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End of US PEPFAR leaves Cameroon HIV programs in critical condition

End of US PEPFAR leaves Cameroon HIV programs in critical

Patients feel abandoned as NGOs deal with loss of PEPFAR funds   Last year, reporting on what the U.S. anti-AIDS program PEPFAR had accomplished in Cameroon before it was defunded by the Trump administration, the U.S. Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, stated on X (Twitter): Since 2011, the U.S. Government has provided over 800 billion CFA [US $1.4 billion] in assistance to …

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M7 Directive Leaves UPDF Fisheries Unit Boss Lt. Col. Mercy Tukahirwa Job Hanging in Balance

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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s latest directives on fisheries management have thrown the future of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) commander, Lt. Col. Mercy Tukahirwa, into fresh uncertainty, as pressure mounts over alleged excesses by the unit she leads. While campaigning in Buliisa and Kikuube districts this month, the President openly acknowledged widespread complaints from fishing …

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UMEME RIP-OFF! Taxpayers Boil As UMEME Smiles To Bank With Sh428Bn Buyout…But Leaves Shs600Bn Unpaid to UETCL

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Government has come under fire for paying US$118Million (UGX428.990Bn) to UMEME Limited as buyout amount at the end of its concession in March 2025 yet the same company owes Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) UGX600Bn. Parliament’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, notes that the UGX600Bn arose from electricity UETCL supplied to Umeme. This development came up during a …

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