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International
Major global financiers have helped bankroll the “world’s worst deforestation crisis” in Paraguay, says Global Witness
KAMPALA – Some of the world’s biggest financiers have been bankrolling meatpacking giants linked to deforestation in Paraguay’s richly forested Gran Chaco region – with some increasing their shareholding tenfold in the…
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Market Information
Uganda’s January 2023 exports jump 8.8 percent
KAMPALA – The value of Uganda’s exports in January 2023 rose by about 8.8 percent to US$ 404.46 million from US$ 371.81mln registered the previous month, mostly due to higher receipts for…
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Market Information
Uganda’s December 2022 export earnings rose 10.7 percent
KAMPALA-Uganda’s export commodities earned the country US$ 371.81 million in December 2022, indicating an increase of 10.7 percent from US$ 335.77mln registered in the previous month, according to the latest Performance of…
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News
DINU programme to close next year
The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda [ DINU ], a Euro 150 million programme funded by the European Union [EU] to support interventions in food security, infrastructures and good governance will close…
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International
MEPs agree on new law to ensure products causing deforestation are not traded in EU
BRUSSELS– On Tuesday morning, Members of the European Parliament [ MEPs ] reached a preliminary deal with European Union [EU] governments on a new law on deforestation-free products that will make it…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Acan Kwete Farmers’ Co-operative Society gets storage facility
OTUKE-The Minister for Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny has commissioned a storage facility for Acan Kwete Farmers’ Co-operative Society in Olilim town council, Otuke district. The farmers’ storage facility constructed for bulking…
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News
Gulu Logistics Hub to start operations in March 2023
GULU-The operation of Gulu Logistics Hub [GLH] will commence in March 2023 after the completion of phase one of the project, according to a top official. The Shs 29.5 billion hub is…
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Education
Gov’t extends Shs 235bln Atiak-Laropi road contract
ADJUMANI. The construction of the 66-kilometres Atiak-Laropi road will now be completed by September 30, 2023, after the contractor was given more 18 months to complete the project. Construction company, STRABAG has been…
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Don’t interfere with our oil, Bunyoro Kingdom subjects warn EU
KIKUUBE– Subjects of the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom are enraged about the recent resolution by the European Union [ EU ] parliament denouncing the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP].…
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Development
UNBS hosts major conference to discuss strategies for strengthening food safety
KAMPALA-Uganda through the Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] is hosting over 250 delegates from 49 African countries and other global partners for a weeklong hybrid international conference to discuss strategies for…
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