Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)’s Intelligence team at Busia Customs-Eastern Uganda over the weekend nabbed smugglers using the recently-deployed mobile scanners. URA says the smugglers had undeclared the goods, but they were detected using the mobile scanners. Ian Rumanyika, the Acting Assistant Commissioner-Public & Corporate Affairs at URA says the goods
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Swiss-based food giant Nestle will pay Starbucks 7.15 billion dollars (UShs26.5 trillion) in cash for the rights to sell the U.S. coffee chain’s products around the world in a global alliance aimed at reinvigorating their coffee empires, Reuters reports. The deal on Monday for a business with 2 billion dollars
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Wildlife officials in Uganda are still hunting for a leopard which snatched and ate the three-year-old son of a ranger at the popular Queen Elizabeth National Park on Friday night, AFP news agency reports. Elisha Nabugyere had followed his nanny outdoors at the unfenced staff quarters of a safari lodge
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President Yoweri Museveni’s promise to provide hand hoes to farmers across the country during campaigns in the run up to the 2016 presidential elections is set to see light of the day after Parliament proposed that they be procured in the 2018/19 Financial Year. According to the Report of the
Read MoreRemarks to the Government of Egypt-IMF Conference: IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton CAIRO, Egypt, May 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Thank you for Minister El-Garhy for your kind introduction. I am very happy to be in Cairo, and honored to see that we are joined this evening by
Read MorePresident Ramaphosa hopes the investigation into the Driefontein disaster will identify the causes of the incident and lead to solutions that will address the unacceptable rate of death in South African mines PRETORIA, South Africa, May 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his sadness at the
Read MoreADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 767th meeting held on 25 April 2018, in Addis Ababa, adopted the following decision on the African Standby Force (ASF):Council: 1. Takes note of the briefing made by
Read MoreOwner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mthembu Tissue Converting, Mr Thembinkosi Mthembu said that the assistance from Black Industrialists Scheme has boosted the company’s growth and enabled its production capacity to rise from 700 to 800 tons of paper PRETORIA, South Africa, May 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Promoting
Read MoreThe Selection Committee warmly congratulates the laureate and has the honor to inform him that the presentation of his trophy will take place on 23 May 2018 in Busan, Republic of Korea DAKAR, Senegal, May 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The annual nomination meeting of the Selection Committee of The
Read MoreThe Eminent Person’s Group (EPG) report will therefore be released and handed over to Minister of Sport and Recreation, Ms Tokozile Xasa PRETORIA, South Africa, May 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Minister of Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA), Ms Tokozile Xasa and Chairperson of the Eminent Person’s Group (EPG)
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