🇺🇬Uganda participated in the 9th @AUC_PAPS Council–UN Peacebuilding Commission Annual Consultative Meeting in New York on 21 October 2026, with the delegation led by Amb. @Rotengo2. The meeting advanced practical cooperation, information-sharing and coordinated peacebuilding to support nationally owned priorities, strengthen African-led solutions and promote lasting peace and stability. #Peacebuilding #AfricanUnion #UN

🇺🇬🇪🇹 The 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa was opened in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, bringing together African leaders and security stakeholders to explore pathways to peace through economic sovereignty and geopolitical transformation. Hon. @KiryowaKk, Uganda’s Minister of Defence, is representing H.E. President @KagutaMuseveni at the Forum, held from 23–25 October 2026. . #TanaForum2026 #AfricanSecurity #UgandaDiplomacy

🇺🇬 At the 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, Hon. @KiryowaKk, Minister of Defence, emphasised that development must translate into individual wealth creation. Speaking on “Building an African Model for Peace and Sovereignty in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry,”he called for patriotism, local value addition and retaining Africa’s wealth within the continent to create jobs, strengthen economic agency and reduce external dependency. #TanaForum2026 #AfricanSecurity #UgandaDiplomacy

🇺🇬🌍 Uganda has underscored the importance of local processing, stronger regional markets and African-led solutions in advancing peace and economic sovereignty. At the 12th Tana High-Level Forum in Ethiopia, Hon. @KiryowaKk called for Africa to move beyond exporting raw materials and importing finished products, urging greater value addition to ensure the continent’s resources generate lasting prosperity for its people. #TanaForum2026 #AfricanSecurity #UgandaDiplomacy

🇺🇬🇪🇹 Hon. @KiryowaKk, Minister of Defence, arrived in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, where he was received by Ms. @MargaretKafeero, Minister-Counsellor and CDA a.i. at Uganda’s @UgaEmbassyAddis to the @_AfricanUnion in Addis Ababa, and Brig. Gen. Edward Mutaawe, Defence Attaché at Uganda’s Embassy in Addis Ababa. He will represent H.E. President @KagutaMuseveni at the 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, joining African leaders to discuss “From the Margins to the Centre: Building an African Model for Peace and Sovereignty in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry.” #TanaForum2026 #AfricanSecurity

🇺🇬🇪🇹 HAPPENING NOW: The official opening of the 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa is underway in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, under the theme “Pathways to Peace in Africa: Economic Sovereignty and Geopolitical Transformation.” Hon. @KiryowaKk, Minister of Defence, is attending on behalf of H.E. President @KagutaMuseveni, joining African leaders and stakeholders to deliberate on pathways to peace, security and economic sovereignty amid a transforming geopolitical landscape. #TanaForum2026 #AfricanSecurity #UgandaDiplomacy

🇺🇬🌍 Amb. Johnnie Muhindo, Head of the Diaspora Services Department at Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, highlighted the diaspora’s role in advancing Uganda’s socio-economic transformation through investment, trade, skills transfer and partnerships with Government and the private sector. He reaffirmed the importance of diaspora mobilisation within Uganda’s economic and commercial diplomacy strategy and noted that the National Diaspora Policy was in the final stages of drafting following consultations with Ugandans abroad. #InvestInUganda #UgandaEthiopia #ECD #VisitUganda #UgandaAt64

🇺🇬🤝🇪🇹 Mr. Wondafrash Debere Tolera, representing Amb. Zerihun Abebe, Director-General for African Affairs at Ethiopia’s @MFAEthiopia, commended the Ugandan community for its conduct and contribution to development in Ethiopia. He highlighted the growing people-to-people connections between the two countries, including Ethiopia’s community in Kampala’s “Little Ethiopia” neighbourhoods, and called for these longstanding ties to translate into stronger trade, business partnerships and commercial cooperation. #InvestInUganda #UgandaEthiopia #ECD #VisitUganda #UgandaAt64