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UGANDANS intending to travel to Angola for the 2010 African Cup of Nations will not have to travel to Tanzania for visas following the opening of the Angolan embassy in Kampala.
WOMAN rights activists have hailed Uganda for its progress in the fight against violence.
PRIME Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi vehemently defended the proposed Land Bill yesterday, saying it was necessary to deal with the rampant eviction of tenants.
Our African societies' leadership vacuum is more than just lack of effective leaders. Most of our leaders lack the ability to move people from poverty, deprivation, low esteem and emptiness to empowering them.
This week we have three housemates up for possible eviction come Sunday. Initially, housemates had nominated Zimbabwe's Itai, Malawi's Mzamo and Angola's Emma. But Namibia's Edward, who is head of house this week, saved Mzamo, replacing her with Nigeria's Kevin, making the final list have Itai, Emma and Kevin.
Two senior Zanzibari ministers have poured cold water on the prospects of forming a government of national unity in Zanzibar, following the recently improved relations with the opposition Civic United Front (CUF).
FORMER world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is set to challenge South African Francois "White Buffalo" Botha for the World Boxing Federation heavyweight belt at Mandela National Stadium in Kampala on January 16.
WITH three days before the start of the Orange Senior Challenge Cup, regional soccer body CECAFA came under attack from Kenya Football Federation over involving rival Football Kenya Limited in the organisation of the event.
NAKIVUBO war Memorial stadium is struggling to pay off a sh315m debt in a bid to restore electricity and water supply to the oldest sports facility in the country.
THE ministry of education and sports is to incorporate anti-doping lessons in the school curriculum to help fight the increasing drug abuse among the youth.
JUSTICE Vincent Zehukirize yesterday overruled a preliminary objection by soccer governing body FUFA about city lawyer Fred Muwema representing Express F.C in a case against them.
KYAMBOGO Warriors coach Gad Eteu will demand more passion from his team when they take on D'Mark Power in Game 2 of the MTN-FUBA men's division 1 playoff finals tonight.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and Southern Sudan president Salva Kiir yesterday inspected the disputed Uganda-Sudan border area and called for calm.
GOLF will next season return to Mbale after nearly a decade.
THE national U-19 girls' cricket team started on a good note, winning their first two games on Sunday and Monday to stay in line for the ICC Africa regional trophy in Tanzania.
THE National Resistance Movement (NRM) deputy secretary general, Dorothy Hyuha, has told party members to be careful when choosing candidates for the 2011 general elections.
A TOTAL of 713 students have graduated with diplomas and degrees in various business courses at Multitech Business School. The school's second graduation had 453 females and 260 males.
RESIDENTS of Mafumbe village in Kitimbwa sub-county in Kayunga district are living in shock and fear after unknown people revived exhuming dead bodies from graveyards in the area.
WHEN Prof. Timothy Wangusa, the presidential adviser on literary affairs, was a little boy, he used to walk 500 metres, everyday to Nambale Pre-Primary School. Wangusa became a literature lecturer and professor at Makerere University and Mukono Christian University, respectively for over 40 years.
THERE is hope and economic value in growing vanilla in Uganda. This was the main message on Vanilla Day, which was celebrated in Ngongwe, Mukono district earlier this month.
COUNTRIES with high gender inequality gaps are more likely to have hunger and malnutrition, says a report released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
CASSAVA farmers in Pallisa, Bukedea and Soroti districts in eastern Uganda have been trained to process cassava into high quality flour for industrial use. The move is part of the comprehensive strategy by Africa Innovations Institute to fight poverty through the Cassava Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) project.
BETWEEN the year 2004 and 2008, farmers in Kapeeka, Semuto and Nakaseke grew only rice. A year ago, however, this changed, thanks to the intervention of Gen. Salim Saleh and Chinese investors.
THE Lions Club of Kampala Central on Saturday gave free treatment to about 2,340 patients in Rusheshe Health Centre III in Buhunga sub-county, Rukungiri district. The former district governor of the club, Shem Bageine, said about sh50m was spent on the exercise.
Churches should embrace conditions that will encourage children to love God, President Yoweri Museveni has urged. "Our children are growing up in a time of moral decadence. Therefore, the church must set conditions that will encourage them to love God," Museveni noted.
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