Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s national statistics body is moving to formalise its collaboration with cultural institutions as part of a broader strategy to improve data collection, quality and use at the community level. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) hosted a delegation from the Tooro Kingdom on Wednesday …
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COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Lately, Uganda keeps appearing in international headlines. Usually it is about politics, security, or some geopolitical something. That is how the world often meets us. But if you walk around the country itself, the story feels different. Recently, I attended a forum where a joint British and …
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Mengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A nationwide drive to raise $4 million to complete the building of the first Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) facility in Uganda has got the backing of the Katikiro of Buganda. The Katikiro of Buganda Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga today hailed the Joint Clinic Research …
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Equity Group records historic results reporting a 55% growth in profit after tax of Kshs 75.5 billion, underscoring the success of its strategic transformation. Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Group Holdings Plc has announced record results in Kenya’s corporate history, posting a 55% increase in profit after tax …
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JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday said that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib was killed in an overnight Israeli strike in Tehran, according to a statement issued by Katz’s office. Katz said, during a situation assessment with senior military officers, that “Khatib was in charge …
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Island economies need about US$12 billion a year for climate adaptation but receive just over US$2 billion in international public finance SPECIAL FEATURE | RONALD MUSOKE | Across the turquoise lagoons and coral-fringed shores of the world’s small island nations, nature is both a lifeline and a vulnerability. From the …
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RABAT | Xinhua | Morocco has been awarded the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title after the Confederation of African Football overturned the result of the final following Senegal’s walk-off. Senegal had beaten Morocco 1-0 in the January 18 final, but the match was marred by controversy when Senegal’s players …
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BEIJING | Xinhua | The 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) will be a crucial stage for China to consolidate foundations and make all-round efforts in advancing Chinese modernization, as the country moves toward its goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035, experts have said. In the latest episode of China …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Finance Trust Bank donated food and household supplies worth about Shs 10 million to support vulnerable children at Noah’s Ark Children’s Village, Uganda, as part of activities marking International Women’s Day. The donation included staple foods such as posho, rice, beans and groundnuts, as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FMO, the Netherlands’ development bank, has extended a $20million senior unsecured facility to I&M Bank Uganda Limited to expand lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a segment widely seen as vital to Uganda’s economic growth but often constrained by limited access to finance. …
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