A religious community from Burundi living in a UN refugee transit camp is refusing to move to another camp because it objects to biometric registration, reports the BBC. A spokesman for the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) says emergency assistance to the group - food, water and sanitation - will be
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By Amon Baita Middle East Consultants Ltd Managing Director, Gordon Mugyenyi has predicted a shining future for unemployed educated Ugandans in the next five years if Saudi Arabia fully opens doors of its huge job market to Uganda’s professional labour force following a bilateral agreement signed by governments of these
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that a country’s human resource is greater than any natural resource and must be nurtured and protected. He said this coupled with the unity and stability of our nation is the best insurance for its people. The President was addressing the first Special Forces Command
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The Electricity Disputes Tribunal (EDT) has given the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) a one month ultimatum to agree on compensation values with all people who lost their property as a result of the construction of the 134kmMusita-Namayingo power line in 2013. During an Electricity Disputes Tribunal hearing on Monday, 15th
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If you have huge cash on your Mobile Money (MM) Account, you risk losing it in case the telecom operator collapses. This is revelation was made by Justine Bagyenda, the Executive Director- Supervision at Bank of Uganda (BoU) while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee Of Communications and Technology on Thursday.
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that unless solar becomes a cheaper alternative source of clean energy, Africa and Uganda in particular will have to use nuclear energy to improve the well being of its people. The President revealed this on Wednesday afternoon during a meeting with the Director General of
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Militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are uniting in opposition to President Joseph Kabila, a senior U.N. official there told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday. In 2017, a brutal conflict in Congo's southwestern Kasai region drew international attention and condemnation because of reports of atrocities by pro-government
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Cedric Bakambu is set to become the most expensive African footballer of all time after Beijing Guoan agreed to meet Villarreal's release clause. The Spanish club set the clause at 40m euros (£35.3m) for the Chinese Super League-bound DR Congo striker. But the total fee will be around £65m because
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Sudhir Ruparelia was Wednesday night surprised with a sumptuous Birthday party at his posh home located in Kololo, Kampala. Sources say the party was organized by family members and friends. [caption id="attachment_7778" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Sudhir receives a congratulatory deep French kiss from his wife[/caption] Born on January 17, 1956 in
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A traditional healer conned hundreds of women into believing they were pregnant. Police in Guinea say they have arrested this ‘miracle worker’, the BBC reports. N'na Fanta Camara gave women who had been unable to conceive a mixture of leaves, herbs and other medicines that caused them to bloat and
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