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URA launches electronic regional cargo tracking hub

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has today launched three customs trade facilitation programmes that will improve the ease of doing business in Uganda and the East African Community, and also promote trade and Investment. The trade facilitation programmes funded by Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) will be used to monitor transit …

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VX nerve agent found on Kim Jong-Nam face

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical warfare, Malaysian police said Friday. Releasing a preliminary toxicology report on Kim Jong-Nam’s murder at a Kuala Lumpur airport, police said the poison used by the assassins …

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India gives Uganda medical, IT support

India’s Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari has announced his country’s offer of $3 million to boost the health sector. India has also agreed to share its experience and expertise in the IT sector. According to a statement at the end of Ansari’s 3-day visit, India has offered Uganda medicines worth $2 million and …

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VIDEO: Kamuli by-election set for April 12

VIDEO: The electoral commission has set April 12, 2017 as the polling date for Kamuli municipality by -elections and warns against possible electoral malpractice and use of hate speech during the exercise. According to the roadmap, the commission boss justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon said the exercise will commence on March 10, …

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JOBS: Chief Security Officer Addis Ababa

Job Opening: Posting Title: CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER, P4 Job Code Title: CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER Department/Office: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA Posting Period: 22 February 2017 – 07 April 2017 Job Opening Number: 17-Security-ECA-75066-R-Addis Ababa (G) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

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US promises no mass deportations in bid to calm Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico | AFP |  US officials promised Mexico no “mass deportations” or use of military force to expel immigrants, moving to calm tensions over President Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on “bad dudes” illegally residing in his country. US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Secretary of …

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Gambia’s ex-spy chief, 8 others charged with murder

Banjul, Gambia | AFP |  Gambia’s dreaded former spy chief — whose watch was marred by allegations of killings and torture — and eight subordinates were charged Thursday with killing a leading opposition member in April. Yankuba Badjie headed the National Intelligence Agency, which rights groups say carried out arbitrary …

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DRC: 16 killed in three days of clashes with M23

Goma, DR Congo | AFP |  Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army against a rebel militia, a military spokesman told AFP Thursday. Guillaume Djike, a spokesman for the army in troubled North Kivu province in the …

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