All posts tagged "South Sudan"
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217RegionalEast Africa steps up health emergency readiness, response
Five East African countries have held their first simulation exercise since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to improve preparedness and bolster...
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2.3KHotels & HospitalityRadisson Hotel Group delivers a strong start to the year with five hotel signings in Africa in the first quarter
Radisson Hotel Group continues its ambitious African growth and development plan with five new hotel signings secured across the continent to date this...
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2.8KOpEDNICHOLAS OGUGE: Protecting East Africa’s natural capital: The cost of inaction
Nature underpins every aspect of economic and human well-being. That’s why recent moves by the East African Community (EAC) and the six...
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660BusinessAfrican Development Bank Group approves a borrowing policy to strengthen debt sustainability in low-income countries
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new policy that aims to strengthen debt sustainability among...
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306DIPLOMACYUganda eyeing commercial diplomacy with Turkey
Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister Gen. Abubaker Jeje Odongo expressed his gratitude for the increased trade and investment opportunities created by the Turkish...
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322NewsRights activists call for openness, fast-tracking of planned retreat for South Sudanese peace partners in Uganda
A civil society organization, the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), has called for the planned retreat of the South Sudanese peace...
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906EDUCATIONOver 53,000 pupils sit for primary leaving exams
More than 53,000 pupils have today started sitting their primary leaving examinations across South Sudan. The launch of examinations was officiated by...
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562NewsUS offers UGX 17.68billion reward for LRA warlord Joseph Kony
The United States of America has offered a $5 million (UGX.17.68billion) reward for the capture of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, who is...
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2.0KTours & TravelUganda Airlines to acquire A220s/E2s jets
Uganda Airlines is planning to acquire its first narrow-body jets, interim chief executive Jenifer Bamuturaki has disclosed. The state-owned airline currently operates...
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283ENVIRONMENTSouth Sudan to launch an environmental policy to manage Sudd wetlands
South Sudan’s Ministry of Environment has revealed plans to launch an environmental policy for the management and restoration of the Sudd wetlands...
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506NewsUganda, South Sudan and Burundi top East Africa in corruption
KAMPALA – Uganda, South Sudan and Burundi top in corruption among East African community (EAC) regional countries, a recent report by Transparency...
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592NewsMuseveni to South Sudan Govt: For sustainable peace, work towards elections
President Museveni has said that the South Sudan government and all stakeholders must work towards holding elections in order to have sustainable...
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289RegionalRIGHTS EXPERTS: ‘Overzealous’ security services undermining South Sudan peace: rights experts
State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country’s most prominent civil society leaders, issuing “credible” death threats that have undermined peace efforts, UN-appointed...
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253NewsSouth Sudan agrees to lift visa charges for Ugandan nationals
The government of South Sudan has accepted to waive visa fees for eligible Ugandan nationals. This comes days after the Ugandan government...
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603NewsAnxiety as South Sudan rejects deployment of UPDF along Juba-Nimule Highway
South Sudan has no plans to have Uganda’s national, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) deployed along Juba-Nimule highway to tackle security,...
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331NewsSouth Sudan: End new wave of repression against peaceful protests
South Sudanese authorities have arrested civil society activists and a politician and closed down a radio station and an academic think-tank, signaling...
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365NewsMUSEVENI: You cant win elections with tribal security forces
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the real medicine for the situation in South Sudan is ultimately elections, but added, that...
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312NewsUganda, South Sudan in talks over rampant fatal road ambushes
Uganda and South Sudan are in talks over a growing number of deadly ambushes on South Sudanese territory targeting transit trucks. Okello...
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389NewsINVESTIGATION: How deadly clashes threaten South Sudan’s shaky peace deal
A decade after South Sudan gained independence amid much hope and fanfare, the country’s path to lasting stability remains fragile as infighting...
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10.1KBusinessHow tycoon Abid Alam is contributing to Uganda’s job growth
Abid Alam contributes to Job Growth in Uganda through a mega sugar factory which is expected to offer direct employment to thousands of...
