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Court issues criminal summons against former Trade ministry PS Ssali
KAMPALA, November 26, 2025 — The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala on Monday issued a criminal summons for Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa, the embattled former Permanent Secretary [PS] of the Ministry of Trade, Industry…
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UNAIDS releases its 2025 World AIDS Day report: Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response
KAMPALA, November 26, 2025 — The global response to HIV has suffered its most significant setback in decades, warns the latest UNAIDS report released on Tuesday ahead of World AIDS Day 2025.…
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Stanbic Bank, FinCom launch first fully digital lending solution for schools
KAMPALA, November 25, 2025 — Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with FinCom Technologies, creators of the SchoolPay platform, to unveil the country’s first fully digital lending system designed specifically for schools. The…
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Torres Vedras hosts Global Innovation Coop Summit
LISBON, November 25, 2025 — Around 350 cooperators from 24 countries attended the Global Innovation Coop Summit in Torres Vedras, Portugal, to explore how cooperatives are innovating and responding to global challenges.…
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West Ankole Diocese receives fish feed machines to boost livelihoods of parishioners
BUSHENYI, November 25, 2025 – The Diocese of West Ankole has received a major boost to local livelihoods with the delivery of five fish feed processing machines. The initiative, a partnership between…
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Minister orders arrests over alleged encroachment on Hoima Sugar land
KIKUUBE, November 25, 2025 — The State Minister for Lands, Sam Mayanja, has instructed Kikuube Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Godwine Agria Kasigwa and Maj Gen Daniel Kakono, Commander of the Field Artillery…
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NARO to provide quality agricultural inputs to cooperatives in western Uganda
ENTEBBE, November 25, 2025 – The National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ] and the Rural Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation [RIPA] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration aimed…
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Uganda’s recoverable oil reserves rise to 1.65bln barrels
KAMPALA, November 24, 2025 — Uganda’s petroleum sector has reported an increase in the country’s estimated oil and gas reserves, according to Ernest Rubondo, Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda…
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Brazil’s innovative ‘Pix’ payment system irritates Trump and Zuckerberg
RIO de JANEIRO, November 24, 2025 — Brazil’s innovative payment system Pix launched in 2020 and used by 93 percent of Brazilian adults has been angering United States President Donald Trump and…
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Lira University boss appeals to Museveni to boost Staff SACCO
LIRA, November 24, 2025 — The Vice Chancellor of Lira University, Prof. Jasper Watson Ogwal Okeng, has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to increase financial support to the university’s Staff Savings and…
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