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JOBS: Civil Engineer US Mission South Sudan

U.S. Mission                               Juba, South Sudan Position Title:                            Civil Engineer Opening Date:                          Thursday, October 17, 2019 Closing Date:                           Monday, November 04, 2019 Salary:                                      $50,093.13 per annum  For More Info:      E-mail …

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JOBS: Assistant Facilities Manager US Mission Kampala

U.S. Mission                           Uganda Position Title:                         Assistant Facilities Manager Opening Period:                   10/07/2019 – 10/24/2019 Salary:                                     USD 41,081 Who May Apply:                     U.S. Citizen Eligible Family Members (USEFMs) – All Agencies Duration Appointment:          FMA not to exceed 5 years Summary: The U.S. Mission in Uganda is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the …

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Flying start to Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2019

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kampala Geopolitics Conference 2019 had it all on day one.  African and global politics, debate and Intellectualism rolled in a few hours….and that is before an even more promising day two, due Friday at Makerere University. The conference was “…fired by the most impressive and energetic moderation …

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WORLD BANK: All children should be able to read by age 10

Poverty indicator ➡SELECT COUNTRIES ➡ ✳ Botswana 🇧🇼 48.3 | ✳ DRC 🇨🇩 86.0 | ✳ Australia 🇦🇺 8.6|  ✳ Ethiopia 🇪🇹 90.3 | ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬 82.8 | ✳ South Africa 🇿🇦 79.8 | ✳ UK 🇬🇧 3.4 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has today in Kampala released a report detailing what it will take …

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World’s fastest ant clocks nearly a metre per second

Paris, France | AFP | It’s official: The Saharan silver ant is the fastest of the world’s 12,000 known ant species, clocking a blistering 855 millimetres — nearly a metre — per second, researchers said Thursday. Measured another way, the six-legged sprinter covers 108 times its own body length per …

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BREXIT DEAL!

  EU’s Juncker says ‘fair’ Brexit deal agreed with UK Brussels, Belgium | AFP |  The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said Thursday that Brussels had come to an agreement with Britain on a Brexit withdrawal agreement to be presented to EU leaders. “Where there is a will, …

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TRUMP: Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool

Trump letter to Erdogan: ‘Don’t be a fool’ Washington, United States | AFP | “Don’t be a fool,” Donald Trump warned his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an extraordinary letter sent the day Turkey launched its incursion into northeastern Syria — warning history risked branding him a “devil.” Three days …

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