Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The World Food Programme (WFP) said Thursday it has received a 71.44-million-U.S. dollar donation from the European Union to tackle the food crisis in 11 countries in eastern and southern Africa. WFP said the funds received through its humanitarian aid department have been immediately put to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has announced up to Shillings 232 billion to finance Uganda’s climate change contributions. The money is part of seven years commitment plan to support the country achieve its environmental protection targets. The money is meant to support different interventions to boost afforestation …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia is ready to deliver additional volumes of natural gas to the European Union in the autumn-winter period, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. One of the two branches of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has survived the recent leak incident and Russia is willing to send …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has joined the Ugandan tourism sector and the civil society to demand increased government funding for the sector. The tourism sector is Uganda’s top foreign exchange earner, valued at US$ 1.6 billion in 2019/2020, while the number of foreign visitors was about …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Russia over its conflict with Ukraine, including a ban on gold imports and the tightening of export controls on high-technology goods. The “reinforced, prolonged EU sanctions against the Kremlin send a strong signal to Moscow: we will …
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| THE INDEPENDENT | Investors in the tourism sector have an opportunity to exploit out of the Uganda Development Bank and European Union partnership involving a Shs62bn facility, executives said on May 18. Representatives from the two partnering agencies openeda the call for entries for eligible businesses in the tourism …
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Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Kiev doesn’t support any compromise formula of granting Ukraine European Union (EU) candidate status, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday. “We do not need surrogates for EU candidate status that show second-class treatment of Ukraine and hurt the feelings of Ukrainians,” Kuleba tweeted. He urged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union delegation in Uganda has expressed readiness to work with the tourism sector in Uganda, as part of their set priorities for four years beginning 2022/24, officials said in a press release shared by Uganda Tourism Board on May 9. This announcement comes …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan lawyers Eron Kiiza and Primah Kwagala, have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Human Rights Defenders Award by the European Union. They were shortlisted alongside another local human rights defender Kayinga Yuddu Misito, the Coordinator of Community Transformation Foundation Network-COTFONE, which operates in the …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | European Union foreign ministers did not decide on sanctions targeting Russia’s oil and gas, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Monday. Addressing the media following a meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg, Borrell said that although no …
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