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Uganda In Talks With IMF For New Funding Program Ahead Of 2026 Elections
Arise News
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September 3, 2025
Uganda is negotiating a new round of funding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after its previous arrangement lapsed last year, a senior government official confirmed on Tuesday. The East African country’s earlier Extended Credit Facility...
A nation both blessed and burdened in relation to governance
Stabroek News
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September 7, 2025
Dear Editor, In the story of governance across much of the developing world, Guyana sits as a striking example of a nation both blessed and burdened. The paradoxes that shape its political life echo those of many countries in Africa, Asia, and...
Zohran Mamdani reacts to Uganda's acceptance of migrants deported by Trump administration
The Economic Times
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September 7, 2025
Senator Bernie Sanders hosted Zohran Mamdani at a “Fight Oligarchy” event in Brooklyn on Saturday (September 6) in support of his New York City mayoral bid. "You have the president of the United States working to make it harder for him to get...
Ministerial blessing for Young Warriors ahead of Cosafa
The Standard
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Ministerial blessing for Young Warriors ahead of Cosafa THE Zimbabwe Under-17 national football team, affectionately known as the Young Warriors, received a significant morale boost yesterday after Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture minister...
Ugandan stars to miss World Athletics Championships
The Express Tribune
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September 3, 2025
KAMPALA: Uganda's half-marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo and double Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei will miss this month's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo due to personal reasons, the country's athletics federation said late on...
Lawyers for men deported to African prison accuse Trump of denying them due process
The Gleaner
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September 3, 2025
CAPE TOWN, (AP): Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or explanation and with no access to legal counsel, their lawyers said on...
Ugandans face disconnection over poor use of electricity
Observer
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September 3, 2025
Many people in Uganda risk being disconnected from the national grid due to the inefficient use of electricity, according to Okaasai Opolot, the state minister for Energy. Speaking at the opening of the new Uganda Electricity Distribution Company...
A homeless youth asked a stranger for food. The man responded with a question that changed the kid’s life forever
KEYT - California
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September 14, 2025
By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Peter Mutabazi spotted his target one evening as the man walked through a crowded marketplace. The man was alone and smartly dressed in a button-down shirt, khaki pants and professorial eyeglasses. He sauntered through...
Lawyers: Deportees denied rights
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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September 3, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or explanation and with no access to legal counsel, their...
Uganda launches export training for 100 artisans to access US market
Observer
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September 3, 2025
The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Washington recently launched a six-day training program aimed at boosting the country’s cultural exports by equipping 100 Ugandan artisans with export skills. The program that ran from August 18 to August...
Uganda: Opposition leader under custody boycotts trial at opening; describes odds ‘unfair’
Happy FM
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September 3, 2025
Jailed Ugandan opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye, has boycotted the start of his treason trial, accusing the presiding judge of bias. His advocate, Eron Kiiza, said both Besigye and his aide, Obed Lutale, decided to not attend proceedings after...
U.S. says it will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, he fears deportation to Uganda Attorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a Friday letter that they intend to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African nation of Eswatini after
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a Friday letter that they intend to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African nation of Eswatini after he expressed a fear of deportation to Uganda. The letter from ICE to...
Cwinya-ai in stunning come-from-behind Uganda Open victory
Independent (Uganda)
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September 6, 2025
Cwinya-ai recieves the Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Open title from sponsors, UGU and Lugazi officials this evening. 3rd RIGHT is Dr Jackson Were (President of Uganda Golf Union) flanked by UBL official Francis Kirabira. COURTESY KAWOWO SPORTS 🔴...
President Museveni Commissions Fish Feed Factory in Buikwe
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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September 2, 2025
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today commissioned the De Heus Fish Feed Factory in Njeru, Buikwe District, the first of its kind in Uganda. De Heus Uganda is a top fish feed manufacturer and aquaculture feed supplier in Uganda, and the...
Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally
The Guardian
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September 2, 2025
Lawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally. The men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba have criminal...
Uganda says it is negotiating a new funding round with the IMF
KDAL - Minnesota
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KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda is negotiating a new round of funding with the International Monetary Fund after a previous one lapsed last year, a top Ugandan finance ministry official said on Tuesday. The East African country’s previous Extended...
Ugandan Watoto Church with ties to “Kill the Gays” laws is sending its children’s choir to WA state
Seattle Gay News - Washington State
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Watoto is a religious organization based in Uganda, founded in 1984 by Gary Skinner, an evangelical missionary born in Zimbabwe and raised in Canada, and his spouse Marylin. It has faced over a decade of anti-LGBTQIA+ and human rights abuse...
Uganda gets caught-up in Trump’s immigration wars
Independent (Uganda)
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September 2, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (3rd from Left) leaving the Putnam County Jail in Tennessee on Aug.22 in the company of his lawyer and security officials. Abrego Garcia is now praying not to be deported to Uganda. COURTESY PHOTO. What does Museveni’s...
Lawyers for 5 men deported to an African prison accuse Trump's program of denying them due process
WSOC 9 - North Carolina
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September 2, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — (AP) — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or explanation and with no access to legal counsel, their...
U.S. says it will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini because he fears deportation to Uganda
Associated Press
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September 6, 2025
Attorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a Friday letter that they intend to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African nation of Eswatini after he expressed a fear of deportation to Uganda. The letter from ICE to Abrego Garcia’s...