Ingah Kutesa moves to secure labour export deal with Oman Muscat, Oman | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to sign an official deal with Oman to streamline its labour export business. Year-long negotiations have resulted in a visit early this week to Muscat by Minister of State of …
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Cairo, Egypt | XINHUA | U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent Middle East trip hit a snag as the Arab nations he visited remained cautious about normalizing ties with Israel following the United Arab Emirates’ historic move, analysts say. Pompeo has recently wrapped up a five-day trip to the …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AFP | The sultanate of Oman, positioned geographically and diplomatically between the rival powers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, earned outsize influence under the long reign of the late Sultan Qaboos. As the health of the royal ruler declined, and speculation turned to who would …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The movement of able-bodied people from their countries for odd jobs in the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar should be a cause for worry among African states. Hilda Namakula, a researcher from Makerere University says that Chinese and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding two people suspected of trafficking Ugandan girls to Oman for sex slavery and exploitation. The two; Emmanuel Ssekayinga and Jane Namusoke were arrested after the repatriation of one of the victims from Oman last week. The victim identified as Noreen Mbabazi was …
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RESULTS #WCL3 ➡ *Kenya ?? 178/4 beat Uganda ?? 177/9 ➡ *Oman ?? 155/7 beat Denmark ?? 154 all out TOMORROW #WCL3 ➡ Uganda ?? vs Singapore 8.30am ➡ USA vs Denmark ?? 8.30am Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Struggling Kenya still had enough Tuesday to virtually extinguish Uganda’s hopes of snatching a much sought place in World Cricket League Division Two. Uganda has …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The body of a young Ugandan woman who died in Oman early last month has finally been laid to rest at her ancestral home in Rukungiri district. The 22-year-old Shivan Kihembo died in Oman on October 05th, 2018 where he had gone to work as …
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New York, United States | AFP | Avicii, one of the world’s most successful DJs who helped usher in the global boom in electronic music but struggled to cope in the hard-partying lifestyle, died Friday in Oman, his representative said. He was 28. Two years after his unusually early retirement …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AFP | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi capped a whirlwind visit to the UAE on Sunday, giving a keynote address as guest of honour at the World Government Summit in Dubai. Modi praised the United Arab Emirates, home to 3.3 million Indian nationals, for having …
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Muscat, Oman | AFP | Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding with Oman on the development of bilateral investment and trade Sunday, nearly eight months into a crisis between the emirate and its Arab neighbours. The Omani news agency ONA said the agreement signed in Muscat covers a wide range …
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