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Uganda: MPs Block Creation of New Districts
New Vision (Kampala) THE parliamentary local government committee has asked the Government to stop creating new districts. John Arumadri (FDC) said some of the new districts collect sh5m in local revenue in a financial year. 'We seem to be trading
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BHEL gets $95 mln Rwanda contract
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian engineering equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd said on Friday it had received a contract worth more than 4 billion rupees ($95 million) for setting up a hydro power project in Rwanda. Catch the latest news, pictures,
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Mugabe, Zimbabwe opposition leader to meet Sunday: report
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will meet on Sunday with the two sides drawing nearer to a power-sharing agreement, a newspaper reported Friday. The Harare meeting will take place with South
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Uganda: Ministry Stuck With 5,000 Passports
New Vision (Kampala) THE Ministry of Internal Affairs is stuck with 5,000 uncollected passports. 'We are going to hold a management meeting to decide on what to do,' the legal Officer, Eunice Kisembo said. 'Many people lose their receipts which indicate
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DPRK Women's Eleven Snubs Its Nigerian Rival
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Malawi's tobacco earnings jump 88 pct this year
Malawi expects revenues from tobacco, its main foreign exchange earner, to rise 88 percent this year to about $348 million from $185 million last year, officials said on Wednesday. Tobacco accounts for over 70 percent of exports and 15 percent of its
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Uganda: Time for Contractors Doing Shoddy Work to Get The Boot
The Monitor (Kampala) Salini Construction Spa, an Italian road construction company, that has failed to complete the 21 kilometre Kampala Northern Bypass is being disingenuous when it argues that the European Union cannot terminate the road contract
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Uganda: 68 Luzira Inmates to Join Universities
New Vision (Kampala) SIXTY-EIGHT Luzira Prisons inmates have been admitted to universities, including Makerere. Fifteen students will go to the Uganda Christian University, 27 to Makerere, 23 to Kyambogo while others will go to Bugema. They will study
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Zimbabwe talks: breakthrough in sight
Breakthrought in sight for crucial Zimbabwe talks Reports that talks aimed at finding a settlement to Zimbabwe's political crisis are nearing a positive end have evoked hope across the country. A senior source in the ruling Zanu-PF has told SABC News
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Uganda: Muk Slips Further in World Rankings
New Vision (Kampala) MAKERERE University has dropped further in the latest ranking of Africa's top universities. The July 2008 ranking, published by the Ranking Web of the World Universities, Webometrics, shows that Makerere dropped to the 59th position
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Uganda: President Halts Sale of Iganga School
New Vision (Kampala) PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has directed the finance ministry to refund sh45m to businessman Saidi Edhiruma, which he paid to acquire Iganga Town Council Primary School. The school, the biggest in the town with 2,731 pupils, was sold
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Kenyan lawyer sued for fraud
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Botswana court compensates HIV man for unfair dismissal
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Zimbabwe power-sharing deal close: report
By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a make-or-break meeting in Harare on Sunday aimed at finalizing a power-sharing deal, a South African newspaper reported on Friday.
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Zimbabwe power-sharing deal close
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a make or break meeting in Harare on Sunday aimed at finalising a power-sharing deal, a South African newspaper reported on Friday. Citing unnamed sources, Business Day
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Zimbabwe power-sharing deal looks close
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a make-or-break meeting in Harare on Sunday aimed at finalising a power-sharing deal, a South African newspaper reported on Friday. It is understood
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Zimbabwe power-sharing deal close - report
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a make-or-break meeting in Harare on Sunday aimed at finalising a power-sharing deal, a South African newspaper reported on Friday. It is understood
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Move to criminalise AIDS bad for Africa
Move to criminalise AIDS ?bad for Africa? Tamar Kahn Spotlight on efficient treatment and legislation on HIV/AIDS at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico Science and Health Editor MEXICO CITY ? A wave of ill-considered new African
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US Accuses Asia, Africa of Dumping Mattress Inner-Spring Units
HANOI, Aug 8 Asia Pulse - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has preliminarily ruled against Vietnam in anti-dumping investigations into mattress inner-spring units, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade reported this week. The US department was
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Uganda: Ministry to Get Sh162 Billion Loan to Improve Hospitals
New Vision (Kampala) THE Ministry of Health is to get a $100m loan (about sh162b) from the World Bank to improve its infrastructure, a commissioner has said. Dr. Francis Runumi said part of the money would be used to train medical workers and improve
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