Environment
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Rwanda: ADF to provide a partial credit guarantee to support the financing of green and sustainable initiatives
ABIDJAN, April 25, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund [ADF], the concessional lending arm of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB], has approved a partial credit guarantee…
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Lira City launches Shs 834mln beautification and greening project
Lira City, April 25, 2024 Lira City Council has launched a Shs 834 million beautification and greening project to be implemented by a private company, Dubai Garden Centre (U) Limited. According to…
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Serere: Farmers worried over poor yields as soil testing equipment at research institute lie idle
SERERE, April 25, 2024 – Farmers in Serere district have raised concerns over poor yields, and farm losses, which they say are brought about by the soil testing equipment that lie idle…
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Govt starts installation of extra 40km of electric fence around Murchison Falls National Park
NWOYA, April 23, 2024 – Government, through the Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA], has resumed construction works for an electric fence around Murchison Falls National Park aimed at preventing the marauding elephants from…
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Kinyara Sugar Limited uses MDD in schools to fight cane fires, others
MASINDI, April 23, 2024 – As one of the ways to combat sugarcane fires, cane stealing, and poaching in Masindi district, Kinyara Sugar Limited has embarked on sensitising the community through music,…
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WNA to showcase Southern Africa’s nuclear prospects at IAE 2024
KAMPALA, April 22, 2024 – Director General of the World Nuclear Association [WNA] Dr. Sama Bilbao León will speak at the Invest in African Energy [IAE] Forum in Paris this May, unpacking…
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The business of water: Addressing Africa’s growing thirst
KAMPALA, April 16, 2024 – Water scarcity poses a significant hurdle to Africa’s growth and development, with climate change and deteriorating infrastructure intensifying the challenges. South Africa’s recent water crises, where about…
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Water hyacinth threatens fishing on L. Edward
KASESE, April 16, 2024 – Fishing on Lake Edward in Katwe Sub-county Kasese district is currently threatened by the water hyacinth now floating on the surface of the lake shared between Uganda…
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Kwania farmer groups embrace Micro-scale Irrigation Programme
KWANIA, April 16, 2024 – At least five farmer groups in Kwania district have enrolled for the Micro-scale Irrigation Programme designed to enhance the uptake of cost-effective micro-irrigation technology by farmers in Uganda.…
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Ugandan diplomat says country has enough food stocks to support drought-hit States in Southern Africa
LUSAKA, April 15, 2024 – Drought-hit COMESA Member States in the southern African region can benefit from Uganda’s bumper harvest, according to Gen. Fred Mwesigye [Rtd.], the country’s newly accredited Permanent Representative…
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