HARARE, Zimbabwe, 22nd November 2018,-/ African Media Agency/-In a signing ceremony today with U.S. Ambassador Brian A. Nichols, the United States government provided $370,900 in small grants to community based organizations in nine provinces. Through its small grants program, the U.S. Embassy is awarding grants to 17 organizations in Harare,
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BAMAKO, Mali, 22nd November 2018,-/African Media Agency/-U.S. Ambassador Paul Folmsbee bid a fond farewell to Mali on November 19, 2018 after three and a half years, and Mr. Gregory L. Garland assumed his duties as the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires at the Mission in Bamako. Chargé d’Affaires Garland arrived in
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There is a common saying that every finishing line marks the beginning of a new race. And that is the case with the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) after the Uganda Cranes sealed qualification to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. In a press briefing held on Wednesday at
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Fuel pump prices in Uganda have hit through the roof, causing fears that it may result into a rise in commodity prices and ultimately trigger inflation. Currently, a liter of petrol in Kampala is averaging Shs4,400 up from an average of Shs3, 800 in January this year. Diesel prices are
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has said, the long awaited Soroti Fruit Factory is now ready. While touring the factory premises yesterday in Soroti District, the Minister said the $7 million (Shs26bn) fruit factory is ready for commissioning, and it will soon be opened
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On 14th November, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) with support from the Uganda Police Force, carried out a market surveillance operation at the Energy Centre on Market Street. UNBS says the objectives of the operation were; To identify specific businesses involved in the sale and distribution of substandard electrical
Read MoreNEW-YORK, United States of America, 21 November 2018-/African Media Agency/- Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council open debate on “peace and security in Africa: strengthening peacekeeping operations in Africa”, in New York today: Peacekeeping is a remarkable exercise in global solidarity. United Nations peacekeepers are ready
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By AFP Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations. The US-backed Kim, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai
Read MoreNAIROBI, Kenya, 21 November 2018,-/African Media Agency/-The United States government has given 12 Bastion Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to improve border surveillance. The APCs will support KDF’s efforts in the fight against extremists, including the use of improvised explosive devices (IED), along the border
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The Ugandan government is planning to ban all doctors in public hospitals from working in private health facilities, Sarah Opendi, State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties has said. “We thought we should come up with clear laws banning public servants [from] working in private facilities at the
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