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Gulu coffee farmers’ conference in the offing
GULU, February 6, 2025 – Ribbo Coffee, a social enterprise based in Gulu City, is organising a coffee conference aimed at addressing several challenges faced by coffee farmers in the Acholi Subregion,…
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Global land community sets its sights on Colombia 2025
BOGOTA, February 6, 2025 –– Colombia is set to host the Global Land Forum [GLF]; the largest independent gathering of land rights advocates and experts in the world from June 14-19, 2025.…
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Africa delivers first mechanism for international cooperation on climate change adaptation under Paris Agreement
KAMPALA, February 6, 2025 — The African Development Bank’s Adaptation Benefits Mechanism [ABM], piloted across Africa since 2019, has become the first non-market approach registered on the United Nations Framework Convention on…
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UPDF cleans Hoima City ahead of 44th Tarehe Sita anniversary celebrations
HOIMA CITY, February 6, 2025 – Residents and leaders of Hoima City have praised the Uganda People’s Defense Forces [UPDF] for their community service in cleaning the city yesterday in preparation for…
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Billionaire and spiritual leader the Aga Khan dies aged 88
PARIS, February 5, 2025 — Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced. Prince Karim Aga Khan…
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Boda Boda riders to form their own bank following initiative launch
KAMPALA, February 5, 2025 –– The United Boda Boda Cooperative Union recently launched the National Boda Boda Stage Development Model, an initiative designed to unlock the financial independence of the commercial riders…
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Only 21 percent of GROW project funds expended, says new report
HOIMA CITY, February 5, 2025 – In his latest audit report for the year ending December 31, 2024, Auditor General Edward Akol reveals that only 21 percent of the funds disbursed under…
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UPDF cleans Fort Portal City to mark 44th Tarehe Sita
FORT PORTAL CITY, February 5, 2025 – The Uganda People’s Defense Forces [ UPDF ] Mountain Division has given back to the community by spearheading a cleaning exercise in Fort Portal City…
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Urgent action needed on human-wildlife conflict, gov’t urged
KAMPALA, February 5, 2025 – Government’s failure to fully fund the Uganda Wildlife Compensation Scheme has left hundreds of victims of human-wildlife conflict without financial relief. According to the Committee on Tourism,…
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Don’t cut parliament’s budget, legislators warn Finance Ministry
KAMPALA, February 5, 2025 –– The Members of Parliament [MPs] on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have protested the Ministry of Finance’s decision to slash Parliament’s budget by Shs 145 billion for…
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