Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has advised tourists interested in visiting Karamoja wildlife-protected areas to be careful as they cross the flooded seasonal rivers in the sub-region. James Okware, the senior warden in charge of Pian, Upe and Matheniko Bokora game reserves says that most of …
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United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed the first commercial vessel sailing from Ukraine’s Odesa under the Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye. The cargo ship loaded with more than 26,000 tons of corn should arrive at the inspection location in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei will not compete at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth games. The star athlete, the defending champion of both the 10,000 and 5,000 metre at the Commonwealth games was scheduled to compete in the 5,000-metre race that will be held on August 6, 2022. But …
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Montreal, Canada | Xinhua | World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that overlapping crises of COVID-19, inflation and cuts to foreign aid by wealthy countries are accelerating health inequality and disrupting health services. Giving a keynote speech by video to the “health equity for all” of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest budget cuts have taken a huge toll on the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) affecting the preparation of the national assessments. According to the approved budget figures, UBTEB was expected to receive Shillings 8.9 billion. Of this, Shillings 5.9 billion was budgeted …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. “We stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community,” Putin said in a message of greetings as the 10th Review Conference of the …
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It will boost manufacturing and bridge the funding gap to the sector that holds great potential for Uganda’s growth Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s commercial banks are planning to provide Shs1trillion in export credit facility to help local manufacturers boost their access to the regional markets. Sarah Arapta, …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 houses in Buseruka sub county, Hoima district have been destroyed following heavy rains that ravaged the area. The heavy downpour with strong wind on Sunday night at Rwentale landing site in Tonya parish destroyed a lot of property. The heavy downpour that started …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC), a regional bloc, on Monday launched its election observer mission to monitor Kenya’s Aug. 9 general elections. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the head of the EAC Election Observation Mission to the 2022 General Election in Kenya, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital …
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Telecom giant, MTN Uganda, has let go of its long serving Chief Executive Officer, Wim Vanhelleputte, setting the pace for the first top leadership transition since the telecom was listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Vanhelleputte, who has overseen the growth of the telecom …
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