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Rwanda Dangles Fat Bait – Offers to Host UN Agencies

Rwanda Dangles Fat Bait – Offers to Host UN Agencies

Rwanda has offered to host key United Nations offices, agencies, and programs currently under review for relocation as part of the UN80 reform agenda.In a bold pitch to cement its place as a global diplomatic hub, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente pledges Kigali’s full log

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AGRA Rallies Local Investments for African Agricultural Transformation Amid Shifting Dev't Landscape

AGRA Rallies Local Investments for African Agricultural Transformation Amid Shifting Dev't Landscape

Agriculture development agency AGRA has reiterated its unwavering commitment to transforming African agriculture, emphasizing the need for enhanced investment in smallholder farmers against a backdrop of increasing global instability and evolving development support.The recent shift in glo

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Controversial Military Bill Sparks Fears of Civilian Trials

Controversial Military Bill Sparks Fears of Civilian Trials

A contentious 143-page bill, the UPDF (Amendment) Bill, 2025, is set to be tabled in the Ugandan parliament today by Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Jacob Oboth Oboth, triggering a wave of concern over potential civilian trials in military courts.The bill, a sweeping overhaul of t

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Germany arrests self-declared 'king' and bans his extremist group

Germany arrests self-declared 'king' and bans his extremist group

A self-declared "king" of Germany and three of his senior "subjects" have been arrested and their group banned for attempting to overthrow the state.Peter Fitzek, 59, was among those arrested in morning raids across seven states on Tuesday, which involved about 800 securit

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New White Paper Exposes Uganda’s Illicit Alcohol Crisis

New White Paper Exposes Uganda’s Illicit Alcohol Crisis

A newly released white paper by the Coalition Against Illicit Alcohol Uganda (CAIA-UG) in collaboration with Arrow Empirical Research Institute has uncovered a nationwide crisis, painting a sobering picture of the scale, causes, and consequences of illicit alcohol consumption in Uganda.Tit

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New White Paper Exposes Uganda’s Illicit Alcohol Crisis

New White Paper Exposes Uganda’s Illicit Alcohol Crisis

A newly released white paper by the Coalition Against Illicit Alcohol Uganda (CAIA-UG) in collaboration with Arrow Empirical Research Institute has uncovered a nationwide crisis, painting a sobering picture of the scale, causes, and consequences of illicit alcohol consumption in Uganda.Tit

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Have Bobi Wine and Mpuuga Crossed the Rubicon?

Have Bobi Wine and Mpuuga Crossed the Rubicon?

Just days after a choreographed public appearance meant to foster reconciliation, opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, and former National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy president for Buganda Region, Mathias Mpuuga, appear to have reached a political breaking point—with f

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Eight arrested in two separate anti-terror operations

Eight arrested in two separate anti-terror operations

BBC | Seven Iranian nationals are among eight men arrested in two major counter-terrorism investigations that took place separately on Saturday.Five of the arrests were part of a "pre-planned" investigation into an alleged plot to "target a specific premises", the Metropol

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Urgent health warning for pet owners over deadly disease on the rise

Urgent health warning for pet owners over deadly disease on the rise

Health experts in Australia are growing increasingly concerned a fatal, soil-borne disease could be on the rise among people and their pets. At least 28 Queenslanders have died after being infected by tropical disease melioidosis so far this year, with 211 cases recorded across the state.Th

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Bloated Political Coffers, Starving Scrutiny? Parliament's Budget Prioritises Administration Over Core Duties

Bloated Political Coffers, Starving Scrutiny? Parliament's Budget Prioritises Administration Over Core Duties

As Parliament prepares to approve its policy statements guiding the 2025/26 national budget, scrutiny of its own financial plans reveals a potentially troubling trend: more money allocated to political administration than to the core legislative committees that drive parliamentary scrutiny and ov

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