Cyclone Idai’s deadly hit has left some 1.85 million people in need of assistance in Mozambique in a catastrophe that United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday rang “yet another alarm bell” about climate change. Guterres described Idai, which flattened homes and caused massive flooding after slamming into Mozambique
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for a three day visit. Museveni was invited by his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta and according the former's twitter handle, the two will be discussing ways on how to bolster the two nations' relations. "Arrived in Mombasa, Kenya this
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Farmers across the country are preparing their farms in readiness to plant crops before the rains start. Many farmers supplement the nutrients required by the plants by using fertilisers, which are readily available in agrovets. The benefits of fertilisers can only be realised when they are used in an efficient
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By AFP A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines made an emergency landing Tuesday after experiencing an engine problem as it was being ferried from Florida to California, the US Federal Aviation Agency said. "The aircraft returned and landed safely in Orlando," the FAA said in a statement,
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Government through the State Minister of Health, Primary Health Care, Joyce Moriku Kaducu (in featured photo) has confirmed the outbreak of measles in Uganda. The admission by Government followed a matter raised by Lawrence Akuguzibwe, the Mwenge North lawmaker, who informed Parliament on Tuesday that since January 2019, 16 children
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City Lawyer, Male Mabirizi has dragged Tamale Mirundi, the Presidential Adviser on Media Affairs to court for alleged defamation. In his suit before the High Court Civil Division alleges that Mirundi defamed him while appearing at 107.9 Pearl FM on Saturday March, 23rd, 2019. Mabirizi contends that while
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The Parliamentary Budget Committee has okayed a request by the Ministry of Finance to inject Shs12bn into the completion of the Uganda Martyrs Shrine, according to the report on the Supplementary expenditure estimates. The approved amount if okayed by the August House after adoption of the report is part of
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, Friday announced 3,050 African entrepreneurs, drawn from all 54 African countries, selected to join the 5th cycle of its $100million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The announcement was made at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja, following a presentation of
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People who have been eager to occupy political offices in newly created districts should wait a little longer because government has no money to hold the elections. The pronouncement was made today by the State Minister for Planning, David Bahati during the plenary sitting when he was asked to update
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Morocco's Mohamed el Kettani emerged the 2019 African CEO of the year at the 7th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, which is taking place in Kigali from March 25, 2019. Mohamed el Kettani has invested more than $1 billion on the continent over the past seven year. He is
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