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Ebola deaths climb

Researchers once again scramble to launch trials during a crisis | THE INDEPENDENT | A multipronged international effort has begun to pull out all the stops to launch trials of experimental Ebola vaccines in Uganda, which declared an outbreak of the deadly disease on 20 September. According to the most …

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EU resolution on EACOP

  ‘It’s engagement with the EU, not insults that will unlockUganda Oil project’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the fallout from the “emergency resolution” passed on Sept.15 by the European Parliament continues to rattle sections of Ugandans, one of the local civil society organisations that track developments in Uganda’s …

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EBOLA: 65 Ugandan health workers quarantined

Kampala, Uganda |  Xinhua | At least 65 health workers in Uganda have been put under quarantine after getting in contact with Ebola cases, a ministry of health spokesperson said Sunday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, Ministry of Health spokesperson told Xinhua by telephone that some of the affected workers would stay home …

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Uganda’s Omollo elected Africa Golf president

El Gouna, Egypt | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | Former Uganda Golf Union President Johnson Omollo has been elected Africa Golf Confederation president at a meeting in Egypt. Omollo, who has been the golf body’s Vice President since 2013 under Zambia’s Joe Malanje and later on Mauritius’ Christophe Currie, was …

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Behind the increase in sugar price

Cane shortage amidst increased exports complicates the equation for local consumption Kampala, Ugnada | JULIUS BUSINGE | Local sugar consumers should brace themselves for further increases in price for the sweet commodity owing to a fall in production volumes amidst an increase in export volumes, according to industry players and …

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No shine in Uganda’s gold

Vanishing mineral exports dent economic recovery Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s non-formal export sector has maintained a downward trajectory year-on-year, according to the latest July 2022 figures from Bank of Uganda (BoU). The effect has been a dent on the otherwise emerging signs of recovery in exports buoyed …

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UPDF helicopter crashes in western Uganda

Major Mugisa says UPDF will renovate the damaged house   Fort Portal, Uganda | URN & XINHUA | A Uganda People’s Defense Force- UPDF helicopter has crashed in Fort Portal in the west of the country. The UPDF confirmed the accident, saying the helicopter tikely suffered a mechanical malfunction. The MI-24 helicopter …

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