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UAE Seeks Global Support After Iran Missile Attacks

UAE Seeks Global Support After Iran Missile Attacks

UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al NahyanABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has intensified diplomatic outreach following what it described as Iran’s “brutal and terrorist” missile attacks, warning that the escalation threatens reg

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Uganda’s Gender Equality Revolution: Minister Amongi Unveils Ambitious 8-Point Plan at UN as Poverty Rate Plummets to 16.1%

Uganda’s Gender Equality Revolution: Minister Amongi Unveils Ambitious 8-Point Plan at UN as Poverty Rate Plummets to 16.1%

NEW YORK — Uganda’s Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Betty Amongi, delivered a powerful address at the United Nations Headquarters today, showcasing the country’s remarkable progress in women’s empowerment and unveiling an ambitious eight-point strategy to accelerat

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Bobi Wine: Why 9 cops who guarded me during campaigns have been fired from Police

Bobi Wine: Why 9 cops who guarded me during campaigns have been fired from Police

Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused the government of punishing police officers who were once assigned to his protection, claiming they are being blamed for his disappearance after the January election.In a statement posted on X, Kyagulan

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Prosecution seeks witness protection orders in Besigye treason case

Prosecution seeks witness protection orders in Besigye treason case

KAMPALA – The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has applied to the High Court Criminal Division in Kampala seeking orders to protect key prosecution witnesses in the treason case against opposition figure Kizza Besigye and two others.In a Notice of Motion filed under Se

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MPs warn it could take 48 years to clear Uganda’s Shs8.4t domestic arrears

MPs warn it could take 48 years to clear Uganda’s Shs8.4t domestic arrears

Appearing before Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and Secretary to the Treasury.Parliament has been told that at the current rate of funding allocated to settle government domestic arrears, it could take more than four deca

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U.S. forces in S. Korea preparing to relocate THAAD interceptors to Middle East

U.S. forces in S. Korea preparing to relocate THAAD interceptors to Middle East

SEOUL | Xinhua | U.S. forces in South Korea were preparing to relocate interceptor missiles of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to the Middle East, a local newspaper said Wednesday.An unidentified high-ranking South Korean government official was quoted by Dong-A Ilb

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Four suspects remanded in Wakiso for 170 million shilling land sale scam

Four suspects remanded in Wakiso for 170 million shilling land sale scam

WAKISO, Uganda — Four people were arraigned Wednesday at the Wakiso Chief Magistrates Court on charges of theft and conspiracy after allegedly conning an elderly man out of 170 million Ugandan shillings.The accused — Sendi Jamil, Juuku Anderson, Namuli Fatuma and Nalunjogi Jamilah —

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Son hires hitman to kill wealthy parents - they play dead for chilling plot twist

Son hires hitman to kill wealthy parents - they play dead for chilling plot twist

A 22-year-old man's scheme to 'bump off his family' was thwarted when police had his parents play dead.Russian officers have revealed they duped the suspect into thinking he'd hired a hitman to do away with his well-off parents and ten year old sister- all so he could get his hands on thei

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UPC’s Jimmy Akena Rejects Lumu’s Administration of Parliament Amendment Bill

UPC’s Jimmy Akena Rejects Lumu’s Administration of Parliament Amendment Bill

Jimmy Akena Obote, President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), has firmly rejected the controversial Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024, describing it as unnecessary and unhelpful to Uganda’s parliamentary system.In an interview on Next Radio’s Next Big Talk pro

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Uganda has minerals the US needs – so why is there no trade deal?

Uganda has minerals the US needs – so why is there no trade deal?

Unlike its approach to Rwanda, Kenya, DR Congo, and Tanzania, the United States has not been intentional in pursuing commercial engagement with Uganda.Different from its neighbours, Uganda is not a direct party to any binding trade agreements with the U.S. and relies on regional arrangemen

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