One of Africa's biggest airlines warns that a fifth of its staff face job losses as the company restructures. South Africa Airways (SAA), which employs more than 5,000 people, hasn't made a profit in nearly a decade and survives on government bailouts. It currently has debts of over $600m (£465m).
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The US Embassy in Kampala has distanced itself from reports that it detained Uganda government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo. In a statement on Twitter, the US Mission in Uganda says the rumors are 'fake news.' "A false news story is circulating about Ofwono Opondo being detained at the U.S. embassy. Mr.
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The bodies of two Ugandans shot dead in Rwanda over the weekend have been repatriated. John Bosco Tuheirwe and Job Ebyarishanga, both residents of Kamwezi Sub-county were shot dead by Rwandan security about 1km away from the Mpororo border post in Kamwezi Sub County on Saturday night for allegedly smuggling
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has addressed the International Conference on Population and Development. Convening in #Nairobi, Kenya, unveiling ways in which the world can achieve complete gender equality. The summit aims at mobilising political will and financial commitments from leaders to urgently implement the ICPD Programme of Action. Some of the commitments that
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There is growing discontent in the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party over the arrival of newcomers who have been appointed to mobilise support the establishment. In the past two weeks, President Yoweri Museveni who is also the NRM national chairman, appointed musicians Catherine Kusasira, Mark Magembe aka Buchaman and
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Musician-turned Special Presidential Adviser on Kampala Affairs, Catherine Kusasira is ready to disprove those who have written off her chances of delivering. As part of her first tasks, Kusasira is inviting people in Kampala to hand in their proposals on how they want to develop the city and their lives.
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Evo Morales has accepted an offer of political asylum in Mexico a day after resigning as president of Bolivia amid election fraud protests. In a tweet, he said it hurt to be leaving Bolivia but he would return with more "strength and energy". Mexico's Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, confirmed Mr
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Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL), a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda has issued a profit warning informing shareholders that the company is likely to record losses this year. A profit warning is a warning declaration issued by a listed company to investors through a stock exchange. It warns investors that
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The Uganda Police have arrested 30 scrap dealers in the capital Kampala and recovered an assortment of items from them. According to a statement by the police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, the operation conducted on Monday involving 800 security personnel followed complaints of vandalism and sabotage on the transmission lines of
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The Academy of Motion Pictures has rejected a second entry for next year's Oscar award for Best International Film. The Austrian movie, Joy, is about Nigerian sex-workers in Vienna, but the Academy says it has too much dialogue in English. Last week it turned down Nigeria's own submission, Lionheart, for the same
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