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Heritage Oil sells Ugandan fields to Eni for $1.35bn and backs out of Genel deal...Eni for $1.35bn (GBP811m) in cash, with another $150m to come in either cash or assets. The move signals the departure of Heritage from Uganda and also puts paid to the group's $6bn proposal to merge with Genel, the Turkish giant with major... In this article: Eni, Heritage Oil, Simon Mann, Uganda, and Cash flow |
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The Stranger - Slog | 14 hours ago
No More PEPFAR Money For Uganda
...States sends hundreds of millions of dollars to Uganda every year to combat the spread of AIDS. Meanwhile the government in Uganda and the Ugandan media actively persecute gay people-which drives the minority at highest risk for HIV...
In this article: AIDS, HIV, Dan Savage, United States, Dingo, and Africa
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MarketWatch | 19 hours ago
Eni to pay $1.5 bln for Heritage's Uganda assets
Nov. 23, 2009, 7:17 a.m. EST · Recommend · Post: Eni to pay up to $1.5 billion for Heritage's Uganda assets LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Italy's Eni on Monday struck a tentative deal to buy Heritage Oil's assets in Uganda for as much as $1.5...
In this article: Eni, Kurdistan, Market capitalization, Tullow Oil, RBC Capital Markets, and Lake Albert
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Ugandans upset over Chavez' kind words for Amin
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan officials were offended Sunday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered out loud whether Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was truly as brutal as he was reputed to be. There is no exact figure for the number...
In this article: Idi Amin, Hugo Chavez, National Resistance Movement, Yoweri Museveni, Africa, and Kampala
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 1 day ago
Ugandans upset over Chavez' kind words for Amin
...husband," he said. "That is what Amin did. Some of his ideas could have been good for Uganda, but the way he implemented them was hopeless. The way he killed Ugandans in big numbers cannot qualify him to be a nationalist." Resident James...
In this article: Idi Amin, Hugo Chavez, National Resistance Movement, Associated Press Writer, and Yoweri Museveni
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Heritage, Eni close to $1.5 bln Uganda deal-source
...talks with Turkey's Genel Energy regarding a proposed $6 billion merger, is the operator and holds a 50 percent interest in two licences in Uganda. The fields are estimated to contain more than 700 million barrels of gross resources. Tullow...
In this article: Eni SpA, The Sunday Times, Tullow Oil, Africa, Turkey, and Democratic Republic of Congo
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Ugandans upset over praise for former dictator
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan officials say they are offended that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised former dictator Idi Amin. Officials including President Yoweri Museveni's secretary Tamale Mirundi say Amin ruled brutally in the...
In this article: Idi Amin, Hugo Chavez, Yoweri Museveni, Venezuela, Africa, and Kampala
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Uganda shilling weakens slightly vs dollar
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BBC News | November 13, 2009
Uganda probes ex-army chief death
People have been shocked by the manner of James Kazini's death Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered a police investigation into the death of ex-army chief James Kazini. Maj Gen Kazini's girlfriend has confessed to killing him...
In this article: Yoweri Museveni, United Nations, Allegation, Joseph Kabila, James Kazini, Kampala, DR Congo, and New Vision
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Republic of Uganda (pronounced: /juːˈɡændə/ or IPA: //juːˈɡɑːndə//) is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania.
Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompassed a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala. Half the population of the country live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
- Name:
- Uganda
- Conventional Long Name:
- Jamhuri ya Uganda.
- Capital:
- Kampala
- Language:
- English, Swahili
- Luganda, Luo, Runyankore
- Motto:
- "For God and My Country"
- Largest City:
- capital
- Government type:
- Democratic Republic
- Founding Date:
- October 09, 1962
- Formations:
- Republic
- Area:
- 236,040
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $36.910 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.529 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $453
- Time Zone:
- EAT
- Currency:
- Ugandan shilling
- Demonym:
- Ugandan
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- UGX
- Country Calling Code:
- +256
- ccTLD:
- .ug
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