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Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in partnership with Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and Uganda Cocoa Development Association today (17 September 2020) held a consultative meeting with stakeholders in the cocoa value chain to review the draft East African Standards for cocoa developed under the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade

Makerere University has set 13th October 2020 as tentative date for the resumption of studies for its medical students. In a statement issued by Alfred Masikye-Namoah, ACADEMIC REGISTRAR Makerere University, teaching will be limited to only final Year Medical Students that teaching and learning activities which were halted following the closure of

For decades, farmers hungry for land and families needing firewood whittled away at Uganda’s forests, home to endangered gorillas, elephants and chimpanzees. Now the decline has reversed, thanks to a government policy that relies on loggers to help protect trees. Private companies are developing timber plantations as buffers next to

Seven of the 219 prisoners who escaped from Singila prison in north-east Uganda have been captured. The prisoners shot and killed a soldier who tried to intercept them, before heading for Mount Moroto on Wednesday afternoon. Prisons service spokesperson said they had deployed three helicopters and soldiers on foot to

A Rwandan court has denied bail to Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the 1994 genocide. Mr Rusesabagina, who was living in exile until he arrived in Rwanda under mysterious circumstances at the end of last month, is facing charges of terrorism among

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked Finance Minister Salvatore Garang Mabiordit and replaced him with Diing Athian. No reason was given for the changes. Civil servants have been complaining about the non-payment of salaries for months now. The outgoing finance minister was appointed in March 2018 to "revive the

NSSF building/online photo The joint committee of Parliament handling the controversial NSSF Amendment bill has tabled its report before Parliament, rejecting the proposed amendment of NSSF Act to allow direct borrowing from the Fund. Tabling the report before Parliament, Agnes Kunihira, the Vice Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Gender,

The authorities in Tanzania have lifted "with immediate effect" a ban on Kenyan airlines weeks after it imposed it as a retaliation to its neighbour's ban on its carriers. Kenya had imposed the ban as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Tanzanian decision was taken "on a

The Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) are in pursuit of 219 prisoners that over powered prison officers at Moroto Prison, broke out and took off with 15 rifles. The prison break was confirmed by Commissioner of Prisons, Johnson Byabashaija who said the break out happened after inmates overpowered staff and accessed