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Catholic journalists urged to balance AI with human values
ACCRA, August 23, 2025 — “Artificial Intelligence [AI] must serve humanity, not enslave it. As Catholic journalists, our task is to ensure technology uplifts truth, dignity, and peace,” declared Charles Ayetan of Togo, newly elected…
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Busy Kenya–Uganda Malaba border unites for peaceful trade
TORORO, August 23, 2025 – At one of East Africa’s most active border crossings, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA], in partnership with the Horn of Africa Youth Network…
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MATCH FACTS: Co-hosts Uganda take on defending champions Senegal
KAMPALA, August 23, 2025 — Co-hosts Uganda will face defending champions Senegal in a heavyweight quarterfinal at the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship [CHAN] 2024 on Saturday. This is the second CHAN meeting…
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Finance ministry holds consultations on budget strategy for FY 2026/2027
KAMPALA, August 22, 2025 — Top officials from the Finance ministry have met the Local Development Partners Group, members of the private sector, representatives of the civil society, and the academia to…
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Gov’t, Afreximbank sign €270mln loan for infrastructure development
KAMPALA, August 22, 2025 – In a bid to improve road infrastructure and other key sectors across the country, the Government of Uganda has secured a €270 million loan [approximately Shs 1.1…
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Teso teachers’ SACCOs to receive additional gov’t funding
SOROTI, August 22, 2025 – Teachers’ Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] in the Teso Subregion are set to receive a significant financial boost from the government through the Presidential Fund for…
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Teachers’ SACCO boss remanded to Luzira over theft of Shs 1.35bln
KAMPALA, August 21, 2025 — The Uganda Liberal Teachers’ Union Members SACCO Secretary, has been remanded to Luzira Prison until September 3, 2025, after being accused of conspiring to defraud over Shs…
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Regional integration: Ugandan business leaders urge EAC Partner States to end NTBs
KAMPALA, 21 August 2025 – The East African Business Council [EABC], in partnership with the Private Sector Foundation Uganda [PSFU] and the Uganda Manufacturers Association [UMA], recently convened the EABC CEOs –…
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Museveni urges tea farmers to diversify production, pledges financial support
BUSHENYI, August 21, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni has urged small-scale tea farmers across the country to diversify into other crops and reconsider their farming practices in response to falling global tea…
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Ugandan exporters react as Saudi Arabia launches ambitious coffee farming project
KAMPALA, August 21, 2025 – Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has unveiled an ambitious plan to revitalise its coffee sector by producing high-quality coffee seedlings using advanced scientific methods, including tissue culture. The initiative,…
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