DAY 2 Wednesday #AfricaNow19 Key speakers 9am ➡Eng. Amr Nassar 🇪🇬 12pm ➡ Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 2.45pm➡High Level Panel 4pm ➡ Pres A.Mohamed 🇸🇴 5pm ➡ Pres Museveni 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said Africa has all it takes to be the engine …
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Transaction makes Vivo Africa’s second largest fuels and lubricants retailer Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Following six months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, Vivo Energy finally announced on March 1 the completion of the takeover of the operations of Engen Holdings Ltd across the continent. The transaction comprises Vivo Energy’s issuance …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a week of building tension, Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has today met Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The impromptu bilateral meetings comes on the heels of simmering diplomatic stand-off between Uganda and Rwanda. Kenyatta first went to Rwanda and …
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Paris, France | AFP | A renowned undersea archaeologist, an MP’s entire family and a top peacekeeper were among the victims of Sunday’s plane crash in Ethiopia, along with many people working with the United Nations on development, aid and the environment. Here are some of their stories: – …
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The statistics of domestic violence and sexual assault against women in Uganda are disturbing. Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | According to the latest Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) of 2011, 56% of women from age 15 to 29 years have experienced physical violence and 28 percent of women …
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Washington, United States | AFP | For the second time in less than six months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after takeoff and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the US giant’s future plans. On Sunday, …
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Why Natural Resources Committee Members of Parliament wants Eskom contract terminated Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Eskom Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of Eskom Holdings of South Africa could be in trouble. The company has failed to invest the mandatory US$100 million in rehabilitating the 380MW Nalubaale-Kiira Dam located in …
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The 7 issues fueling tension between Rwanda, Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize floor, potatoes, vegetables, soap, sugar, cement, iron bars. Those are items Rwanda imports from Uganda, according to the latest 2017 figures from the OEC trade atlas. The total worth of Ugandan exports to Rwanda was …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Former Burundi president Pierre Buyoya, the subject of a government arrest warrant, has urged the international community to intervene over what he termed breaches of the country’s peace accord. The warrant against him was one such violation of the Arusha agreement of 2000 that ended …
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It can now be measured. But are we closer to a cure? The road to a cure for HIV is long, winding, and with no definite end in sight. That said, a new study published in January in the journal Nature is shedding light on a way to measure what …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
