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Uganda’s export revenues dip on high informal trade
Zawya
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Uganda’s exports to East African Community (EAC) markets have declined by Ush820.5 billion ($228.19 million), blamed on a host of challenges confronting business owners in the past one year. These challenges, including non-tariff barriers, are...
Uganda mulls free access to Shs103m HIV prevention drug injection
GhanaWeb
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June 30, 2025
The Ministry of Health is assessing a new biannual HIV prevention injection for inclusion in essential medicines, with the goal of providing free access, the Uganda Aids Commission has indicated. Lenacapavir, the injectable drug developed by a...
Apple Music Releases New Africa Now DJ Mix Featuring AD DJ
News Ghana
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July 4, 2025
Apple Music today released this month’s Africa Now DJ Mix featuring trailblazing Ghanaian DJ, AD DJ. Affectionately dubbed “The People’s Champ”, AD DJ is shaping a sound that transcends borders and genres. His sets are a euphoric fusion of...
Uganda’s New Financial Clearance Guidelines to Drive Economic Growth and Equity
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 30, 2025
By David Mwanje The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development launched the revised Guidelines for Financial Clearance for July 2025, a transformative framework designed to streamline the evaluation and implementation of policy and...
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How director Mira Nair’s films influenced her son Zohran Mamdani
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
Zohran Mamdani is an Indian-born Ugandan scholar. His mom, Mira Nair, a renowned Indian-origin filmmaker played a very important role in forming his ideas of life. Though aa a kid he hated the idea of his mother leaving for months for cinema....
Arts of Africa
Art of the Ancestors
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The Met’s Arts of Africa galleries returned in May 2025, in a reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Following a multiyear renovation, the re-envisioned installation reintroduces visitors to the Museum’s collection of sub-Saharan African art...
WHEN ART MEETS POWER: The complicated dance between artistes and politics
The Citizen
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In an age where celebrity status wields as much influence as political office, the boundary between the entertainment world and the political arena continues to blur. From global pop stars speaking out on human rights to local musicians endorsing...
Celebrate July 4th with this standout Apple TV+ series
BGR - New York
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July 4, 2025
There’s only one way I think Americans should celebrate this Fourth of July: by remembering what makes this country a place people dream of being. Despite the controversies surrounding the government, there’s one thing that unites us all, whether...
Minister Mao Leads Charge for Fair Elections in Uganda’s Democracy Push
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
By David Mwanje KAMPALA– As Uganda gears up for its next electoral cycle, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Norbert Mao is spearheading a bold call for free, fair, and peaceful elections, urging stakeholders to tackle deep-rooted...
President’s directive on Balaalo eviction from Northern Uganda was issued in good faith
Independent (Uganda)
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July 4, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Some of the impounded cattle belonging to defiant migrant cattle keepers exiting Amuru district COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | President Yoweri Museveni last month issued a second directive for the eviction of migrant cattle keepers,...
Uganda’s Museveni Hints at Re-Election Bid
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Uganda’s long-serving head of state, Yoweri Museveni, has indicated he may pursue another presidential term in the national polls scheduled for next year. At 80 years old, Museveni is among the globe’s longest-reigning heads of...
Uganda’s Veteran Leader Signals 2026 Election Run
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Uganda’s veteran leader, President Yoweri Museveni, has indicated his intention to run again in next year’s general elections. At 80 years old, Museveni stands as one of the globe’s longest-serving heads of state, having held power...
Kwame Rugunda will Re-energise Uganda’s Economic Engine through NRM Entrepreneurs League
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
The son of former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, Kwame Rugunda has been officially nominated by the NRM Electoral Commission for the role of National General Secretary of the NRM Entrepreneurs League. Following his nomination, Rugunda...
Equity Bank and Nation Media Group to partner in sharing impact stories on Uganda’s youth and women
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Nation Media MD Nsibirwa and Equity Bank Managing Director Gift Shoko (middle) at the Daily Monitor offices in Namuwongo Equity Bank Uganda Limited delegation visits Nation Media Group Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A delegation from Equity...
Russia Begins Training Ugandan Health Personnel
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian health agency Rospotrebnadzor has initiated training for medical professionals in Uganda as part of an expanded collaboration with African nations on controlling infectious diseases, as announced by the agency on Monday. This...
Bongo Bongo Casino Uganda Review & Bonus Offer 2025
AASHTO Journal
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July 3, 2025
With its user-friendly interface, diverse game selection, secure payment methods, and responsive customer support, the casino establishes itself as a trustworthy platform. With the mobile app, players can access Bongo Bongo Casino from any...
NACORI deploys art to promote coffee growing in northern Uganda
Independent (Uganda)
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July 3, 2025
Models showcase coffee seedlings on the runway. Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers from the National Agricultural Research Organisation Coffee Research Institute (NACORI) have turned to art to market coffee growing in Northern Uganda....
Mercer team leads nutrition, health workshops during Uganda trip
Mercer Den
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July 3, 2025
A team of Mercerians collaborated with a Ugandan community to present workshops on topics that were important to them during a three-week trip in May. Dr. Natalie Bourdon, associate professor of anthropology and women’s and gender studies, and Dr....
Craft and Kinship: How Sanaa Gateja’s Art Anchors Community
The New York Observer
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July 2, 2025
Artist Sanaa Gateja’s artistic journey has spanned decades, continents and disciplines. Courtesy the artist and Karma “I like the Africanness of handling materials, the aesthetics and the value that we attach to materials,” Sanaa Gateja tells...
Five dead from Ugandan military helicopter crash in Somalia
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 3, 2025
Smoke rises in the direction of Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 2, 2025, in this picture obtained from social media, Abdirahman Mohamed Arab/via REUTERS A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping...