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Chinese-Ugandan cooperation runs gamut from fishing to military hardware

The successor to the departing Chinese ambassador will have a number of major projects to finalise with the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni but he will doubtless benefit from the warm relations that Zheng Zhuqiang has cultivated in Kampala. [...] (607 words)

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Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, during his birthday party in Entebbe, Uganda, on 7 May 2022.

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Elbit's high tech Air Force centre helps tighten Uganda-Israel ties

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Museveni's advisors jostle for their places in his sixth administration

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Affluent Nimisha Madhvani back at helm of Copenhagen embassy

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Nimisha Madhvani when she was Ambassador in Spain.

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Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

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Beijing advertises Museveni-China relations as the February elections approach

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Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni (left) and Chinese president Xi Jinping met in Beijing in 2018.

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