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…
NUP party retreat opens in Jinja
Newly elected legislators from the National Unity Platform (NUP) party will convene today at Jinja Nile Resort Hotel for the…
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…
8,000 students start technical exams
More than 8,000 students start their level one module technical examinations today. Speaking to journalists in Kampala yesterday, the head…
Court dismisses case of inciting violence against MP Ssekikubo
Masaka Chief Magistrate Court has dismissed a case in which Lwemiyaga County MP, Mr Theodore Ssekikubo had been accused of…
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…
