Congo’s double challenge: Dependence on oil and food imports
Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who will start a new five-year term on Friday, has set the country…
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Africa to see slowest regional growth in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa is set to record the world's slowest regional economic growth at 3.4 percent as it struggles to recover…
World seeking shot in the arm for vaccine production
he gap between rich and poor countries' access to Covid-19 vaccines grows ever-more glaring by the day - but nobody…
Pfizer defends high cost of Covid vaccine
he head of Pfizer said Thursday the company's Covid vaccine, among the priciest on the market, is no more expensive…
MPs undergo second virus test ahead of Museveni meeting
Newly elected law makers and other top ranking officials attending National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) ongoing retreat at the National Leadership…
Bernie Madoff, mastermind of largest Ponzi scheme, dies in prison
Bernie Madoff, mastermind of the largest financial scam in history that unraveled during the 2008 economic crisis, died in jail…
Brokers hijack NIRA processes, make millions in bribes
The services of the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) have been hijacked by brokers who are now making millions off…
Uganda, Tanzania sign agreement to start construction of $3.5bn oil pipeline
Uganda and Tanzania have finally signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) agreement which signals the four-year start of…
WHO warns of rising COVID cases, cites vaccine complacency
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising globally, partly because of complacency setting…
Timber growers association wants everyone to plant trees
Uganda Timber Growers Association (UTGA), an organisation of commercial tree growers, has embarked on a campaign to see everyone plants…
