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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s coffee exports face a tough huddle following demands that exports to the European Union come from registered farmers, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has said. This will not only be a challenge to the authorities to have this met due to the …

EU has recently supported the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) with over Shs3 billion to conduct evaluations of iron ore prospects in Southwestern Uganda Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Stakeholders in Uganda’s mining sector have called on the government to make substantial investments in determining the quantities of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The European Union (EU) has signed a three-year partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) towards the refugee response in Uganda. The multi-year program partnership is worth sh78.2 billion, part of which, the European Union (EU) has this year allocated sh26 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Trade Centre and European Union have announced a business acceleration project for young entrepreneurs in the Ugandan film industry. Dubbed ‘Opportunities are Here’ (OAH), the project will focus on boosting the Ugandan film industry to provide young talents in Uganda with specialised mentoring, …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | European leaders on Friday called for “pauses for humanitarian needs” to allow aid into Gaza through humanitarian corridors. During the two-day EU summit that ended on Friday in Brussels, leaders of the 27-member bloc held heated discussions over the conflicts between Israel and Hamas and between …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The European Union (EU) and the Belgian government, have set aside 50 million Euros to equip youth with skills in the greening sector for the next five years. Speaking to participants of the EU scholarship programs awareness meeting at the Makerere University Business …

Kiev, Ukraine | XINHUA | Some foreign ministers of the EU members on Monday met in Kiev for their first meeting outside the bloc, said the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. “I am convinced that this meeting will speed up the European integration of Ukraine,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, while opening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government has been hailed on the progress made on transparency in the oil and gas sector, though some challenges remain, according to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI is the global standard for the prudent management of natural resources, which currently targets …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukraine on Saturday denounced the plans of five EU countries to extend Ukrainian grain import ban, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website. Those countries, including Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, have sought to extend the import ban on Ukrainian grain, …

Frankfurt, Germany | Xinhua | Germany’s economy, the largest in the European Union (EU), stagnated in the second quarter of 2023 with zero growth, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently revised its forecast for the German economy in 2023 down …