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Uganda’s Veteran Leader Signals 2026 Election Run
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Uganda’s veteran leader, President Yoweri Museveni, has indicated his intention to run again in next year’s general elections. At 80 years old, Museveni stands as one of the globe’s longest-serving heads of state, having held power...
Prevalence, Etiological Patterns and Factors Associated with Bacteraemia Among Febrile Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia in Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder caused by a mutation in the β-globin gene, a single base substitution changes from GAG to GTG, leading to the replacement of glutamic acid with valine at the sixth position of...
João Lourenço praises BRICS’ desire “on financing for Africa’s development”
Ver Angola
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“I cannot help but say that the nations of the Global South have been clamoring for decades to be included in the discussion and decisions made regarding the creation of fair, balanced development factors capable of meeting their fundamental...
Copia Founders Launch New Ventures Just Months After Collapse
Techweez
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July 21, 2025
The former leadership team of collapsed e-commerce startup Copia Global has launched two new businesses in Kenya, just months after their company shut down despite raising at least $123 million from investors. Timothy Steel (former CEO), Michael...
Visionary leaders tip female entrepreneurs
NTV Uganda
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Visionary leaders tip female entrepreneurs A vibrant gathering of Uganda’s leading women in business, finance, and the creative arts lit up the Kampala Serena Hotel in a night dedicated to progress, purpose, and connection. Under the theme...
11 Black-owned businesses shortlisted for the Compass scheme
Ethical Marketing News
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July 6, 2025
The scheme, which offers a £250,000 prize pot, will provide five winners with national digital Out of Home advertising campaigns worth £50,000 each to help scale their businesses and increase their visibility.. The 11 shortlisted businesses for...
ISIL financier red-flagged in T&T
Trinidad Express
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A UGANDAN national identified as Abubakar Swalleh, with alleged terrorist ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Al-Qaeda, has been red-flagged by the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT). The FIUTT has issued...
How refugee mothers are struggling to make ends meet in Uganda
Independent (Uganda)
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July 6, 2025
FILE PHOTO: A refugee camp in Uganda. Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After fleeing armed conflict in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, several single refugee mothers now living in Uganda’s West Nile region are struggling to...
Kenya Deports Ugandan Human Rights Defender
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 6, 2025
A Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) staffer was deported on Saturday night after returning to Kenya at around 10pm. In a statement on Sunday, July 7, KHRC revealed that the Ugandan national, Martin Mavenjina, was deported back to the East...
Asean trying to avoid using US dollar in trade, says Anwar
Free Malaysia Today
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July 5, 2025
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaking at a BRICS forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Asean has increased the use of local currencies in trade as a concrete way toward a more stable financial system free of...
BRICS summit in Brazil to champion multilateralism amid trade tensions
Daily News Egypt
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July 6, 2025
Leaders of the growing BRICS group of nations are gathering in Brazil for a summit overshadowed by United States President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, with the bloc aiming to present itself as a defender of multilateralism. The leaders,...
Zimbabwe’s Sables in Uganda to defend Africa Rugby Cup title
New Zimbabwe
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July 6, 2025
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE senior men’s rugby team arrived in Uganda on Saturday for the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup. Fondly known as the ‘Sables’, the local side walks into this year’s edition with aspirations to defend the title which they won last...
Uganda to open CAF African Nations Championship campaign against Algeria
The Malaysian Star
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June 27, 2025
KAMPALA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Co-host Uganda will open its TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign against Algeria on August 4 at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala. The African Football body CAF released the schedule...
Malaysia PM Anwar calls for increase in intra-BRICS trade, urges trading opportunities overseas
Channel News Asia
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July 6, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO: Malaysia PM Anwar has called on BRICS to boost intra-trade and for the grouping to emerge as a strong and principled force amid unilateral tariff measures and protectionist policies. At the 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit in Rio De...
Madhvani Land Scandal : City Businessman remanded over fraudulently acquiring title
Red Pepper
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July 4, 2025
Kampala-based businessman has been remanded to Luzira Prison over his alleged involvement in a high-profile land fraud scheme that has rocked government land offices and drawn in senior officials. Kirenga Fred, a businessman from Naguru, appeared...
Why local capital is our strongest catalyst for Uganda’s SMEs to grow
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
OPINION | Ivan Mandela | Aisha Namuddu operates a whole grain store in Kasangati, where she buys and sells maize and coffee from various traders near and far. For the past two years, her business has been growing steadily since the coffee prices...
Uganda: The end of the runway? Kabalega airport fabled finish line
Zawya
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Uganda’s Kabalega International Airport (KIA) has featured in several budget and State of the Nation addresses, but it has remained at 95 percent completion, and the government now says that the facility will begin operations within the next...
Uganda seeks billions in innovative financing to transform agrifood systems
Independent (Uganda)
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June 26, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Uganda is intensifying efforts to unlock critical investments and promote collaboration in its agrifood sector, recognizing that despite notable progress, significant funding gaps, coordination challenges,...
Heavy security deployed in Kampala as Museveni returned nomination forms
NTV Uganda
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Heavy security deployed in Kampala as Museveni returned nomination forms Security has been tight throughout Kampala's central business district to prevent a repeat of last week's grim incident, where several suspected NRM youths were seen robbing...
Bank of Uganda Bolsters Gold Reserves Amid Global Uncertainty
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 27, 2025
By David Mwanje The Bank of Uganda’s strategists in Kampala are navigating a shifting global economic landscape, with the U.S. dollar’s dominance under scrutiny and gold emerging as a key asset. The 2025 OMFIF Global Public Investor (GPI) report,...