Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen on Lake Albert in the Bunyoro sub-region want top army officials to investigate the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU operatives for allegedly selling impounded immature fish in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The FPU has been conducting operations against illegal fishing gear on Lake Albert since …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert have applauded the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU personnel conducting operations on the lake for helping to stop the invasion of suspected DRC militiamen from invading them while on the lake. The FPU has been conducting operations against illegal fishing gear on …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert are fleeing to the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC to carry out fishing following intensified operations and destruction of their illegal fishing gear by the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU. The operation is targeting those with undersized boats, fishing nets, hooks and monofilament …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panicky fisherman died in the Lake Albert waters in Hoima district after seeing an approaching crew of Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU personnel. The deceased has only been identified as Owonda, a fisherman attached to Kijangi landing site in Tonya parish, Buseruka sub county, Hoima district. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security surveillance on the shores of Lake Albert in the Bunyoro region, which shares a porous border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The move follows terror alerts which were followed by two explosions in Komamboga, a suburb of Kampala and on …
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Kasenyi, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | What connection can there be, between a normal smart mobile phone and an increase in quality and quantity of fish catch from a lake? Well, on the trans-boundary Lakes Edward and Albert, between D.R Congo and Uganda, the two are very closely …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Totalenergies Uganda Deputy Gereral Manager, Mariam Nampeera Mbowa .says its Joint Venture partner CNOOC is holding the announcement of the Final Investment Decision on the Lake Albert Oil Development project. “I can confirm that the board of Total took FID on the Ugandan project …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen Congolese fishermen who were arrested and detained by Ugandan authorities have been released. They were arrested on Lake Edward in Kasese District for illegal entry into Uganda. Earlier this month another 36 DRC fishermen who were arrested on Lake Edward in 2019 were …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU has set ablaze more than 215 illegal fishing boats and 300 monofilament nets impounded from Lake Albert. The boats were destroyed in an operation conducted this week under the command of Lt. Colonel Dick Kaija, the Commandant of the Fisheries Protection …
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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen operating at various landing sites on the shores of Lake Albert in Bunyoro have asked Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to intervene and halt the ongoing operation against illegal fishing gear in the area. The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU early this month launched an operation against …
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