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United Nations, UNITED STATES | AFP | Of the 46 countries that pledged to provide resources to maintain United Nations peace operations, 14 have failed completely or only partially kept their promises. In a United States-led initiative organized at a summit in September, dozens of countries vowed to contribute more …

Beijing, China | AFP | Chinese state media said that the “atomic bombings of Japan were of its own making”, ahead of a historic visit to Hiroshima on Friday by US President Barack Obama. The trip is the first visit to the city by a sitting American President since the …

  Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | A Chinese state-owned company has signed a “preliminary” deal with Sudan to build the east African country’s first nuclear power plant, an official in Khartoum said on Tuesday. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the electricity ministry on …

Paris, France | AFP | China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, but only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help, according to studies released Wednesday. There are more people in the world’s two most populous nations coping with mental, neurological …

Beijing, China | AFP | The mayhem of China’s Cultural Revolution will never be repeated, state-run media said Tuesday, breaking their silence after the 50th anniversary of its start saw little state-sanctioned discussion. May 16 marked half a century since the 1966 internal Communist party declaration of the movement, which …

  Peruth Chemutai clocked a personal best time of 9:31.34 in the 3000 Metres Steeplechase at the Shanghai IAAF Diamond League race today to qualify for the Rio Olympics. Chemutai finished 10th in the sixth fastest women’s steeplechase race of all time, becoming  just the third Ugandan woman to qualify …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | US company Freeport-McMoRan said Monday it was selling control in the Tenke Fungurume copper mine in DR Congo to China Molybdenum, giving the Chinese company a strong foothold in the country’s rich copper and cobalt reserves. Freeport-McMoRan will offload its 70 percent stake in …

Karuma, Isimba to cost extra Shs 1.8 trillion: An investigation by The Independent reveals how if Energy Ministry officials and those at Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd were properly supervising dam construction instead of bickering over control, they could have saved the country enough money to build another hydropower dam. …

PHOTOGRAPHS: President Yoweri Museveni yesterday performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the China-Uganda Agricultural Industrial Park in Butuntumula, Katikamu North in Luwero district. The project investment is estimated at US$ 220million. The project once complete will help farmers increase their agricultural incomes through accessing improved seeds and advanced …

Karuma, Isimba mess: President Museveni directed officials at the Energy Ministry to hand over implementation powers of the billion dollar Karuma and Isimba projects to power generator, UEGCL, in a bid save them but the officials remained adamant weeks later.  Energy ministry officials defy Museveni on botched billion dollar project …