Month: July 2024

As Sudan’s war rages, its farmers help fill the hunger gap

KHARTOUM, July 31, 2024: Standing in a field of golden wheat, Imad is a long way from his life as a mechanic in Sudan’s once-bustling capital of Khartoum. Today, the city lies…

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Content piracy: A complex web of causes

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 31, 2024 – Content piracy is acknowledged as having enormously negative social impacts. It is a type of global organised crime that undermines the creative sector. However, what…

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Earning more from dairy farming: Gulu farmers trained to make yogurt

GULU, July 31, 2024 – At least 300 farmers from two cooperatives in Patiko Subcounty, Gulu district have been trained to make yogurt at home, and earn more money from dairy farming.…

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Wealth creation: Leaders in Bunyoro urged on four acre-model

HOIMA, July 31, 2024 – Political, religious, and cultural leaders and civil servants in Bunyoro Subregion have been urged to embark on mobilising farmers with small land to embrace a four-acre model…

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African Development Bank launches 54 Country Focus Reports

ABIDJAN, July 31, 2024 – The African Development Bank Group [AfDB] has launched Country Focus Reports designed to deepen policy dialogue on the macroeconomic performance and outlook of individual countries and to act…

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Culture: MP Wambede hosts over 300 imbalu candidates

MBALE CITY, July 30, 2024  – The Member of Parliament for Mbale Northern City Division, Seth Wambede Kizangi, hosted over 300 imbalu [circumcision] candidates from Bukonde and Lwasso at his home in…

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Gov’t earns Shs 80bln in visa and dependent pass charges

KAMPALA, July 30, 2024 – Government has collected Shs 80 billion in visa and dependent pass charges in the last financial year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.…

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EAC calls for heightened public awareness to combat spread of Monkeypox

ARUSHA, July 30, 2024 – The East African Community [EAC] Secretariat has called on the bloc’s Partner States to sensitise their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of…

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Museveni boosts Buikwe groups with heifers

BUIKWE, July 303, 2024 – President Yoweri Museveni has contributed 10 heifers to different development groups in Buikwe district to boost wealth creation initiatives in the district. Under the State House programme…

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Kalaki district launches wetland boundary demarcation exercise

KALAKI, July 30, 2024 – The leadership of Kalaki district has launched a comprehensive wetland demarcation exercise aimed at protecting the wetlands from encroachment. The ongoing wetland demarcation exercise started in Ofundi…

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