leaders. Ugandan Consulate officials say that the Ugandan delegation is prepared to travel as soon as Machar returns and conf [...] |
2006-07-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1644 |
Southern Sudan: UNHCR Has Successes, Faces Challenges [...] The Director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Southern Sudan, Bhairaja Panday, said that returns from Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were now proceeding smoothly. However, he explained that returns from the Central African Republic ( [...] |
2006-07-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UN CT CG ET CD UG KE SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1675 |
UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir hosted the formal July 14 opening of the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). The head of the Ugandan delegation delivered brief, conciliatory remarks that [...] |
2006-07-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1684 |
UPDATE ON UGANDA-LRA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) has made limited progress to date. On July 16 the parties agreed to basic ground rules and exchanged opening position papers, which were rep [...] |
2006-07-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1775 |
SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] |
2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1778 |
SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] |
2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1780 |
VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR COMMENTS ON LRA MEDIATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with GoSS Vice President Machar on July 21 to review Machar's mediation between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU), the strained GoSS relationship with the World Bank, and the need for GoSS cooperation in completing due diligence req [...] |
2006-07-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ABLD EFIN IBRD UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1795 |
LRA'S KONY TO SEE HIS MOTHER [...] (SBU) CG spoke with two contacts involved in the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). They said that no session took place on July 24, but that local press reports stating the talks had broken down were overstated. There were t [...] |
2006-07-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UG CG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1832 |
KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS [...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...] |
2006-08-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1836 |
KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS [...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...] |
2006-08-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1881 |
LRA Talks: UN Begins Technical Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: UNICEF and UN OCHA have begun providing limited support to the talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), currently being mediated by Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. UNICEF has sent a protection officer to visit the LRA camps and [...] |
2006-08-09 04:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID UG UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1894 |
Sant'Egidio Returns From the Bush with Hope [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the negotiating team focuses on social issues and power sharing, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) cares only about his own fate and that of his commanders, according to mediators from the Communita' Di Sant'Egidio (CSE). Returning from a trip to the LRA camp, [...] |
2006-08-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1942 |
LRA Talks Remain in Limbo Due to Ceasefire [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) walked out of talks on August 9, demanding a ceasefire, consultations between mediators and the parties have continued and talks are resuming. Observers commented that the walkout was not a serious threat, only an attempt to gain levera [...] |
2006-08-15 04:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1978 |
LRA Talks Resume, New Position Papers Requested [...] (SBU) After taking a three-day break, talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) resumed on August 18. During the break, taken to mourn fallen LRA Commander Raska Lukwiya, Chief Mediator Riek Machar asked both parties to return with new position papers that had room for compromi [...] |
2006-08-19 17:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2036 |
LRA Talks: Workshops and then the Real Work [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past week, the two delegations in the talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda have been presenting their new position papers and having workshops on various aspects of the talks. Once all the position papers are presented, likely by [...] |
2006-08-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2038 |
LRA Talks: Cessation of Hostilities [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Using guidelines from their ceasefire workshop (reftel), intense negotiations between the Ugandan Government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on a cessation of hostilities continued through the night of August 25 and into the morning of August 26. Once an agreement was rea [...] |
2006-08-28 09:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2043 |
LRA Mediator: Justice Should be Universal [...] (SBU) One of the leading mediators in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) talks believes this process is the only way to avoid real impunity. He said that for justice to truly be served, all sides, including the Ugandan Government, must be held accountable for its actions. Hizkias Assefa, Riek [...] |
2006-08-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2161 |
LRA Talks Resume as LRA Assembles [...] (U) SUMMARY: Talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) resumed in Juba on September 6, amidst increasing reports of LRA fighters moving to their assembly points. Talks are now focusing on the social issues in northern Uganda. Most observers are optimistic about the talks, but [...] |
2006-09-07 15:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2224 |
LRA: UN Plans Regional Assistance, Talks Stall on ICC [...] As members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) move in greater numbers to their two rally points, the UN has begun planning for increased humanitarian aid in these areas. Due to instability caused by the LRA, there has been little assistance in the region surrounding Ri-Kwangba outside of Nba [...] |
2006-09-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2228 |
LRA Talks: Ceasefire Progresses, Egeland Asks for Help [...] As the ceasefire between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government increasingly takes hold, UN Under Secretary General (UN/USG) for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland visited Juba to meet with the parties to the talks and assess ways that the UN could further support the peace [...] |
2006-09-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID MOPS UN UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2464 |
DARFUR: SOUTHERN SUDAN VP WARNS THAT DARFUR [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion September 29, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar warned flatly that "Darfur can destroy the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)." Machar spoke to Sudan Programs Group (AF/SPG) Director Lauren Landis, who was visiting Juba. Sudan Pre [...] |
2006-10-06 09:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SU UG CG |
| 06KHARTOUM2468 |
SUDAN/UGANDA: MONITORS SAY LRA HAS DISPERSED FROM [...] (C) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) combatants who had assembled at Owiny-Kibul just north of the Sudan-Uganda border have now dispersed, according to Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) chief Gen. Oyai Deng. Deng said at least one LRA group, under senior commander "Dominic" was reported near [...] |
2006-10-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SU UG CG |
| 06KHARTOUM2527 |
LRA LEAVES CAMPS, ATTACKS NEAR JUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lord's' Resistance Army (LRA) combatants killed approximately 17 civilians in attacks on vehicles on major roads east of the southern Sudanese capital of Juba on October 18. Nine persons were confirmed killed on the Juba-Nimule road, a major transportation route between Juba and [...] |
2006-10-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2558 |
VIOLENCE CONTINUES NEAR JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Oyai Deng says that 38 people died on October 18 in violence reportedly linked to the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Deng said that eight vehicles had been burned in the incidents on roads east and south of Juba. [...] |
2006-10-27 10:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2559 |
SUDAN/UGANDA: MUSEVENI VISITS GOSS, MEETS LRA [...] (U) The Governments of Sudan and Uganda have traded accusations in the wake of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's one-day visit to Juba October 21. Khartoum says Museveni had no authorization to visit Sudan, and in any case should have first landed in the Sudanese capital. Ugandan officials [...] |
2006-10-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM256 |
"COLD PEACE" -- SUDAN AND UGANDA FIND COMMON GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Until recently, relations between Sudan and Uganda had been marked by mutual suspicion and aggression through proxy forces. Uganda was a major supporter of the SPLM throughout the 20-year civil war, and Sudan countered this influence by providing weapons and bases to the Lord's [...] |
2006-02-02 12:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2561 |
SENIOR SPLA COMMANDER BLAMES SAF, LRA FOR RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Major General Thomas Cirillo, a senior commander in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Deputy Commander of the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) for all of Sudan, blames the Sudanese Government's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fo [...] |
2006-10-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2564 |
GOSS VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY THAT [...] GOSS-mediated peace talks between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army were difficult and protracted even before the latest upsurge in LRA-related violence, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar told visiting Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios October 17. Their discus [...] |
2006-10-29 05:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM257 |
JUBA OPENS ITS FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a three-hour ceremony on February 1, a large gathering of influential southern Sudanese, supported by a large crowd, celebrated the official opening of the Nile Commercial Bank (NCB), the first institution of its kind in Juba. NCB was reportedly the brainchild of John Garang, [...] |
2006-02-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV SU SA UG KE |
| 06KHARTOUM2572 |
SUDAN: FIVE MORE DEAD IN JUBA VIOLENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Five more persons were killed on the night of October 26-27 in fighting just east of Juba. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) commanders once again pointed either to the -Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Khartoum-backed militia, or the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as r [...] |
2006-10-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2599 |
SUDAN/UGANDA: RENEWAL OF CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Government of Uganda (GoU), the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) renewed their Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CHA) in Juba on November 1 after a night of intensive negotiations. The full text of the new agreeme [...] |
2006-11-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO SU CG UG |
| 06KHARTOUM2609 |
SO. SUDAN: SOUTH BLAMES NORTH FOR UPSURGE IN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has yet to produce concrete evidence that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are behind the current upsurge in violence in areas east and south of Juba. The deployment of a brigade of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) troops to the affected a [...] |
2006-11-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV ASEC SOCI UG UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2650 |
SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: LRA PEACE TALKS RECESS, [...] (C) Summary: Peace talks between the Government of Uganda (GOU) and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) recessed November 8 after the parties failed to reach agreement on a lengthy protocol addressing "root causes" of the 20-year LRA insurgency. LRA combatants missed a November 8 deadline [...] |
2006-11-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CG UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2666 |
SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: PREPARATIONS FOR UN U/S EGELAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs (USYG) Jan Egeland departed Juba November 12 for a meeting with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony on the Sudan-Congo border. Before the meeting, Egeland had expressed serious doubt about whether it would actually [...] |
2006-11-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG |
| 06KHARTOUM2694 |
Sudan/Uganda/DRC: UN Humanitarian Chief Meets Head of [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lord's Resistance Army LRA rebel chief Joseph Kony pressed for the withdrawal of Ugandan forces from Southern Sudan during a brief meeting with UN Under Secretary General (USYG) Jan Egeland on November 12 at the village of Nabanga on the Sudan-Congo border. Kony refused Egeland's [...] |
2006-11-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG |
| 06KHARTOUM2701 |
SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LAWYER BRIEFS LRA,S KONY ON ICC [...] (C) Ugandan human rights lawyer Barney Afako held a detailed one-hour discussion with LRA leader Joseph Kony November 14 about the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the legal consequences of ICC indictments. Afako is a consultant to the UN mediation team assisting peace talks [...] |
2006-11-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC MARR SU CG UG |
| 06KHARTOUM2748 |
National Assembly Calls for Non-Renewal of UPDF Military [...] On November 22, the National Assembly approved a resolution calling for the non-renewal of the protocol with the Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF) in Sudan. The original agreement, signed in March 2002, permitted the UPDF to operate in limited portions of Southern Sudan against the Lord's [...] |
2006-11-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM275 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF [...] (U) CG Juba met with GoSS Minister of Police and Security Daniel Awet on February 3 to review progress in establishing a functional police force in Southern Sudan, and re- establishing security. Awet began by discussing the structure of the police force in South Sudan. There will be a total [...] |
2006-02-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KCRM ASEC EAID CG UG |
| 06KHARTOUM545 |
UNMIS HEAD OF OFFICE ON SPLA, JONGLEI CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) Summary. UNMIS Head of Office in South Sudan James Ellory and CG met on February 24 to discuss security issues in South Sudan, including developments in the SPLA, how to keep a lid on the situation in Jonglei State, and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Ellory expressed frustration wit [...] |
2006-03-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS PGOV SU CG UG UN |
| 06KHARTOUM861 |
THE ANGLOPHONES: SUDAN,S NEIGHBORS, PART ONE OF [...] (SBU) Introduction: Sudan, the largest and arguably the most ethnically complex country in Africa, has nine neighbors, tied with the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the most in Africa. This is the first of a series of four cables describing the bilateral relationship between Sudan and [...] |
2006-04-09 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI SCUL ECON ETRD KEAI UG SU |
| 06KHARTOUM989 |
SOUTHERN SUDAN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH LRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials have confirmed newspapers reports that they have opened discussions with the Lord,s Resistance Army, which continues to terrorize the people of Southern Sudan. According to Minister for Culture, Youth, and Sports John Luk Jok, Riek Ma [...] |
2006-04-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER UG SU |
| 06KIGALI1027 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS [...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...] |
2006-10-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC |
| 06KIGALI340 |
GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...] |
2006-04-12 16:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE |
| 06KIGALI687 |
FORMER INTEL CHIEF KAREGEYA SENTENCED FOR [...] (U) Summary. On 13 July a Rwandan Military Tribunal ruled that Col. Patrick Karegeya was guilty of insubordination and desertion and sentenced him to a prison term of one year and eight months. Both the prosecution and defense intend to appeal the verdict at the Military High Court. End summ [...] |
2006-07-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM RW UG |
| 06KIGALI712 |
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ENGAGES RWANDA [...] Summary. At the request of USTR, Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan McDermott led a delegation to Rwanda to explore areas of assistance. The GOR was keen on soliciting support for a COMESA air traffic management project, but the main focus of the visit was [...] |
2006-07-20 14:37:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID EAIR ECIN PREL ECON RW KE TZ UG |
| 06KINSHASA100 |
GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH [...] (U) MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed to PAO that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed on January 23 in an operation against Lord's Resistance Army forces in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. An additional fourteen peacekeepers were injured, and have been [...] |
2006-01-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT |
| 06KINSHASA105 |
EIGHT UN SOLDIERS, 14 LRA KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT [...] (U) As reported reftel, MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed January 23 in an operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. 2. (C) In a separate conversation January 23, MON [...] |
2006-01-23 17:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO CG UG SU GT UN |
| 06KINSHASA108 |
LRA UPDATE: MONUC CONTINUES INVESTIGATION [...] (C) MONUC military spokesman Hans-Jakob Reichen told PolOff January 24 that MONUC has pulled all of its troops from the Garamba National Park area, and that no search-and-cordon operations are currently being conducted against suspected LRA forces. Reichen said the only MONUC forces near Garam [...] |
2006-01-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SU UG GT CG |
| 06KINSHASA1082 |
ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: ITURI [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited the major towns of the troubled Ituri District in Eastern DRC - Bunia, Aru and Mahagi - May 6 through 10. As in the Grand Nord region of neighboring North Kivu, legal and illegal cross-border trade, the absence of national government control and a st [...] |
2006-07-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EMIN PGOV CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA139 |
ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of military operations against armed militias in Ituri District (reftels), MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) launched Operation Ituri Encourager January 12 to eliminate remaining militia elements in the region. To date, the joint operations have resul [...] |
2006-01-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA141 |
ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of military operations against armed militias in Ituri District (reftels), MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) launched Operation Ituri Encourager January 12 to eliminate remaining militia elements in the region. To date, the joint operations have resul [...] |
2006-01-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA1768 |
ITURI UPDATE: GDRC SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH KARIM, WITH [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC has signed a follow-up agreement with Ituri militia leader Peter Karim aimed at accelerating the demobilization and surrender of his Front for National Integration (FNI) forces. The latest deal promises the FNI will begin disarming by November 27, but stipulates that an a [...] |
2006-11-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA1769 |
ITURI UPDATE: GDRC HAS FIRST MEETING WITH FRPI [...] (C) A GDRC delegation charged with negotiations with Ituri District militia groups and led by Vice Minister of Defense Yves Mena held its first official meeting with the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) November 18. FRPI leader Cobra Matata was not present, but was represented by [...] |
2006-11-20 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA1832 |
NKUNDA LOYALISTS, FARDC CLASH IN NORTH KIVU BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Non-integrated troops loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda clashed with integrated forces of the Congolese military (FARDC) December 5 at the DRC border post of Bunagana. Elements of the non-integrated 83rd Brigade captured Bunagana and the nearby towns of Runyoni and Jomba. I [...] |
2006-12-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA1835 |
FORMER NKUNDA OFFICERS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) Summary: MONUC military officials in North Kivu December 4 debriefed former top lieutenants to Laurent Nkunda after the two abandoned the renegade general's ranks earlier that day (ref A). Colonel Bernard Mbyamungu and Major Dieudonne Kabika told MONUC interrogators the November 25 fightin [...] |
2006-12-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG RW UG |
| 06KINSHASA38 |
DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING [...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel), PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...] |
2006-01-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA411 |
ITURI: MILITIAS CONTINUE TO ATTACK FARDC POSITIONS [...] (C) According to MONUC officials, elements of the Patriotic Force for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia continue to attack positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) in Ituri District. Although Operation Ituri Engraver ceased activities over a week ago (reftel), FARDC and MONUC troops a [...] |
2006-03-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA435 |
ITURI: FARDC AND MONUC SEAL OFF BUNIA FROM MILITIAS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC), with support from MONUC peacekeepers, have sealed off Bunia to prevent the infiltration of militia forces into the city. Following the cessation of Operation Ituri Engraver (reftels), militias have continued sporadic attacks against the FARDC and MONUC [...] |
2006-03-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA478 |
ITURI: INSECURITY ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District is worsening as various militia groups continue their attacks on the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and MONUC troops. Elements of the Patriotic Front for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) and the Congolese Revolutionary Mov [...] |
2006-03-22 17:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA488 |
GDRC TERMS UGANDAN THREAT TO INTERVENE [...] (U) Summary: Press reports suggesting Uganda's possible intent unilaterally to pursue Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) militants into Congolese territory provoked a pointed response from the GDRC. The Ugandan charge was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 22 March where he was told by F [...] |
2006-03-24 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA643 |
GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT [...] (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and aske [...] |
2006-04-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA661 |
UPDF FORCES REPORTEDLY CLASH WITH LRA, FARDC [...] (C) MONUC Eastern Division commanders report that elements of the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) clashed April 26 with suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) near the DRC border post of Lasso (approximately 12 miles northeast of Aba). MONUC commanders also told PolOff that [...] |
2006-04-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG |
| 06KINSHASA700 |
MONUC INVESTIGATES UPDF INCURSIONS INTO DRC [...] (C) Summary: Following the reported April 25 incursion of Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) troops into the DRC near Aba (reftel), MONUC dispatched a joint verification mission to the area to investigate. The MONUC team concluded that elements of the UPDF had infiltrated DRC territory, but [...] |
2006-05-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG |
| 06KINSHASA788 |
ELECTIONS: ITURI POLITICS NOT YET IN FULL BLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to the open displays of political showmanship elsewhere in the DRC, Ituri District has yet to see much public electoral campaigning within its borders. Political parties freely operate in the region, but the practice of politics remains largely out of public view, as [...] |
2006-05-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA793 |
ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...] |
2006-05-19 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA859 |
FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...] |
2006-05-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG |
| 06KINSHASA876 |
RUBERWA ACCOUNT OF MAY MEETING WITH UGANDA [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador that he had a frank but useful exchange in a long meeting with Ugandan President Museveni in Kampala on the margins of the latter's inauguration. Ruberwa said he told Museveni that the GDRC is concerned over continuing reports of Ugandan [...] |
2006-06-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UG CG |
| 06KINSHASA978 |
ITURI'S MILITIAS: WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Ituri District's security has long been threatened by the presence of local armed militias backed by Congolese and Ugandan elements seeking to profit from the region's abundant natural resources, instability, and lack of central government authority. Over the past three years, a s [...] |
2006-06-22 13:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG UG |
| 06LONDON8066 |
(C) SOMALIA: MUSEVENI TELLS A/S FRAZER UGANDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uganda's President Museveni told AF A/S Frazer November 21 that he is ready to send a battalion to Baidoa to protect the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions, provided there is a clear UNSCR, adequate funding and a tacit agreement with Ethiopia. He was expecting Ethiopia to [...] |
2006-11-22 15:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER UNSC SO UG ET |
| 06NAIROBI2418 |
Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...] |
2006-06-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
| 06NAIROBI2419 |
Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...] |
2006-06-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
| 06NAIROBI2654 |
SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...] |
2006-06-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF |
| 06NAIROBI3217 |
CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...] |
2006-07-26 02:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG |
| 06PRETORIA3965 |
(C) SOUTH AFRICA OFFERS TO ASSIST LRA MEDIATION [...] (C) South Africa has offered to serve as a "friend of the mediator" in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-Government of Uganda peace process, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Horn of Africa Director Graham Maitland and East Africa Director Rasheeda Adam. Maitland and Adam sepera [...] |
2006-09-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM UG SF |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1404 |
GAMBARI, KALOMOH, GUEHENNO, EGELAND ATTEND CORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Under Secretary-General (U/SYG) for the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, hosted a meeting of members of the Core Group for Northern Uganda, composed of the U.S., UK, Norway, and Netherlands, with Canada also in attendance, to discuss the [...] |
2006-07-25 13:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV SU UG UNSC XA XW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1438 |
NHLAPO BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON LRA AND NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On July 28, the Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Welile Nhlapo, updated the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the threat of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. He noted that the progress of peace talks in Juba, Southern [...] |
2006-08-01 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UG UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK912 |
UN ON LRA: 'SYMPTOM OF PROBLEM THAT ONLY UGANDA [...] (SBU) At April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General Kalomoh made recommendations for addressing the regional threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), most of which centered around a more proactive ap [...] |
2006-05-04 12:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CG ETTC MOPS PGOV PREL SU UG KPKO |
| 06VATICAN130 |
UGANDA: SANT'EGIDIO WORKING ON LRA [...] (C) Mario Giro of the Community of Sant'Egidio told the Ambassador that he had met recently with Joseph Kony, head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), to discuss possible talks between the LRA and the government of Uganda. The meeting itself was inconclusive, but Giro said there was still a [...] |
2006-07-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM SOCI UG SU VT |
| 07ACCRA1455 |
PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, head of the U.S. delegation to the 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, held bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit with the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana, as well as with the Presidents of Lib [...] |
2007-07-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | BF BO ER ET GH JA LI PREL RW SO SU TZ UG |
| 07ADDISABABA1207 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...] |
2007-04-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS OTRA UG ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1230 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...] |
2007-04-20 06:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS OTRA UG ET |
| 07ADDISABABA312 |
A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...] |
2007-02-01 16:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU |
| 07ADDISABABA420 |
SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...] |
2007-02-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU |
| 07ASMARA336 |
UGANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS ERITREAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) Ugandan Foreign Minister, Sam Kutesa, met with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki on March 19. Official reports of the meeting posted on the GSE website www.shabait.com claimed Kutesa delivered a message to Isaias from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in wh [...] |
2007-03-27 09:27:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER UG SO |
| 07BERN1156 |
NORTHERN UGANDA UPDATE; ACCOUNTABILITY OF JUBA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the points in reftel on December 19 to Kuno Schlaefli, deputy in the MFA's Office of the Special Envoy for Human Security. Schlaefli thanked poloff for the information. He said he could not yet provide a substantive response, but undertook to discuss the matter with oth [...] |
2007-12-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SZ |
| 07BUJUMBURA337 |
CONSULTANT TO US TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VISITS BURUNDI TO [...] Summary. An energy consultant for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) met May 2-3 with senior Government of Burundi (GOB) officials and private energy officials to discuss a feasibility study for a petroleum pipeline to Burundi. Burundian government officials and private concerns res [...] |
2007-05-08 05:29:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RW KE TZ UG BY |
| 07DARESSALAAM933 |
USTR DISCUSSES TIFA, TRADE ISSUES WITH EAC [...] (U) On June 21, Bill Jackson, USTR Director of African Affairs, discussed the proposed U.S. - East African Community (EAC) Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and other trade issues with EAC officials in Arusha. Peter Kiguta, EAC Director General of Customs and Trade, and Flora Mu [...] |
2007-07-02 03:50:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD RW KE UG BU TZ |
| 07KAMPALA1011 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-06-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1050 |
UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...] |
2007-06-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG |
| 07KAMPALA1079 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 17-30, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-07-02 03:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1089 |
UGANDA: BESIGYE'S DETAINED BROTHER GRANTED BAIL [...] Summary. The High Court finally granted bail and release of Joseph Kifefe, Dr. Besigye's brother and an alleged member of the Peoples' Redemption Army (PRA), due to grave illness. The court was satisfied with the medical reports, which provided grounds for bail to be granted. Kifefe had spe [...] |
2007-07-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1090 |
EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION GETS BIGGER [...] Summary. Rwanda and Burundi were admitted to the East African Community (EAC) during a regional summit in Kampala on June 18. The expanded community increased the number of member states which also includes Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The EAC leaders committed to working together for socioe [...] |
2007-07-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PNAT PGOV PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA1122 |
UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED AMNESTY [...] Nine treason suspects allegedly members of the Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) were granted Amnesty on July 5. The suspects are part of the first group of 23 suspects arrested in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in March 2003. Meanwhile, the High Court failed to produce [...] |
2007-07-12 05:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1159 |
UGANDA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS TEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan military and civilian officials view the U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus process as important for confidence-building between the parties and for keeping pressure up on neighbors to rein in negative forces. Ugandans argue that the process has resulted in behind-the-scen [...] |
2007-07-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BY CG RW UG |
| 07KAMPALA1160 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-07-13 08:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1171 |
SLM-Abdelshafi's Faith in UN/AU Roadmap Undermined [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelshafi faction were disappointed in the failure of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue meeting to take place. After being informed by UN/AU officials that the CHD meeting was off, faction members concluded that the UN/AU may h [...] |
2007-07-17 03:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1172 |
UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...] |
2007-07-17 05:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG |
| 07KAMPALA1187 |
UGANDA: RESPONSE ON FOREIGN ACQUISITION OF NATURAL [...] (C) Summary. Chinese interest in Uganda's natural resources consists largely in importing timber, copper, and cobalt. Currently, Chinese investment in these sectors is limited. Ugandan law contains a variety of legal statutes aimed at protecting biodiversity and natural resources, but natio [...] |
2007-07-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CH PGOV PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA1194 |
UGANDA/SOMALIA: AMISOM SECURITY FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Political/Economic Chief and Defense Attache personnel have raised the issue of security arrangements for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) with Ugandan Peoples' Defense Forces Joint Chief of Staff BG Robert Rusoke and UPDF Spokesman Major Felix Kulayigye on July 18 [...] |
2007-07-23 10:40:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SO UG |
| 07KAMPALA1197 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: KEEPING MOMENTUM IN THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The peace talks between the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are at another important juncture. Currently, the parties are consulting with the stakeholders on the mechanisms for accountability and reconciliation. We expect the recess to be extended for anoth [...] |
2007-07-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1199 |
UGANDA: CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: The Government requested a postponement of the high profile trial of former Ministry of Health officials involving the redirection of funds for immunization to political mobilization campains. The trial, which began on July 16, was delayed because the Government said it was not [...] |
2007-07-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1209 |
UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...] |
2007-07-26 04:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG |
| 07KAMPALA1224 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-07-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1236 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: CURRENT TRENDS IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Juba Peace Talks are on recess while the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) undertake consultations with various stakeholders. The break has provided many observers and the Government of Uganda an opportunity to take stock of the process and potential scen [...] |
2007-07-31 11:43:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1242 |
UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL [...] The High Court in Arua finally granted bail to seven suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels currently facing murder charges. The suspects were returned to jail after failing to raise adequate bail funds. The suspects are part of the group charged with treason alongside Forum for Demo [...] |
2007-08-02 09:22:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1251 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT TO KEEP MOMENTUM [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) U.N. Special Envoy Chissano, the international observer team, and post concur that we consider making another public statement to keep up the momentum of the process in the wake of agreement on the general principles of accountabili [...] |
2007-08-03 08:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1270 |
UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK [...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democ 2. (SBU) On August 3, the GOU protested to the Government of DRC of a m 3. (SBU) This incident comes at a time when Ugandan exploration efforts 4. (SBU) Uganda is increasingly optimistic about exploratory offshore d [...] |
2007-08-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG |
| 07KAMPALA1272 |
UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK [...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accusing DRC troops of attacking Heritage Oil installations on Lake Albert on August 3rd. Security sources affirm that a British geologist was killed. In a separate incident on July 28, four Ugan [...] |
2007-08-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG |
| 07KAMPALA1291 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-08-13 05:04:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1310 |
UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30, [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...] |
2007-08-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG |
| 07KAMPALA1346 |
UGANDA: COURTS SET TOUGH BAIL TERMS FOR PRA SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) The High Court in Mbarara granted bail and released two suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels charged with murder on August 16. The court imposed a new condition, requiring each suspect to have three individuals deposit land titles as a guarantee for bail. The suspects are part [...] |
2007-08-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1351 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-08-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1360 |
AFRICA BUREAU SENIOR ADVISOR ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...] Summary: August 15 to 17 Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley, traveled to northern Uganda to meet with local leaders and affected populations. The primary objectives of the trip were to discuss the peace process in Juba, including community consultations on agenda item th [...] |
2007-08-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | UG |
| 07KAMPALA1370 |
UGANDA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Uganda breaks ground on USD 800 hydroelectric dam which when completed will represent the largest U.S. direct investment in the country. The GOU is reporting a recent uranium discovery by a Canadian firm. The Ministry of Finance is promising tax breaks for foreign investors which is rai [...] |
2007-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA1419 |
SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES NORTHERN UGANDAN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with a wide range of government officials, local and religious leaders, military officers, internally-displaced persons, UN officials and international donors to discuss the current situation in northern Uganda during his visit from August 26 to 30. [...] |
2007-09-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1426 |
SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC [...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...] |
2007-09-11 08:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1429 |
Ugandan Perspective on Museveni-Kabila Summit [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila met in Arusha, Tanzania for a two-day summit on September 7 and 8 to discuss border issues, the Lord's Resistance Army and other negative forces, and sharing of common resources. The two heads of state agre [...] |
2007-09-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS UG CG |
| 07KAMPALA1435 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-09-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1449 |
UGANDA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES LRA, CONGO, AND [...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on September 5 to discuss current developments in the negotiations with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA), developments in eastern Congo, and stabilizing Somalia. President Museveni, similarly to [...] |
2007-09-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PGOV PREL UG SU CG SO |
| 07KAMPALA1467 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tim Shortley, Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, traveled to Kampala with AF A/S Secretary Jendayi Frazer and remained in the region to meet with key officials in Uganda, Southern Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo from September 5-17. The GOU's lead negotiator at [...] |
2007-09-20 13:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1482 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: MILITARY OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan and Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley discussed Congolese plans for dealing with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park with Ugandan officials. The meeting took place at the conclusion of t [...] |
2007-09-24 13:40:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
| 07KAMPALA1485 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-09-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1486 |
TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING READ-OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala from September 15-17 followed several significant bilateral meetings between member states. Progess on action against the negative forces remained slow, but the Democratic Republic of Congo and MONUC presented the outlines of their plan [...] |
2007-09-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
| 07KAMPALA1490 |
UGANDA/DRC: MORE ON LAKE ALBERT CONFRONTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kampala follow-up on the incidents on Lake Albert confirm basic elements of the confrontation (retel). The details of the second incident remain in question and under investigation by a joint FARDC-MONUC-UPDF team. MONUC said that the UPDF fired unprovoked on a civi [...] |
2007-09-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1491 |
UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALITY REMAINS ILLEGAL AND CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) Public resentment against homosexuality has sparked demonstrations and significant public debate over the past few months. The GOU continues to take a strong position against the practice of homosexuality in Uganda, which is illegal. A local NGO, Sexual Minorities in Uganda Group (SMUG [...] |
2007-09-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC UG |
| 07KAMPALA1594 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-10-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1595 |
UGANDA: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT OF PRESIDENT MUSEVENI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A look inside Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's in-box reveals a range of international and regional issues, many where the U.S. also has interests. Museveni's immediate "to-do" list includes repairing relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to gain its cooperation [...] |
2007-10-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG |
| 07KAMPALA1681 |
UGANDA SUPPORTIVE OF WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AORC PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA1682 |
UGANDA CONSIDERS MONTREAL CONVENTION AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 10:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA STET PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA1683 |
UGANDA SUPPORTS AFRICA CONSENSUS ON RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
| 07KAMPALA1689 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] |
2007-10-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1691 |
UGANDA: PARLIAMENT INVESTIGATES AGOA ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development met October 18 to begin an inquiry into the status of companies exporting under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the implications of renewing production at Tri-Star Apparels. The inquiry comes [...] |
2007-10-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA1693 |
UGANDA SUPPORTS SWING CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREF SMIG UG |
| 07KAMPALA1708 |
UGANDA: GAVI SCANDAL TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Ministry officials and a State House mobilizer for the diversion of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) funds resumed on October 29. The Chief Magistrate overruled two defense team motions, causing the lawyers to walk out of court. [...] |
2007-11-02 08:37:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1709 |
UGANDA: POST DOES NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Post does not assess the Democracy and Governance environment in Uganda to be conducive for a quick success for the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) pilot. Government officials, including President Museveni, have publicly complained about outside interference on gover [...] |
2007-11-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID EUN OECD UG FR |
| 07KAMPALA1720 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA DEFECTOR AND NEGOTIATORS WELCOMED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Operations Chief Opio Makasi, who fled the group's camp on October 2, and the LRA's Juba Delegation arrived in Kampala on October 31 and November 1 respectively to warm welcomes and heavy press coverage. The Government continues to debrief Makasi a [...] |
2007-11-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1725 |
ALL EYES ON CHOGM; GOU UNDECIDED ON COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 12:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
| 07KAMPALA1741 |
UGANDA: SOLICITOR GENERAL SQUARES OFF WITH IGG [...] (C) Summary: A continuing showdown between the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Faith Mwonhda, and the Solicitor General, Lucian Tibaruha, could have important Constitutional implications for the IGG's institutional credibility and its capacity to fight corruption. The High Court found [...] |
2007-11-09 05:36:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1743 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA REPORTEDLY SPLINTERING [...] (C) Summary: In a phone call to a northern Ugandan politician, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony confirmed a rupture within the LRA, and claimed that Vincent Otti was under arrest for plotting against him. GOU officials are convinced that Otti is dead. On November 7, GOU intel [...] |
2007-11-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA1752 |
NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION IN [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning the report was relayed to PM [...] |
2007-11-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER UG |
| 07KAMPALA1756 |
UGANDAN MILITARY CLASHES WITH CONGOLESE REBELS [...] (SBU) A Congolese rebel associated with General Laurent Nkunda was killed during a gunfight with the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) in the southwestern district of Kisoro on November 11. In response, the GOU increased border security in the troubled area, and vowed to push forward with [...] |
2007-11-15 03:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL CG UG |
| 07KAMPALA1772 |
UGANDA: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON LICENSE [...] Acting Permanent Secretary of Defense Rosetta Byengoma and Joint Chief of Staff Brigadier General Robert Rusoke confirmed to PolOff on November 15 that the reftel firearms would be used by the Ugandan military for security during the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Kampala [...] |
2007-11-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KMOC PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA1774 |
UGANDA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Uganda is not a regional financial center or a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing. Money laundering takes place in Uganda, but the GOU has no systematic research on its scope and magnitude. Recent efforts by GOU officials to address the smuggling of counterfeit [...] |
2007-11-16 09:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ASEC UG |
| 07KAMPALA1785 |
HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CRIES FOUL; ACCUSES INGOS OF MISTREATING [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Focus (HRF), a widely respected local human rights organization, reported the dissatisfaction of some Ugandans working for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in northern Uganda. In the report released in September 2007, workers reportedly complaine [...] |
2007-11-20 13:14:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA1847 |
UGANDA: RULING PARTY GEARS UP FOR FIGHT OVER [...] (U) Summary: Residents in the eastern county of Bugweri, Iganga District are preparing for a second parliamentary election following a High Court ruling that nullified the February 2006 results. The court, responding to a Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) petition, noted a number of irregula [...] |
2007-12-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
| 07KAMPALA1848 |
UGANDA MAY BE OPEN TO MANPADS STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post has considered reftel Horn of Africa MANPADS Acquisition Engagement and Plan of Action Strategy for Uganda. Mechanisms proposed to help the GOU address counter-proliferation and destruction are feasible and timely. Post is confident that the GOU would welcome greater USG involv [...] |
2007-12-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA1853 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (November 3-30, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-12-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
| 07KAMPALA1894 |
LRA PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Turmoil within the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), including the execution of LRA deputy leader Vincent Otti and recent defections, have injected uncertainty into the future of the peace process. The LRA negotiating team's consultations were set to wrap up in Uganda on December 8, but fu [...] |
2007-12-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV SU UG |
| 07KAMPALA1895 |
UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI FLEXIBLE ON "PLAN B" [...] (C) Summary: President Yoweri Museveni does not believe that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony wants peace, but is willing to allow the peace process to continue until March. On December 14, Museveni complained to U.N. Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano that [...] |
2007-12-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
| 07KAMPALA1904 |
MUSEVENI PUSHES UNSC MEMBERS FOR ACTION ON CONGO [...] (SBU) President Museveni summoned UN Security Council representatives (resident in Kampala) to a State House meeting on December 14 to criticize UN inaction in Congo. Museveni accused the UN of shirking its responsibility by not acting to counter "negative forces" in eastern Congo. In a calm [...] |
2007-12-19 08:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC UG |
| 07KAMPALA193 |
UGANDA: VOTE ON APPROVAL OF SOMALIA DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) On January 31, ruling party parliamentarians rejected the Defense Minister's motion to short-circuit parliamentary procedures to move forward a resolution to approve the Ugandan military's deployment to Somalia. In a 45-43-4 vote, ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentaria [...] |
2007-02-01 02:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID KPKO ET SO ER KE UG |
| 07KAMPALA238 |
UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO [...] (SBU) On February 7, Parliament referred the Somalia resolution to the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee. The committee's chairperson, Rose Nsereko Namayanja, told P/E officer on February 9 that the committee was wrapping up its work on the Somalia resolution. She would be preparing the [...] |
2007-02-12 02:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
| 07KAMPALA240 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 27-February 9, 2007) [...] Summary: Post presents the thirteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good gove [...] |
2007-02-12 04:33:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA247 |
UGANDA REQUESTS ACOTA SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA BOUND [...] (U) Summary: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala 9-10 February 2007, to discuss the possibility of ACOTA peace support operations (PSO) training and equipping support for Uganda. The Ugandans stres [...] |
2007-02-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA254 |
UGANDA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES SOMALIA DEPLOYMENT [...] On February 13, Parliament approved the deployment of the Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF) to Somalia. The Defense and Internal Affairs Committee presented its report recommending the approval of the mission and ruling party parliamentarians debated the resolution for 1 1/2 hours. The [...] |
2007-02-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
| 07KAMPALA297 |
UGANDA: Parliamentarians Concerned about Immigrants [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, 2007, RefCoord met with parliamentarians Stephen Mukitale and Beatrice Mpairwe of Bulisa district, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). RefCoord asked for the meeting to determine how IDP and refugee settlements impacted the local economy. H [...] |
2007-02-20 11:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PINS UG |
| 07KAMPALA311 |
UGANDA'S MUSEVENI PRAISES U.S. AND AGOA [...] President Museveni expressed gratitude to the United States for opening its markets. In a speech on February 23 celebrating the first shipment of 100 percent Ugandan made organic cotton t-shirts to the United States, Museveni said, "the fact that the eleven trillion dollar U.S. market is open [...] |
2007-02-26 07:03:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA312 |
UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...] |
2007-02-23 03:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA317 |
UGANDA: FEBRUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Summary: Phenix textiles shipped its first consignment of 100 percent Ugandan made organic cotton t-shirts to the United States. Uganda has been designated to lead African countries in the next round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The Gates Foundation is providing over USD [...] |
2007-02-26 07:04:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA341 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...] |
2007-02-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA342 |
UGANDA: ACTION ITEMS ON SOMALIA FROM EUCOM DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command General William Ward, discussed a wide range of issues with Ugandan military and civilian officials during his visit to Uganda from February 27 to 28. Ward praised President Museveni's commitment to regional stability. Senior military off [...] |
2007-02-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
| 07KAMPALA345 |
UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...] |
2007-03-01 03:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG |
| 07KAMPALA364 |
UGANDA: 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR 1737 [...] Per Reftel, the U.S. report on UNSC 1737 and key points were delivered to Rhoda Kaisha and Isaac Sublime, International Affairs Directorate, and Nicholas Chaka, Director, Americas Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 1. BROWNING [...] |
2007-03-02 05:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY UG |
| 07KAMPALA367 |
UGANDA: GOVERNMENT RE-ARRESTS PRA SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government re-arrested the remaining Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects, after they were released on bail on March 1, during a confrontation that turned violent on the premises of the High Court. Over the past year, the Executive and President Museveni have defied two [...] |
2007-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS UG |
| 07KAMPALA377 |
UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...] |
2007-03-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG |
| 07KAMPALA399 |
UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON MCCORMICK-POWELL VISIT [...] Summary: David McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs led a delegation through Uganda from March 2-5. The delegation came to observe the impact of foreign assistance and public di [...] |
2007-03-07 11:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID PGOV PHUM PREF UG |
| 07KAMPALA448 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA LEADER JOSEPH KONY AGREES TO RESUME [...] Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda described the discussions between Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and United Nations Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joaquim Chissano on March 11 as "positive and constructive." Rugunda said that he anticipated anothe [...] |
2007-03-14 05:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA449 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 27-March 9, 2007) [...] Summary: Post presents the fifteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governanc [...] |
2007-03-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA457 |
UGANDA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uganda's Foreign Minister visited Iran and encouraged closer economic ties between the two countries. The European Union's effort to sign a new Economic Partnership Agreement faced resistance from the government of Uganda. Ugandan cargo flights to the European Union resume aft [...] |
2007-03-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA463 |
UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...] |
2007-03-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG |
| 07KAMPALA488 |
UGANDA SUPPORTS EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION BUT PROGRESS SLOW [...] SUMMARY: The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, reiterated the importance of East African integration for the creation of a large and viable economic bloc to transform the economies of the region. Kategaya reported the findings of the Natio [...] |
2007-03-21 04:31:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KECF PGOV PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA511 |
UGANDA SUPPORTS EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION BUT PROGRESS SLOW [...] SUMMARY: The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, reiterated the importance of East African integration for the creation of a large and viable economic bloc to transform the economies of the region. Kategaya reported the findings of the Natio [...] |
2007-03-23 03:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KECF PGOV PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA526 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...] |
2007-03-27 08:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA561 |
UGANDA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UGANDA ALLEGES ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Save the Children Uganda, an auxiliary non-governmental organization (NGO) to Save the Children USA, released a report on an alleged Ugandan military attack in Karamoja that killed 66 children and 20 adults. At Save the Children USA's request, Save the Children Uganda shared t [...] |
2007-03-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN MOPS SOCI UG |
| 07KAMPALA577 |
GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...] |
2007-04-03 01:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM |
| 07KAMPALA581 |
UGANDA MOVES FORWARD WITH ACOTA PROGRAM FOR SOMALIA-BOUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala from March 29-30 2007, to plan peace support operations (PSO) training for Uganda's Somalia-bound peacekeepers. The ACOTA team also began laying the [...] |
2007-04-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG |
| 07KAMPALA589 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 23-April 6, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the seventeenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...] |
2007-04-06 03:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA630 |
NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA TALKS TO RESUME APRIL 23 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10 for proposed press guidance. 2. (SBU) Summary: Negotiations between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are set to resume in Juba, Southern Sudan on April 26. The two parties agreed to extend the Cessation of Hos [...] |
2007-04-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA637 |
UGANDA: ADF CLASH WITH UPDF NEAR TOURIST LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) and the rebel Allied Democratic Front (ADF) continue to clash in western Uganda. American citizens in the region have been warned to avoid traveling in the Bundidugyo District and the popular Semliki Safari Lodge has closed for two weeks [...] |
2007-04-17 06:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC MOPS PINR UG |
| 07KAMPALA647 |
UGANDA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The government of Uganda (GOU) continues its efforts to attract foreign investment and exports to the United States, and protect American goods against counterfeiters. On a less positive note, a protest to protect a forest from being sold to investors turned violent as proteste [...] |
2007-04-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UG |
| 07KAMPALA669 |
UGANDA: OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ERITREA ON [...] (C) Summary: President Museveni and Foreign Minister Kutesa held two separate, but similar, meetings with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki over the issue of external support for Somali factions. Museveni and Kutesa asked that Eritrea end its support for the Islamic Courts in early April an [...] |
2007-04-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
| 07KAMPALA727 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (April 7-30, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the eighteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...] |
2007-04-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA744 |
UGANDA: IF A TREE FALLS IN MABIRA FOREST, WHO WILL [...] (C) Summary: The April 12 and 17 violence associated with the campaign to stop the sale of land in the Mabira Forest to foreign investors continues to reverberate throughout Uganda's political arena. Five people died after frustrations were taken out on Asians during violent confrontations. [...] |
2007-05-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SENV UG |
| 07KAMPALA778 |
UGANDA: ACOTA TRAINING STRATEGY CONFERENCE SHAPES PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan military leaders and planners and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials and training specialists joined a four-day Training Strategy Conference (TSC) in Jinja, Uganda, to develop a strategy for near and mid-term Peace Support Op [...] |
2007-05-10 05:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UG |
| 07KAMPALA780 |
UGANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA'S UNHRC MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 06:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UG |
| 07KAMPALA842 |
NORTHERN POLITICIANS SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan discussed the prospects for peace, the commitment of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Government of Uganda to a negotiated settlement, justice and accountability mechanisms, and potential pressure on the LRA would be usefu [...] |
2007-05-16 05:01:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA854 |
UGANDA/SOMALIA: MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VIEWPOINTS [...] (C) Summary: Support for Uganda's deployment to Somalia remains firm among Ugandan military and civilian officials. During Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan's visit to Uganda from May 7-9, the Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Forces, and parliamentarians raised a number [...] |
2007-05-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
| 07KAMPALA865 |
NRM WINS CONTROVERSIAL EASTERN REGION BY-ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary. The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party won two district seats in eastern Uganda but lost another in the first by-elections held under a multiparty system. Despite President Museveni's active campaigning, there was a low voter turnout of less than 50 percent of reg [...] |
2007-05-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UG |
| 07KAMPALA871 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-05-22 07:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA883 |
SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT: KAMPALA-BASED DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction tied to Ahmed Abdelshafi, based in Kampala, wants a reconciliation conference among the various SLM factions. Abdelshafi is expected back in Kampala in the next week. His faction claims to have assumed Abdelwahid El-Nur's leadership [...] |
2007-05-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA909 |
UGANDA: CORRUPTION SCANDAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The arrests of former health officials implicated in an immunization fund scandal has set in motion a chain of events with an uncertain outcome and potentially damaging implications for the Museveni family and other key political actors. Military and police arrested two former [...] |
2007-05-29 10:04:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KCRM UG |
| 07KAMPALA917 |
SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT-ABDELSHAFI RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Ahmed Abdelshafi Toba returned to Uganda on May 26. On May 27, P/E Chief met with Abdelshafi on May 27, who proudly showed off photographs of the Sudanese helicopter and pilot that his faction downed, and of meetings with U.S. and United N [...] |
2007-05-30 00:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA964 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...] |
2007-06-05 12:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
| 07KAMPALA968 |
NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] |
2007-06-06 03:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID |