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Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has commended Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination of Ambassador Amina Mohamed  for the position of African Union Commission Chair and assured her of Tanzania’s endorsement. Amina Mohamed is Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. She joins the race after the withdrawal of Uganda’s Dr. Wandira …

Kampala High Court Judge Margret Oguli Oumo will on Friday give her ruling on whether Makerere University should be made a party in a case filed by a Rubaga South voter Habib Buwembo against his area MP Paul Kato Lubwama. Buwembo wants Makerere University joined as a third respondent with …

President Yoweri Museveni started his day at 9am with a trip to his pond to fetch water for drip irrigation at his new farm in Kawumu, Luwero district. He emphasized households can avert drought and hunger if they looked after their gardens better and also engaged in cost effective enterprise …

VIDEO: The Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has ordered the Police to enforce a ban on the use of sirens to secure right of way on city roads by unauthorized persons. In a statement read by the Police spokesperson Felix Kaweesi, the IGP directed them to henceforth arrest and prosecute …

Sliding tourism earnings: Terrorism fears continue to hit tourism industry but stakeholders optimistic about mid term prospects Latest data from the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities shows that both tourist arrivals and earnings registered the lowest growth in five years. Growth in 2015 was at just about 3% in …

ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome The added inflow of travelers into Rwanda, to a large part for conference tourism and MICE events, is now opening up investment opportunities across the country and especially along the tourism zone along Lake Kivu. Two new hotels in Kigali, the Radisson Blu Hotel …

Following an extensive selection process has the Madhvani Foundation through its scholarships Sub-Committee awarded a 172 University Scholarships worth sh711 million to gifted but financially challenged students for the 2016/2017 academic year. It is the 14th consecutive year the foundation has given out scholarships since the reinstatement of the programme …

Botswana based multi-national ecotourism company Wilderness Safaris, operating nearly 40 luxury safari camps across eight African countries, has raised US$35 million bilateral loan for the purchase of a new ecotourism company in Kenya and for further expansion across Africa. Keith Vincent, the Chief Executive at the Wilderness Safaris said ‘in …

Less than three months since it launched formal operations, the Uganda National Oil Company has received Africa wide recognition after winning the best National Oil Company (NOC) presentation at a recent Oil and Gas forum held in South Africa. The event was organised by Standard Bank. The conference was held …

Thursday was a special day at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) as Zakayo, the oldest chimpanzee known in the country, celebrated its 53rd birthday. The Wildlife Center annually celebrates Zakayo’s birthday to highlight the plight and abuse of chimpanzees and other animals. Zakayo is the oldest chimpanzee in captivity in a country …