✳ 9 January 2022 17:00 Cameroon v Burkina Faso 20:00 Ethiopia v Cape Verde ✳ 10 January 2022 14:00 Senegal v Zimbabwe 17:00 Guinea v Malawi 17:00 Morocco v Ghana 20:00 Comoros v Gabon Yaounde, Cameroon | Xinhua | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe arrived in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the the NSSF (Amendment) Bill, 2021, his Senior Press Secretary Lindah Nabusayi has said in a brief statement. A key provision in the NSSF (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will grant members aged 45 and above and who have …
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Khartoum, Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has this evening announced his resignation as pressure mounts with demonstrations against the recent military coup. Hamdok had first been sacked, before being reinstated. Reports from Khartoum say that Hamdok had quit, saying discussions towards a new agreement are …
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✅ Schools re-open Jan 10 ✅ Bars & concerts open Jan 25 ✅ Curfew to be lifted when bars open ✅ Transport sector fully re-open ✅ Cinema &sports events to fully open Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has announced the lifting of the lockdown due to COVID-19. …
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FUFA calls off trip to Dubai after flights from Uganda put on red list Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda’s Football Associations (FUFA) has called off the Uganda Cranes’ trip to the United Arab Emirates. The team was slated to travel tomorrow 29th December 2021. This …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Global economic uncertainties due to Covid-19 are highly projected to continue into 2022 as the pandemic starts its third year. And this, among other factors, will have negative effects on the Ugandan economy next year, according to the analysis by the Bank of Uganda. …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | BAKER BATTE | By the end of his current term in 2026, President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 40 years. By that time, he will be 81-years old. Twenty years ago, not very many people would have anticipated that by 2026, the country …
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Ramathan Ggoobi Key interventions by government supported positive recovery Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Economic analysis for the year 2021 shows a somewhat positive recovery as opposed to a year before as government eased COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. According to the ministry of finance annual report which incorporates …
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Activists explain how new slogans helps fight the growing vice Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | On December 9, President Yoweri Museveni joined the new Inspector General of Government (IGG), Beti Kamya, after she persuaded him to launch the lifestyle audit, a new anti-corruption drive spearheaded by the Inspectorate …
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Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | East African leaders met for just the second time this year today and agreed to fast track the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) request for membership to their regional body EAC. The 18th Extra-ordinary Summit of the East African Community heads of state received and …
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