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Museveni: Airstrike Killed IS-Allied Rebels in DR Congo

Voa News 24 Sep 2023
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday an airstrike by the east African country's military had killed members of an Islamic State (IS)-allied rebel group including a key person responsible for bomb attacks in Uganda's capital ... to Uganda's capital.
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Uganda leader says air strike killed fighters of IS-allied rebel group in Congo

Reuters 23 Sep 2023
KAMPALA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday an air strike by the east African country's military had killed members of an Islamic State (IS)-allied rebel group including a key person responsible for bomb attacks in Uganda's capital.
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Wild animals leave DNA on plants, making them easier to track: What scientists found in ...

Phys Dot Org 19 Sep 2023
Our international research team, working in the rainforest of Uganda's Kibale National Park, wondered whether the environmental DNA methods would be useful to us ... Kibale National Park in Uganda is famous for its rich biodiversity and has earned its place as the "primate capital" of the world.
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Sudan: Sudan Caretaker Govt to Be Announced 'End of This Month'

All Africa 19 Sep 2023
... a new Cabinet will be announced in Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, at the end of September.
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Uganda: Uganda Reopens Embassy in Havana, Cuba

All Africa 15 Sep 2023
Uganda has finally reopened its embassy in the Cuban capital, Havana as both countries continue to deepen ties ....
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UNESCO removes Uganda tombs from endangered heritage list

Manila Standard 13 Sep 2023
The decision on the Tombs of Buganda Kings was passed by the World Heritage Committee at a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh from September 10-25 ... Buganda, one of four ancient kingdoms in the East African country, was first established in the 14th century on the shores of Lake Victoria and includes Uganda’s modern-day capital.
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UNESCO removes Uganda tombs from endangered list: What it means

Hindustan Times 12 Sep 2023
One of the buildings belonging to the Kasubi Royal Tombs is seen in Kampala, Uganda.(AFP) ... Buganda, one of four ancient kingdoms in the East African country, was first established in the 14th century on the shores of Lake Victoria, and includes Uganda's modern-day capital.
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Uganda closes roads for President Museveni’s birthday event

Business Ghana 10 Sep 2023
Traffic police in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, have closed several roads in the city to facilitate the movement of VIPs to and from President Yoweri Museveni’s 79th birthday celebrations on Friday.
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Uganda says its operations in Congo have killed 567 IS-allied fighters

Reuters 08 Sep 2023
In two of the group's most devastating attacks in Uganda, suicide attacks in 2021 outside a major police station in the capital and near the parliament building left seven people dead. In June this year 42 people, mostly students, were massacred at a school in Kasese in Western Uganda.
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Saudi fund signs 30-mln-USD loan deal with Uganda

Xinhua 06 Sep 2023
dollars with Uganda to finance the African ... The deal was inked between the CEO of the SFD Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad and Ugandan Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Matia Kasaija in Uganda's capital Kampala ... Saudi fund signs 30-mln-USD loan deal with Uganda.
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The Times Diary: Hip to the hypocrisy

The Times/The Sunday Times 06 Sep 2023
Rory Stewart never got to grips with the hypocrisy needed to thrive in politics ... Boris Johnson had other ideas. “A Balliol man in Africa!” the foreign secretary declared ... “What is the capital of Uganda?” Stewart admitted ignorance ... .
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US embassy issues warning amid Uganda terror threats

Business Ghana 05 Sep 2023
The US embassy in Uganda has warned that "there remains a threat of terrorist attacks in Uganda and throughout the region", as Ugandan police on Monday evacuated a business centre in the capital, Kampala, on suspicions ...
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Ugandan police foil church bombing

Anadolu Agency 04 Sep 2023
Police in Uganda announced Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack at a Pentecostal church in the capital ... On July 11, 2010, suicide bombers detonated explosives, killing 74 soccer fans watching the World Cup final on television at a crowded restaurant and a rugby club in the capital.

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