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02 Nov '25
How the rivalry between the two Gulf carriers has contributed to the growth of the local aviation industryEmirates and Qatar Airways, the two Gulf carriers dominating the global aviation industry are flexing muscles over the fast growing Ugandan market. Every week thousands of U
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02 Nov '25
By close of business on Friday, police had retrieved four bodies of men from Nakivubo Channel in downtown Kampala. The victims are suspected to have died in the morning downpour that caused severe flooding across the city.According to Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesper
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31 Oct '25
Singapore — Oil prices eased on Friday, heading for a third consecutive monthly decline, as a stronger dollar and weak China data capped gains while rising supply from major producers globally offset the effect of Western sanctions on Russian exports.Brent crude futures slippe
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31 Oct '25
The Ugandan government says construction of the Kabalega Industrial Park in Kabaale Sub-County, Hoima District, will begin in 2026. Spanning nearly 30 square kilometres, the park is expected to bolster the country’s emerging oil and gas sector and create more than 35,000 jobs. The project forms
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31 Oct '25
The UAE Ambassador to Uganda, HE Abdulla Salem Alshemeli, H.E Sheikh Sultan Jemai Al. Hindas, Director General of the Furjairah Chamber Commerce and Industry and the Prime Minister of Uganda Hon. Nabbanja Robinah and Hon. Dr Monica Musenero the Minister of Science Technology and Innovation Inform
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31 Oct '25
The Affordable Housing Project promised dignity and stability for Kenya’s urban poor, yet gaps in delivery are fast exposing cracks in what was once hailed as a groundbreaking social revolution.In Nairobi’s New Mukuru Housing Estate, residents who once lived in congested sha
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30 Oct '25
Carved into the rugged cliffs of the Bolivian Andes, the North Yungas Road has earned an ominous nickname: the "Death Road." This 64km stretch links the capital city of La Paz to the lush Yungas region, plunging from high-altitude plateaus into dense rainforest. For decades, it has bee
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30 Oct '25
Kampala, Uganda — Police have launched investigations into the mysterious death of a 25-year-old woman who reportedly sustained severe injuries at the residence of city socialite Bryan Kirumira, popularly known as Bryan White, in Kyamula, Makindye Division, Kampala.
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30 Oct '25
Tanzanian police on Wednesday announced the imposition of a curfew in the port city of Dar es Salaam following protests that resulted in the destruction of property on the general election day.“After 6 p.m., nobody will be allowed to be seen on the streets of Dar es Salaam exc
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30 Oct '25
For the next nine months, activities in Uganda’s oil fields will be ramped up as the country targets to get its first barrel of oil to the market through a 1,443km pipeline to the Tanzanian coast of Tanga by July 2026, more than 20 years after the first commercial discovery was made