By KEVIN J. KELLEYMore by this AuthorNEW YORKTanzania and Uganda are among several African countries being investigated by the United Nations for violating sanctions imposed on North Korea. The eight-member panel said it is assessing information from an unnamed UN member-state indicating that Tanzania has entered into military-related contracts with a North Korean corporation valued at about $12.5 million. In addition, the panel said it is looking into the role of the military attaché office in the North Korean embassy in Kampala. The 111-page document makes no reference to an announcement last year by South Korean officials that Uganda had agreed to cut its military and police ties with North Korea. President Yoweri Museveni made that pledge during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart in May 2016, the office of South Korea's president said at the time.

Source: Daily Nation September 13, 2017 13:18 UTC