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Bharti Airtel buys rival Ugandan phone co Warid Telecom
The deal with Warid, the No.3 mobile phone company in Uganda, will add 2.8 million customers to take its total user base in the country to 7.4 million #Bharti Airtel #Uganda #Warid Telecom Uganda
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Uganda says to keep troops in Central African Republic
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda plans to keep its African Union-mandated troops hunting for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters in Central African Republic, it said on Tuesday, even after rebels seized power and threatened to expel all foreign forces. A coalition of rebels called Seleka took power on Sunday, sweeping into the capital Bangui in a lightning offensive in which they fought their way from the far north to the presidential palace in four days. Uganda has more than 3,000 troops that form the backbone of the AU force hunting Joseph Kony's LRA rebels roaming jungles that straddle the borders of Central African Republic, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). #facebook #India #Brazil #Arabic #NewsTracker #Russia #markets #Mexico #Uganda
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The East AfricanRift emerges over Uganda Re stake
A proposal requiring Uganda insurers to cede a mandatory 15 per cent of their reinsurance business to the newly formed Uganda National Reinsurance (Uganda Re) is causing divisions in the industry. Insurance companies opposed to the move say it is unfair #Uganda #Kenya #Africa
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The East AfricanSuccession: Suddenly, Uganda is up for grabs
As my Kenyan friends would say, “things are getting elephant” in Uganda. The big story right now was kicked off by a letter written by Gen David “Tinyefuza” Sejusa, Uganda’s Co-ordinator of Intelligence Services, who suggested that his boss, President Yo #Uganda #Yoweri Museveni #Mugisha Muntu
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The East AfricanUganda’s new tax will raise calling rates, hurt integration
The cost of calling across the East African region could rise from July following a new tax on calls terminating in Uganda, a route Rwanda has also taken. Uganda’s moves comes hot on the heels of Rwanda, signalling that roaming charges on intra-East Afri #Uganda #Rwanda #Tanzania