South Sudan's army has captured the main rebel stronghold of Pagak near the Ethiopian border, forcing thousands of people to flee, the rebels said on Monday. Rebel spokesman Lam Paul Gabriel said rebel forces pulled out of Pagak after coming under attack in the early hours of Sunday. "We realised
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Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has called for regulation of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement teams. Lukwago's suggestion comes after the death of a city hawker Oliver Basemera, 35, who drowned in Nakivubo Channel on Friday while fleeing from law enforcement officers, who were conducting operations against hawking
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Uganda's Military Attache to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and National Resistance Army (NRA) bush war historical has succumbed to cancer. Brigadier Geoffrey Kyabihende aka Taban (RO/00094) breathed his last on Monday morning at Nakasero Hospital where he had been admitted five days ago. Special Operations commander, Major General
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By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba For someone to have a comfortable income during their long prestigious and flamboyant corporate working career and then end up a flat broke financial vegetable during their retirement is indeed a big shame. After years of wearing expensive suites, driving fuel guzzling SUV’s, the frequent travels
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Kenya’s exports to Tanzania have dropped by 34 per cent in the first five months of the year raising concerns over negative impacts of the long-running trade standoff, reports Business Daily Africa. Exports to Tanzania plunged by Sh4.35 billion to Sh8.2 billion in the period to May compared to Sh12.55
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Uganda and a US based oil firm are set to begin working on the country's oil refinery, according to Dr. Stephen Robert Isabalija, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. He revealed this in a statement released on Sunday. Below is the full statement; The Government of
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni together with First Lady, Hon. Janet Museveni on joined parishioners of St Luke Kinoni Church of Uganda, to commemorate 70 years since he was baptised [caption id="attachment_3275" align="alignnone" width="960"] President Museveni being received for the celebrations[/caption] Speaking at the end of the church service on Sunday,
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Work on the pipeline that will take Uganda's crude oil to export markets begins after Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni laid the foundation stone at Chongoleani, in the port city of Tanga Saturday. President Museveni arrived in Tanzania on Friday evening for a two-day state
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A Kenyan opposition spokesman said police raided his alliance’s offices on Friday night, four days before elections – but the government quickly denied any raid had taken place, dismissing the report as “fake news”. Watchmen working at the opposition alliance building in Nairobi also told Reuters there had been no
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The electoral commission in Rwanda has announced that President Paul Kagame has won a third term in office with a landslide. The commission said partial results of Friday's election had given him 98% of the votes, BBC reports. Mr Kagame's supporters began celebrating before the announcement. They say that he
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