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Delays and shattered hopes: Uganda still waiting for oil riches
Fourteen years after the discovery of sub-Saharan Africa's fourth-largest oil reserves, not a drop has been extracted.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu in Uganda to boost ties
Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to a rainswept Entebbe airport accompanied by his wife, Sara, before heading to meet Museveni, an AFP photographer said.
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Kenya's Kipruto breaks 10k world record in Valencia
Kipruto bettered the previous fastest time set by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, also in Valencia last month, by 14 seconds.
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Uganda police arrest pop-star MP Bobi Wine, teargas supporters
Bobi Wine, a popular figure among young Ugandans, announced last year he would challenge President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 elections, and on Monday was scheduled to begin a week-long series of consultations ahead of the vote.
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Chaka Chaka thanks South Africans for concern over Uganda incident
Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka has refuted claims by the Ugandan police that she was deported from the country because she had the wrong visa.
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka: I'm not in danger, I'm alright
Yvonne Chaka Chaka said she decided to leave the country ahead of a scheduled performance on her own accord. She was in that country to perform at a New Year's Eve concert.
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka: I was not deported from Uganda
On Tuesday authorities in Kampala released a video on Twitter saying the singer had been sent back to South Africa because she had the incorrect visa.
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka deported from Uganda
South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been deported from Uganda.
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Uganda protests police killing of two nationals in Rwanda
The two Ugandans were shot dead early on Sunday after being intercepted by Rwandan police while smuggling goods over the nearby border with Uganda, a Rwandan police statement said.
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Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex amid global concern
Uganda’s Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo last Thursday said the government planned to re-introduce an anti-homosexuality bill in parliament within weeks to curb the spread of homosexuality in the east African nation.
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Uganda detains supporters of presidential hopeful over banned red berets
Wine (37) whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has rattled the government since becoming a legislator in 2017 with a line in caustic criticism that has earned him growing support.
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Ugandan presidential hopeful Bobi Wine denounces ban of his 'red beret' symbol
The government this month warned people who wear or sell red berets that they would be prosecuted under military law, which can lead to a life sentence.
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Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew's murder
Death is the maximum penalty in Uganda for a range of crimes including murder, treason, and defilement, but executions are rare.
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Here’s how to make Africa’s aviation industry soar
While it is evident that aviation in Africa has the potential to fuel economic growth, several barriers exist.
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DR Congo Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 ahead of UN chief's visit
The latest casualty in Uganda was a nine-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of Congo, reviving fears that the virus could cross the porous borders of the central African country, where it erupted in August last year.
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Resurrected Uganda Airlines flies into crowded African skies
The state carrier launched commercial flights on Wednesday, its first since it was liquidated in 2001, aiming to take a slice of the East African aviation business.
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Uganda launches national airline with flight to Kenya
The airline is launching into increasingly crowded East African skies, where both Rwanda and Tanzania have revived their national airlines in a bid to capture a slice of the market.
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East Africa offers diversified growth opportunities for SA firms
The region’s industrial and services sectors are in need of South African operational expertise.
