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1 hr ago | New Vision

Uganda's May coffee exports rise 56 percent

Uganda's coffee exports rose 56 percent in the year to May, after farmers sold huge volumes to prevent further losses as prices for the bean tumbled, a source at the state-run Uganda Coffee Development Authority said on Wednesday.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013

Daily Monitor

Arua hospital where 'the sick get more sick'

Congestion, dilapidated structures, poor financial support, staff shortage, among others have become the mainstay of the referral hospital for years even with government knowledge.

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Daily Monitor

Malaba, URA differ on parking charges

Kampala- Goods in transit have slowed down at Malaba border post due to parking fees charged on vehicles entering and leaving the country.

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Uganda to Commemorate World Fistula Day

The main celebrations will be held in Soroti district on the theme end the shame, end isolation end fistula.

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Vallejo News

In Uganda, forlorn square is symbol of crackdown The green grass...

The green grass looks inviting, but few people have the courage to enter the only public square in Uganda's capital.

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AlertNet

Hunger costs Uganda $899 mln a year - study

Women sort beans as they prepare a meal at a school, which is acting as a shelter for those displaced by the torrential rains, in Kasese district, 440km southwest from the capital Kampala May 8, 2013.

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Daily Monitor

Uganda, Kenya set to release new non-GM maize varieties for the market

Drought affects many countries in Africa and affects the production of staple crops.

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Malaysian National News Agency

Uganda's President Museveni Calls For Aggressive Campaign Against Cattle Diseases

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has urged the authorities to sensitise the public on the use of certain drugs for animals which have become disease-resistant after being used for a long time but which the public is ignorant about.

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AllAfrica.com

Uganda: Police Urged to Wipe Out Killer Gangs

A passionate appeal has been rang out for the police and other security agencies to route out criminal gangs as the curtain fell on the life of New Vision scribe Thomas Pere.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Hill

Filmmakers would focus on LGBT rights

Named by Filmmaker Magazine as two of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall are the directors of "Call Me Kuchu," a documentary currently in theaters that addresses the struggle of homosexuals in Uganda under a government that is threatening to make homosexuality punishable by death.

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Daily Monitor

Every Ugandan has a stake in child protection

Recently, I was travelling along the Mbarara-Masaka highway and was appalled to see right on the motorway a boy, no more than 12 years old, riding a boda boda with his younger sister casually tacked onto the passenger's seat - seemingly with no care in the world.

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AllAfrica.com

Uganda: Domestic Violence Cases Soar

Female judges are concerned about the increasing cases of domestic violence despite the existence of the law to support prosecution of such cases.

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New Vision

Govt sued over LRA 2001 Murchison park murders...

By Andante Okanya Government has been sued over the March 26, 2001 Lord's Resistance Army gruesome murders that claimed the lives of nine people including the director of the Jimmy Sekasi Institute of Catering, who were on a tour of Murchison Falls National Park.

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New Vision

Two Americans killed in Mpigi accident

By Benon Tugumisirize Two Americans believed to be tourists were on Monday killed in an accident that occurred along Kampala-Masaka highway at Nabusanke near Kayabwe in Mpigi district.

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Uganda: Mbale Taxi Drivers Strike Over Traffic Fees

Police Mbale deployed heavily along Kumi - Soroti road to restore calm as drivers demonstrated over new traffic penalties charges which they asy are very high.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

New Vision

Ugandan shilling up as traders anticipate investor debt inflows

The Ugandan shilling firmed on Monday as traders bet an expected surge in government domestic debt auctions would draw sufficient hard currency inflows to plug a budget deficit.

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New Vision

Ugandan shilling up as traders anticipate investor debt infl......

The Ugandan shilling firmed on Monday as traders bet an expected surge in government domestic debt auctions would draw sufficient hard currency inflows to plug a budget deficit.

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Daily Monitor

Making a kill from fish sausages

Adding value to fish. Kobusingye has found new value for fish - making sausages, employing about 200 farmers indirectly and 36 people directly.

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AllAfrica.com

Uganda: 4GC Rallies Banned in Kampala

The Police in Kampala have banned all political rallies organised by opposition pressure group For God and my Country .

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Daily Monitor

Uganda gets new BBA representative

So far, there have been hardly any twists in Big Brother Africa The Chase. From having two housemates per country to two separate BBA houses, we have seen it all before.

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