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From Grexit to Brexit: Eurosceptics claim their -exit

Paris, FRANCE | AFP | It started with “Grexit” — the long trumpeted but never realised axing of Greece from the European Union. It was then reborn as “Brexit” as Britain started down the — this time voluntary — path of leaving the bloc. The “-exit” formulation was coined by …

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Tanzania debris to be checked for MH370 link

Sydney, Australia | AFP | A piece of aircraft debris found off the coast of Tanzania will be examined to see whether it could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian officials said. Australia’s Transport Minister Darren Chester gave no description of the fragment found on Pemba Island, the …

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New national airline for Uganda?

ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome President Yoweri Museveni, when addressing the first cabinet meeting of his new government, reportedly told them that ‘because our brothers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa let us down‘ the formation of a national airline was now a priority. (Read FULL Museveni speech here) …

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Director, Sub-region office North Africa

Posting Title: DIRECTOR, SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE FOR NORTH AFRICA Job Code Title: CHIEF OF SERVICE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS Department/Office: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Duty Station: RABAT Posting Period: 24 June 2016 – 22 August 2016 Job Opening Number: 62779 Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE (CLICK) Share on: WhatsApp

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VIDEO: Tumwebaze lashes out at KCCA critics

NBS: The outgoing minister for the presidency and Kampala Frank Tumwebaze has lashed out at those still fermenting wrangles within KCCA and those accusing him of furthering strife between the Lord Mayor EriasLukwago and the KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi.   Share on: WhatsApp

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Emotions as Ex Ministers Hand Over

NBS: For many that never imagined what life ex ministers and government officials go through when they are out of favor, outgoing minister of state in charge of general duties Tarsis Kabwegere and Vincent Nyanzi dropped a bomb shell today, giving a picture of what life awaits ex ministers. With …

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President Museveni Promises to Revive Uganda Airlines

NBS: By end 2013, reports suggested that government was planning to revive Uganda Airlines. It remained speculative until government confirmed the reports, although without a concrete plan on how this would be done. It now seems that president Museveni wants focus put to this in his latest term. While addressing …

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