Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for the immediate release of the hijacked crew of a giant oil tanker - including two Britons - after the vessel anchored off the coast of Somalia.

KENYA Commercial Bank (KCB) has listed shares worth sh2.1b on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE).

Fina Bank, one of the leading regional banks, has started operations in Uganda as part of its regional expansion strategy.

DISTRICT service commissions have failed to recruit the required 3,000 registered primary school teachers, the education ministry permanent secretary has said.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on Tuesday November 18 approved the appointment of Engr. Mustapha Rabe Darma as the new Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF.

THE land title for the 16- hectare Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) main workshop at Nalukolongo is missing.

Khartoum has long maintained a studious silence over its suspicions that the Kenyan government was assisting the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which governs the semi-autonomous south of Sudan to replenish its armament.

THE fuel shortage has worsened, forcing dealers to raise pump prices and ration the products.

THE Kampala Serena Hotel has been listed among leading hotels of the world.

SAMONA, producers of cosmetics, have asked the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to apprehend individuals and companies that import and make fake cosmetic products.

Private airlines in Uganda have come and gone. Captain Roy's airline Africa One barely survived a year before it folded, as did the East African and more recently, Victoria International.

Crown Beverages (CBL), the bottlers of Pepsi, Mirinda, 7UP, Evervess and Peak Mineral Water, have unveiled a new citrus-based soda called Mountain Dew.

REPAIRING of the Gulu-Lacor road will continue, Gulu municipality mayor Christopher Acire has said.

Glen View 5 Primary School in one of Harare's high-density suburbs is deserted. Classrooms are empty, desks and chairs are piled up in corners and instruction charts are peeling off the walls. Yet, the school's third term is in full

The management of NigComSat Limited has appealed to the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology to prevail on the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to approve the utilisation of $500 million (N59 billion) concessionary loan for the construction of

POLICE are holding a suspect arrested in an operation over the weekend to crackdown on the illegal trafficking of ivory, a top Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) official has said.

THE French embassy has given a grant of over sh900m to Karamoja to secure emergency food aid to starving households and malnourished children affected by drought in the region.

RESEARCH is on to prolong the life of cassava tubers after harvest.