Uganda and Somalia sign labour agreement on Ugandan workers in Mogadishu

According to The Independent, Uganda's Labour Minister Gen. Henry Tumukunde and Somalia's Labour Minister Prof Salim Alio Ibro signed an agreement setting terms for Ugandans employed in Somalia, at the close of a mid-term review of the two countries' Joint Permanent Commission. Officials said the terms include written contracts, wages paid into workers' own accounts, employer-funded travel and insurance, and a ban on forced labour and passport confiscation.