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Winnie Byanyima Warns ‘AIDS is Not Over’, Cautions Against Inaction

Winnie Byanyima Warns ‘AIDS is Not Over’, Cautions Against Inaction

Winnie Byanyima Warns ‘AIDS is Not Over’, Cautions Against InactionUNAIDS Executive Director Winnie ByanyimaBrasilia, Brazil — UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has issued a stark warning that the global fight against HIV/AIDS is at a critical juncture, cautioning that

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Gold and coffee exports hit record highs amid global donor funding cuts

Gold and coffee exports hit record highs amid global donor funding cuts

Uganda reports a record $6.5 billion in coffee and gold export earnings for 2025, providing a vital economic boost as the country faces significant cuts in global donor funding.Uganda's coffee exports soared 38% in October 2025, reaching $185.56 million, driven by robust Robusta and Arabic

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 Kyagulanyi Asks Police, Army to Vote Him for Better Welfare

Kyagulanyi Asks Police, Army to Vote Him for Better Welfare

Speaking during a campaign rally in Serere Town, Kyagulanyi emphasized the importance of support from the security forces. The rally was marked by a heavy deployment of police, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), and other security agencies, which he said were intended to block his entry

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Butaleja teachers starve as corruption and payroll scandal deepens.

Butaleja teachers starve as corruption and payroll scandal deepens.

The Butaleja District Local Government has been plunged into a serious administrative crisis that has denied more than 60 newly recruited education personnel, including headteachers, deputies, and assistants, their pay for several months. This is further characterized by debilitating resource sho

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Mulago Hospital Performs First Keyhole Surgery to Remove Prostate Cancer

Mulago Hospital Performs First Keyhole Surgery to Remove Prostate Cancer

KAMPALA — Mulago National Referral Hospital has achieved a major milestone after doctors successfully carried out the first-ever laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, a keyhole surgery used to remove the prostate gland in a patient with prostate cancer.The surgery was performed on a 73-yea

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Uganda bars new Somali, Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees as aid funding falls

Uganda bars new Somali, Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees as aid funding falls

Mogadishu (HOL) — Uganda has stopped granting refugee status to asylum seekers from Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia, saying those countries are no longer considered to have active armed conflicts and that dwindling donor funding has made it difficult to support new arrivals.Uganda’s Mini

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Dollar unfazed even as Fed cut comes back into view

Dollar unfazed even as Fed cut comes back into view

The U.S. dollar was steady on Tuesday as investors deliberated the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates next month.The U.S. dollar was steady on Tuesday as investors deliberated the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates next month after dovish comments from

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Gold dips as dollar firms, investors weigh U.S. rate cut bets

Gold dips as dollar firms, investors weigh U.S. rate cut bets

Gold dips as dollar firms, investors weigh U.S. rate cut betscnbc.com25minNOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 15: A worker shows granules of gold at Novosibirsk Refining Plant, Russia's leading gold refining and bar manufacturing plant, in Novosibirsk, Russia on September 15, 202

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Katakwi DJ brutally hacked to death, body dumped in swamp

Katakwi DJ brutally hacked to death, body dumped in swamp

Police officers examining swamp in Katakwi Town Council where DJ Elungat Patrick’s body was recovered with multiple deep cuts.Katakwi, Uganda: Police in Katakwi District have launched investigations into the gruesome killing of a 27-year-old DJ whose body was discovered with multiple dee

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Bodas gone wild: Kampala’s deadly traffic crisis

Bodas gone wild: Kampala’s deadly traffic crisis

Public transport was banned in the country in the wake of a coronavirus outbreakOn most mornings in the city, before the sun has burned the mist off Kampala’s hills or the jam has begun to choke roads, you can already hear them, hundreds of boda bodas revving awake, a restless swarm prep

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