France's top civil court has ruled that Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga can be handed over to a United Nations tribunal in Tanzania for trial. Mr Kabuga was arrested in May at his home outside Paris after 26 years on the run. Once one of Rwanda's richest men, Mr Kabuga
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The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case which challenged the Constitutional Amendment Bill, removing the age limit to contesting the presidency in Uganda. This means President Yoweri Museveni is allowed to stand for re-election. Ugandan lawyer Male Mabirizi had petitioned the country’s Supreme Court, which upheld the
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President Yoweri Museveni Supporters Association has released a mobile application codenamed MY SEVO to help H.E Yoweri Museveni in conducting scientific campaigns. The application, which is the first of its kind in the whole world, targets over 10million smartphone users in Uganda and hundreds of millions all over the world
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A Ugandan teachers’ union has disputed a ban on students taking public transport, reports the Ugandan newspaper the Observer. The guidelines are being brought in an attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus when students return to school. Schools have been closed since March and on 15 October will re-open
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Huawei Seeds for the Future Closing ceremony was presided over by State Minister for Sports, Hamson Obua (R) The State Minister of Education and Sports Hon. Hamson Obua has today concluded the 2020 Huaweiseeds for the future program. On a ceremony organized on video system, the Minister has commended Huawei
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President Yoweri Museveni hands over a certificate to Sam Zhang Hao (L) President Yoweri Museveni has awarded Chinese investors behind the Liao Shan Industrial Park, Kapeeka in Nakaseke district with a certificate of recognition. “I met Chinese Investors led by Sam Zhang Hao, the MD of Liao Shan Industrial Park,
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Operations of South African Airways (SAA), the country's national carrier, have been suspended with immediate effect. "This means SAA will complete repatriation flights that have already been scheduled but will not schedule any further flights," Business Day news site reports. Administrators said they were putting the struggling state-owned carrier under
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ICT & National Guidance Minister, Judith Nabakooba The broadcasters have asked both the Ministry of ICT and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to scrap the requirement by radio and television stations to offer free airtime to government officials. The broadcasters made the plea today while appearing before Parliament’s ICT Committee that
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The illegal outflow of money is related to the export of high-value goods such as gold Africa lost $836bn (£650bn) in illegal movement of money out of the continent in the 15 years to 2015, a new report by the UN agency for trade and development (UNCTAD) estimates. Compared with
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Uganda will begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in November, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting ministry of health officials. The vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has been developed through a partnership between Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and Imperial College in the UK. The head of a presidential
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