The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen (in featured photo), has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa. He and another officer died trying to prevent a coup attempt against the administration in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, PM Abiy Ahmed said.
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Dozens of Rwandan nationals living with HIV/AIDS have missed treatment following the closure of the Uganda-Rwanda border. In February, Rwandan authorities closed the border with Uganda at Katuna and the heavy trucks were diverted to Mirama Hills in Ntungamo district. This was later followed by a move to restrain the
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School girls in the greater Bushenyi region of Western Uganda will soon have a reason to stay in school longer when the construction of a factory to produce reusable sanitary towels is completed. Breaking ground for the factory on Friday, 21 June 2019, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, hailed
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The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) is facing challenges of scrutinising and recovering funds disbursed in 2014 and 2015 for the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) because of forgeries and the misrepresentation that they were donations from the central government. According to the committee chairperson, Judith Franka Akello, this has made
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Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) Administrator, Bemanya Twebaze has detailed the state of affairs at Uganda’s oldest telecom firm, revealing that the company is currently indebted to the tune of Shs530bn. Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) is an insolvent company whose shareholders are Ucom, a Libyan Government entity and Government of
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A team from the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA), Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), and other officials are off to Egypt to promote and market destination Uganda alongside the Uganda Cranes who are making a second consecutive appearance at the biennial event after appearing at the 2017 showpiece. The
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The Chinese have become a staple in Kenyan economics, straddling all facets from manufacturing in China, exporting, distribution and now retailing. It has been called a Chinese economic invasion, likened to the fabled camel that was permitted to stick its nose into the tent, then forced its entire body inside
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The Uganda Cranes start their 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign against a tricky Democratic Republic of Congo side in a Group A match at the Cairo International Stadium on Saturday. Coach Sebastien Desabre's side will be cheered on by a couple of Ugandan fans who have travelled
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Uganda’s labour externalization industry is increasingly becoming organized in a move aimed at weeding out unscrupulous dealers that promote acts of human trafficking and fraud. Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA), an umbrella body that brings together over 150 labour recruitment and exporting agencies has been at the forefront
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Uganda Telecom administrator, Bemanya Twebaze has said that auditing of the company's operations can only happen at the end of his administration. Twebaze (in featured photo) denied that he had blocked any audit, but said that it was not the right time for government to carry out an audit. "Final
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