Environment
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Fort Portal City authorities embark on conserving environment
FORT PORTAL-Authorities in Fort Portal City have embarked on plans of restoring all the depleted wetlands in the city that are currently under the threat of extinction. The Fort Portal City Senior…
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Govt partners with World Bank to restore wetlands
SOROTI– The Ministry of Water and Environment with support from the World Bank has started a two-year project codenamed “Integrated Water Management and Development Project”, aimed at restoring wetlands in Sezibwa River…
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Mengo SS wins Climate Change Innovation Challenge
KAMPALA– Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with ECOTRUST yesterday hosted 11 schools at Gayaza High School as they contested in the final Climate Change Innovation Challenge launched on June 21, 2022.…
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Crédit Agricole to stop financing gas and oil sector
PARIS– French co-operative bank, Crédit Agricole, has announced commitments to move away from oil and gas financing. ‘2025 Ambitions’ sets out a number of short, medium and long-term goals for France’s second…
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Police raid home of former President Obote over illegal wildlife trade
APAC– Police in Apac district have raided the home of former President Milton Obote over illegal wildlife trafficking and trade. A joint security operation by the Uganda Police, Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA],…
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With a billion members worldwide, cooperatives are a force to reckon with
KAMPALA-The cooperative movement is made up of over three million cooperatives with approximately one billion members worldwide from all sectors and regions, according to the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA]. As cooperatives are…
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US$550,000 project to create 200,000 jobs annually in Rwanda
KIGALI- The Government of Rwanda, in partnership with the African Development Bank’s Fund for African Private Sector Assistance, has launched a two-year project to boost industrial capacity in the country and create…
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Lii Subcounty to spend Shs 14mln on elephants
NWOYA– Lii Sub County in Nwoya district is to spend Shs 14 million on maintaining trenches dug earlier to prevent wild animals, especially elephants from Murchison Falls National Game Park from crossing…
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ICA President wishes world happy 100th International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA– The President of the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] Ariel Guarco in his 2022 #CoopsDay video message has wished the world a happy 100th International Day of Cooperatives. “We are making the…
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COMESA countries to benefit as officials sign pact to ease regional trade
LUSAKA– COMESA and Texas A&M Agrilife Research, USA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] to support mycotoxin risk management involving aflatoxins and fumonisins for trade commodities and staples. This is a…
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