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WHO declares Mpox outbreak public health emergency of international concern
GENEVA, August 15, 2024 – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC] and a growing number of countries…
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‘Enhance efforts to secure release of Ugandan prisoners abroad’ – legislators
KAMPALA, August 10, 2024 – Members of Parliament have asked government to use the prisoner exchange system to secure the release of Ugandans held in prisons around the world. The legislators made…
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Health ministry confirms two cases of imported Mpox in Uganda
KASESE, August 5, 2024 – The Ministry of Health has confirmed two new cases of Monkeypox [Mpox] in Kasese district which were imported from the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. According to…
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Gov’t earns Shs 80bln in visa and dependent pass charges
KAMPALA, July 30, 2024 – Government has collected Shs 80 billion in visa and dependent pass charges in the last financial year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.…
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EAC calls for heightened public awareness to combat spread of Monkeypox
ARUSHA, July 30, 2024 – The East African Community [EAC] Secretariat has called on the bloc’s Partner States to sensitise their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of…
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Conflicts: Women Coffee farmers in DR Congo’s Ituri Province wrestle with an uncertain future
ITURI, July 23, 2024 – Kavira Matsetse, a widow and mother of eight, inherited her coffee plantation in Biakato, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province, nearly a decade ago. The…
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WSACCO engages with Ugandan troops in Somalia, DRC
KAMPALA, July 21, 2024: The Board of Directors of Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO] days ago completed a 10-day mobilisation drive in mission areas of Somalia and the Democratic Republic…
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Opinions & Commentary
Transforming Africa’s mineral wealth: From extraction to end use
CAPE TOWN, June 24, 2024 – Global demand for critical minerals essential for clean energy technologies is expected to grow more than three-fold by 2030. For Africa – a continent rich in…
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Society Artisanal partners with Minespider to track conflict-free gold from the DRC
KINSHASA, June 6, 2024 – Society Artisanal, an organisation that aims to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], has announced its partnership with Minespider, a technology company…
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UPDF burns illegal fishing gear on Lake Albert
KIKUUBE, May 22, 2024 – The Uganda People’s Defence Forces’ Fisheries Protection Unit [FPU] guarding Lake Albert has burned illegal fishing gear worth Shs 265 million. The equipment destroyed belonged to fishermen…
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