Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has given Uganda Cranes a sh3.7 billion ($1million) reward for their performance at the ongoing Africa Nations Cup finals. The team returned today from Cairo, where they were knocked out at the Last-16 stage by Senegal. This is the first time …
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Why the new development could be bad news for the US, Europe and India Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | As Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, hosts more than 50 African presidents for the first-ever Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on Oct. 24, top on the agenda will be how to sustain …
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Govt proposal to build a sixth power dam on the Nile kicks up storm Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Murchison Falls, one of River Nile’s remaining spectacular waterfalls tops the “bucket list” of iconic sceneries in Uganda that hundreds of thousands of tourists covet when they visit the country. …
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The powerful people behind Bemanya Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) looks like a typical company in shambles. In April 2017 it run to court to block a petition seeking to wound it up partly owing to Shs709 billion debts it had accumulated over the years. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes head coach Sebastien Desabre has resigned after the team failed to progress to the later stages of the on-going 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). An inside source told URN that the coach made his position clear on Saturday. The Frenchman …
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Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Senegal 🇸🇳 1 Benin 🇧🇯 1 (4) Morocco 🇲🇦 1 (1) Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Sadio Mane became the leading scorer in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Friday when he scored the goal that gave Senegal a 1-0 win over Uganda in a feisty last-16 clash. …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Head of the Sudan Transitional Military Council Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan today visited Uganda and had brief talks with President Yoweri Museveni at the Mbale State Lodge, east of the country. Gen. Abdel Fattah briefed Museveni on the situation in Sudan and discussed a …
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FRIDAY: Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 10pm Onyango is ready, who else is in Cranes camp after strike Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Star forward Sadio Mane goes head-to-head with star goalkeeper Denis Onyango when Senegal meet troubled Uganda on Friday in an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 match in Cairo. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has written to Justice Minister Kahinda Otafire, warning that no action should be taken on Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), without Cabinet approval. “As I have guided on several occasions, given the strategic importance of UTL to the economy, government has been …
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Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Cranes players returned to training Wednesday night after Tuesday’s boycott in a pay dispute with soccer governing body FUFA. Sports state minister Charles Bakkalubindi met the players in three-hour long meeting to resolve the strike over emoluments. The players, by returning to training, indicated …
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