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Local CSOs warn of risks to coffee farmers with less than 250 days to EUDR deadline
KAMPALA, May 15, 2025 – Civil Society Organisations [CSOs] working in sectors including agriculture, trade, land rights, gender equality, rural women’s empowerment, and governance have raised urgent concerns over Uganda’s preparedness to…
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Regional stakeholders meet in Nairobi to boost cross-border trade in agroecological products
NAIROBI, May 9, 2025 – Stakeholders including cross-border traders, civil society organisations, and policymakers from the East African Community [EAC] and COMESA convened in Nairobi, Kenya recently, for a two-day meeting focused…
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Kapchorwa marks International Labour Day with focus on PDM and inclusive job creation
KAPCHORWA, May 5, 2025 –– Kapchorwa district celebrated the belated International Labour Day on May 2, 2025 under the theme “Consolidating the Gains of the Parish Development Model [PDM] and Its Productivity…
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200 Street-connected youth benefit from commercial farming training
GULU, April 29, 2025 — A total of 200 formerly street-connected youth are now reaping the rewards of commercial farming training received at Gang Wa Peace Farm in Pabwoo Village, Gulu district.…
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EAP constructs value addition facilities for maize and fruits in Masindi district
MASINDI, April 28, 2025 – East African Power [EAP], through its Budongo Community Development Project, has initiated the construction of a maize milling and fruit processing facilities in Kigaragara Village, Labongo Sub-county,…
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Regional leaders unite for peace and prosperity in semi-arid borderlands
KARENGA, April 24, 2025 – Regional leaders from Uganda, Kenya, and South Sudan and other stakeholders gathered in Karenga district for a pivotal transboundary meeting themed “Sowing Synergy, Harvesting Harmony: Catalyzing Peace…
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Museveni praises Catholic Church for role in poverty alleviation
MITYANA, April 16, 2025 – President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Catholic Church in Uganda for its active role in fighting poverty and promoting socio-economic development across communities. Speaking on Tuesday at…
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Karamoja farmers empowered with 55 walking tractors to boost food production
WAKISO, April 16, 2025 –– Farmers from Uganda’s Karamoja Sub-region have received a significant boost after the Food and Agriculture Organization [FAO)]of the United Nations, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture,…
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50 cooperatives in Apac and Kwania districts receive farm inputs
APAC, April 15, 2025 – Fifty cooperative societies in Apac and Kwania districts have received a consignment of farm inputs from the National Oil Seeds Project [NOSP], an initiative aimed at promoting…
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Ruwenzori Diocese SACCO posts strong growth in 2024
FORT PORTAL CITY, April 11, 2025 – Ruwenzori Diocese Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited [RUDI SACCO], a church-founded financial institution based at Kabarole Hill in Fort Portal City, recorded remarkable financial…
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