On June 13,[9] two weeks before the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the African Union announced a new “single African passport.” The lead-up discussion was much like the original debate on the European Economic Community,[2] the E.U.’s predecessor. African passport proponents say it will boost the continent’s socioeconomic development because it will reduce trade barriers and allow people, ideas, goods,[7] services ...
Read More »Uganda’s PM On South Korea, ICC, Homosexuality Law, And Elections
Anders: The New York Times reported that South Korea and Uganda made 10 agreements recently related to defense,[9] health, rural development, and communications technology.[7 Would you please explain the nature of these agreements? Check also: Uganda’s President Sent Kim Jong Un Congratulatory Message H.E. Ruhakana Rugunda: South Korea is a very important country in terms of development. It has now ...
Read More »Uganda To Pull Troops Out Of Somalia By The End Of 2017
KAMPALA – Uganda plans to withdraw its troops from Somalia by December 2017,[9] signalling it is scaling back regional military interventions after it said it planned a similar pullback from Central African Republic.[3] Check also: Uganda: 30 People Held Over Coup Plot Against Kaguta Museveni President Yoweri Museveni has intervened in several regional security hotspots, [1]deploying troops to help quell ...
Read More »Tanzania Starts To Build Its Own Helicopters
Tanzania has started to build its own helicopters in a project that will see the first batch of such choppers taking into the sky sometimes in 2018.[9] Check Also: Uganda Among The First African Countries To Build A Successful Commercial Solar Powered Cars Already, the prototype model,[3] a two-seater aircraft is in its final stages of completion at the Mechanical and Engineering ...
Read More »Uganda 2016 / 17 Budget Reading
Uganda – [9]Mr Kasaija says agriculture is key to creating wealth and employment. He says the 2014 Population and Housing Census indicates that household reliance on subsistence farming has risen to 69% from 68% between 2002 and 2014. This, he says represents a higher number of households reporting Agriculture as their main source of livelihood, even as Agriculture’s contribution to ...
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