Burundi's newly-elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye has named a new cabinet that includes two officials under US and EU sanctions. The leaner cabinet is composed of a prime minister and 15 ministers. They have the task of turning around the country's economy, security and improving relations with its neighbours, especially Rwanda.
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Fresh Kid receiving his tablet from Rajiv Rajiv Ruparelia, the Managing Director of Kampala Parents’ School has today donated two Tablets to young music Artists Patrick Ssenyonjo aka Fresh Kid and Faith Nanyanzi aka Felista Di Superstar to help them study their classes online from Kampala Parents’ School. The teaching
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Dr Henry Mwebesa, the Director General Health Services at Ministry of Health Uganda’s fight against COVID-19 is paying off if official statistics from the Ministry of Health is anything to go by. As of June28, 2020, Uganda’s total COVID-19 recoveries stood at 808 while active cases on admission are 190.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to represent an unprecedented health and economic crisis, with costs that will be felt most keenly by the poorest segments of the world’s population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. “This is a fast-moving crisis” said Abebe
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NWSC boss Sliver Mugisha The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected both private and public entities. One of the Governments owned an institution offering an essential service that has been hit hard by COVID-19 induced lockdown is National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). In an interview, Dr Silver Mugisha, the Executive
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A gorilla eats leaves in the jungle in Uganda/Getty Uganda’s tourism players in the private sector will be happy to learn that Government through Ministry of Tourism has negotiated a 6m Euro (Shs25bn) stimulus package from the European Union (EU) aimed at helping private players in the tourism in the
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Uganda’s plan to improve its coffee production and income just got a boost from Nespresso’s hunt for single-origin cherries. Working with more than 2,000 farmers, the Nestle SA unit is helping produce and market coffee from Uganda’s mountainous Rwenzori region. Nespresso’s so-called Reviving Origins program has already helped boost productivity
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The group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of United Capital Plc has called on Africa to change it’s narrative if the continent is to find solutions to her challenges. Peter Ashade made the remarks while opening the Pan African E-Conference on Saturday. The E-conference, the first of its kind, was held
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Coronavirus cases across the globe surged past 10 million, a chilling reminder that the deadliest pandemic of the modern era is stronger than ever. The milestone is a rebuff to health experts and global leaders -- including U.S. President Donald Trump -- who had hoped early in the pandemic that
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Uganda’s Health Ministry has responded to a video recorded by an asymptomatic COVID-19 female patient at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital that is currently making rounds on social media. In a statement dated Sunday, 28th June, 2020, Health Ministry Senior Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ainebyoona (pictured above) described the recording as
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