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Iraq invites Uganda to join Road Development Project

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Iraq has invited Uganda to be part of their Road Development Project aimed at linking the Asian country to Europe. Uganda would participate by acquiring space in the strategically located industrial zones along the network. Ghazi Ktab, Director of the Africa Department at the Ministry …

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Karamoja demands distinct regional status, clear break from The North

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders under the umbrella of the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) have asked the government to consider Karamoja as a distinct region separate from Northern Uganda. Karamoja sub-region covers an area of 27,528 kilometers and comprises nine districts including Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit, Nabilatuk, …

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Emmanuel Macron dissolves parliament

PARIS | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly Sunday evening, following defeat of his party in 2024 European Parliament elections, according to a live broadcast of local media BFMTV. “I have decided to give you back the choice of your parliamentary future through …

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CSOs: Uganda’s budget process has been handled carelessly

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The civil society groups in Uganda have termed the next national budget ineffective in answering the country’s pressing needs. The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is due to present this Thursday a sh72 trillion budget, which was revised at the last minute …

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All set for ITHUBA Uganda sh30m Jackpot tonight

ITHUBA Uganda reveals more Winners of the DAILY LOTTO Draw on June 9 2024 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s national lottery enters its second week today, with the daily Lotto that has up to sh30m at stake. After the first week’s ITHUBA Uganda lottery draw Sunday at which there …

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Britain returns 39 Ugandan artifacts, more on the way

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda on Sunday received 39 of Uganda’s cultural heritage artifacts that have for over 100 years been kept in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University. The objects come from all over Uganda. Among them a drum from Bunyoro, sent to Cambridge in 1920.  …

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Palestinian president urges UNSC to convene over attack on Nuseirat

CAIRO | TASS | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has instructed Palestine’s envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour to request an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss Israel’s recent operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the WAFA news agency reported. According to the report, members of …

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