IMPROVING UGANDA’S REVENUE PROFILE
16/03/2018The Ugandan government plans to raise Shs14 trillion, about 48% of its Shs 29 trillion budget, through local revenue collections. This is contained in the Budget Framework Paper 2017/18. While.
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Gender
Gender a Major Priority of the Angolan Government, Minister Says
15/03/2018During the general debate of 62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Status of Women (CSW) held recently in New York, the Angolan Minister of Social Action, Family and.
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Development Stories
President Takes Part in Second Phase of the Kazungula Bridge Construction
15/03/2018Zimbabwe has been included to kick start the second phase of the multi-million Kazungula Bridge project. This inclusion was a decision that was made following a recent meeting between the.
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Business & Economy
Mauritius to Auction Three-Year Bond on March 21
15/03/2018Mauritius apex bank, The Bank of Mauritius is pleased to announce the issue of a Three-Year Bank of Mauritius Golden Jubilee Bond with effect from 15 March 2018. The issue.
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Governance and Policy
Sierra Leonean Presidential Election Enters 2nd Round
15/03/2018Sierra Leoneans will vote in a run-off presidential election on March 27, after neither of the candidates in the first round achieved the mandatory 55% of the ballot required to.
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Business & Economy
IMF Offers Burkina Faso $157.6 Million Credit Facility
15/03/2018The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a three-year, $157.6 million credit facility for Burkina Faso, in part to help boost security after a spate of attacks by Islamist.
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Business & Economy
Australia Longs for Sudan’s Investment Assent
15/03/2018Sudan has revealed that Australia has offered to deposit 7 billion dollars in the Sudan central bank and to dedicate four others in the mining industry. Sudan’s Minerals Minister, Hashim.
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International
China’s EximBank Approves $1.3 billion for Guinea Hydro Plant
14/03/2018China’s EximBank has approved $1.3 billion in financing for a 450 megawatt hydroelectric plant in Guinea that the West African country’s government hopes will allow it to export electricity to.
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Governance and Policy
Uganda Government Subsidizes Grain Transport
14/03/2018The Ugandan Government has ordered the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) to charge a standard $15 (about Shs54, 467) per tonne of grains transported to Kenya. The order which has lifted.
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Governance and Policy
UNHRC Cmmends Gambia and Somalia
14/03/2018Somalia and The Gambia have been praised during a recent address to the Human Rights Council delivered by the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zei Ra’ad Al Hussein..
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