Spain have sacked head coach Julen Lopetegui after he was named the new Real Madrid boss - two days before their opening World Cup match against Portugal. Real Madrid announced on Tuesday that Lopetegui would succeed Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu on a three-year-deal. The Spanish football federation (RFEF) said
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Ecobank Uganda has donated to the fasting Muslim community, proving why it is a Pan-African bank. The bank has recently been donating food stuffs to the needy and unprivileged Muslims in the Mosques of Ggaba, Old Kampala and Wandegeya. Primrose Kobusingye, the Head of Marketing & Communications at Ecobank Uganda,
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Tuesday revealed that the economy is expected to grow by 6.0% in Financial Year 2018/19, up from the projected 5.8% in 2017/18. A year earlier the economy expanded by 3.9%. Releasing the Monetary Policy Statement for June 2018, Prof. Emmanuel Mutebile, the Governor, BoU said
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Uganda’s departed oldest chimpanzee’s successor has been named. Dr. Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and anthropologist, Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees named Zakayo II as the successor and heir to the Kazayo throne last week. Zakayo I, who was the oldest captive Chimpanzee succumbed to Chronic
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A U.S. Treasury official is urging East African governments to tighten the loopholes that allow illicit money from war-torn South Sudan to cross into regional capitals. Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said in Uganda Monday that authorities in neighboring countries like Uganda must make it clear that
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The fleets of buses owned by Gaagaa, Link, Baby coach and Gateway bus companies have been ordered to undergo mandatory vehicle inspection in order to curb the recent spate of road carnage that has caused a wave of public concern and calls for government intervention. The directive was revealed
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Lawyers representing Democratic Republic of Congo politician Jean-Pierre Bemba will today ask judges at the International Criminal Court ( ICC) for his immediate release, news agency AFP reports. An appeals court last week overturned his conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity, saying he had been "erroneously" convicted. Bemba
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Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums on Monday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics accuse the government of tightening control of internet content. Several sites, including popular online discussion platform Jamiiforums, said on Monday they had temporarily shut down after the state-run Tanzania
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Police have opened up investigations against four people believed to have incited or participated in the assassination of Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Col Ibrahim Abiriga. They include Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze, on the basis of a video in which she explains how easy it is to attack Abiriga
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At least 100 business leaders across different sectors will benefit from dfcu Bank’s Oil and Gas local content skilling and sensitization program every month. As part of the Business Accelerator Program, dfcu has planned a series of workshops targeting multiple sectors that can potentially take up opportunities in the Oil
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