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YALTA National Youth In Agroecology Caravan Kicks Off On March 22

By Our Reporter Kampala: YALTA, an initiative hosted and implemented by the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda in collaboration with;...

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Africa

First Come, First Serve! Sexiest Lonely Lady Dares Horny Men:“I Will Pay $15000 Monthly To Any Man Who Will Satisfy Me”

By Our Reporter Ghanian sexy lady disclosed that she’ll pay $15,000 monthly to any man who will marry her with eight stringent...

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End Bloody Disappearances Of Ugandans: Human Rights Watch Warns Gov’t

By Our Reporter Ugandan authorities should take immediate steps to end the ongoing abductions by suspected state agents and cease the unlawful...

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Africa Seeks ‘Continental Capacity’ to Produce Vaccines

By Our Reporter Kampala: As Africa lags in its efforts to vaccinate 60% of its 1.3 billion people as quickly as possible,...

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Kenya Maize Ban Prompts Harsh Criticism

By Our Reporter Arusha — Kenya’s ban on maize imports from Tanzania and Uganda, ostensibly because of aflatoxin contamination, continued to draw...

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Minister Who Was Denied Plane Over COVID-19 Positive Status Walks By Road To Uganda

By Our Reporter JUBA – South Sudan’s minister of humanitarian affairs and disaster management Peter Mayen who was forced off a plane...

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Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania Most Hit By U-17 Afcon Cancellation

By Our Reporter Uganda among other big Africa teams have been hit hard after Caf yesterday announced the last-minute cancellation of the...

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Burundi President Pardons Over 5000 Prisoners To Curb Overcrowding

By Our Reporter Burundi is set to release thousands of inmates to ease overcrowding in the east African nation’s prisons. Some 5,255 prisoners or roughly...

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Bobi Wine Demands Immediate Release Of Political Prisoners

By Our Reporter Opposition leader Bobi Wine on Tuesday called on Ugandans to “rise up peacefully and unarmed” in protest against President...

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Africa

Business At Peak! Uganda Airlines Given Morning Landing Slot At London Heathrow

By Our Reporter Uganda Airlines has secured an early morning landing slot at London Heathrow Airport. The flight from Entebbe will land...

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Police Deny Asking Protesters To Prepare Coffins And Wills Before Rioting

By Our Reporter Uganda police have denied reports they cautioned protesters to first buy coffins and write their wills before going to...

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Covid-19 Vaccination Launched in Uganda at Mulago Hospital

The vaccination exercise was launched by Minister Jane Ruth Aceng at Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital where she be came the...

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Former NUP Aspirant for Kisoro Municipality dies in accident

KISORO, UGANDA: At least one person has died on spot and six other are nursing injuries at St Francis Hospital Mutolere following...

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Africa

NGOs’ Pressure On Banks Threatens $3.5bn Pipeline Project Financing

By Our Reporter The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project took a new twist on Monday when 263 non-governmental organisations sought...

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Africa

U20 AFCON: Uganda Hippos to Face Former Champions Ghana In Final

By Our Reporter This year’s U-20 Africa Cup of Nations final will be a David vs Goliath affair as three-time champions Ghana...

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Uganda Targets Doubling Palm Oil Production With Second Estate

By Our Reporter Wilmar International Ltd.’s Ugandan unit is establishing the East African country’s second palm oil project, which is expected to...

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East Africa

Northern Uganda To Soon Receive Reliable Electricity Supply

By Our Reporter Over the past few years, Uganda’s demand for electricity has grown steadily with Umeme, the country’s largest power distributor,...

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Africa

AFCON U20: Uganda Hippos Make Historical Triumphant Into Finals

By Our Reporter Debutants Uganda U20 Team- the Hippos are in the final of the Total AFCON U20 after a well drilled...

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Uganda Airlines To Fly The Rare Airbus A330-800 To London Heathrow

By Our Reporter The shorter variant of the A330neo, the A330-800, will be heading to London Heathrow among a number of other...

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Police Speaks Out on Journalists beaten in Kololo

KAMPALA, UGANDA: the Uganda police says it has launched investigations into circumstances under which up to seven journalists were on Wednesday attacked...

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Parliament approves UGX 292Bn supplementary budget

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament has approved and passed a supplementary budget of 292 Billion Shillings. The approved 18.5 billion Shillings for Covid-19 vaccines...