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Uganda’s Carbon Market Faces Global Scrutiny Amid Activist Calls at Bonn Summit

Uganda’s Carbon Market Faces Global Scrutiny Amid Activist Calls at Bonn Summit

BONN, Germany — Climate activists and health experts at the Bonn Climate Summit have called on global governments to take a decisive stand against fossil fuels and loosely regulated carbon markets, warning that failure to act could worsen both environmental degradation and public health outcome

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Gunfire Rocks Nakasero Market as Security Kills Knife-Wielding Attacker in Broad Daylight

Gunfire Rocks Nakasero Market as Security Kills Knife-Wielding Attacker in Broad Daylight

Security officers have shot dead a suspected criminal who attempted to storm Nakasero Market and disrupt traders.The incident happened earlier today when the man, said to be armed with a knife, tried to force his way into the busy market. Eyewi

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Otafiire Sparks Uproar with 'Not My Issue' Outburst Over Number Plate Scandal

Otafiire Sparks Uproar with 'Not My Issue' Outburst Over Number Plate Scandal

A light-hearted moment emerged from an otherwise serious press briefing when Uganda’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Maj. General Kahinda Otafiire, delivered a blunt and unexpected response to a journalist’s question about digital number plate tracking.

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Gunmen kidnap, kill Rotarian in Mukono

Gunmen kidnap, kill Rotarian in Mukono

 Gunmen dressed in military uniform over the weekend kidnapped and killed a Compassion International official before dumping his body by the roadside near a railway line in Namumira village, Mukono Central Division. The victim, Godfrey Wayengera, 45, lived in Nsu

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Cable Thieves Plunge Six Mukono Villages into Darkness

Cable Thieves Plunge Six Mukono Villages into Darkness

Residents of six villages in Nakisunga Sub-county, Mukono District, are reeling from a wave of night-time attacks by unidentified individuals who cut and stole electricity cables from poles and Light (Yaka) meters, leaving hundreds of homes in the dark and communities on edge.The affected

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Kaberuka: How Cedric Babu Fell Ill in Kigali

Kaberuka: How Cedric Babu Fell Ill in Kigali

Delivering a deeply personal and emotional eulogy, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, former Rwandan Finance Minister and maternal uncle to the late Cedric Babu, offered mourners a detailed account of how Babu’s sudden illness unfolded and ultimately claimed his life.Speaking on behalf of the maternal

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Kamuli PWDs Call for Inclusiveness in Access to Services

Kamuli PWDs Call for Inclusiveness in Access to Services

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Kamuli District are raising urgent concerns over continued exclusion from essential public services due to inaccessible office infrastructure.They are calling on the government to construct inclusive, disability-friendly public buildings that allow all c

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Basalirwa Warns of Hollow Anti-Corruption Laws Without Exemplary Leadership

Basalirwa Warns of Hollow Anti-Corruption Laws Without Exemplary Leadership

Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa has warned that Uganda’s fight against corruption will remain futile unless its leaders begin to lead by personal example.Speaking on NBS Television on Thursday, June 5, the opposition legislator criticised the government’s overreliance on laws a

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Iran's supreme leader criticises US proposal for nuclear agreement

Iran's supreme leader criticises US proposal for nuclear agreement

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticised the US proposal for a new nuclear agreement, insisting it will not stop enriching uranium.Iranian negotiators are set to respond in the coming days to the plan presented at talks last Saturday. It would reportedly

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Speaker Among Quickly Saved by MPs After Leaked Audio of Her Allegedly Attacking Museveni Emerges

Speaker Among Quickly Saved by MPs After Leaked Audio of Her Allegedly Attacking Museveni Emerges

Speaker of Parliament Anita Among was swiftly defended by MPs and parliamentary officials after audio clips allegedly featuring her criticizing President Yoweri Museveni went viral online.In the 

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