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Uganda

Ugandan shilling unchanged; dollar demand flat

At 0850 GMT commercial banks quoted the shilling at 3,655/3,665, the same level as Monday's close. Markets were closed on Tuesday for a holiday.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 03:07pm

World

32 killed in road pile-up in Uganda

Red Cross staff and volunteers worked with Ugandan soldiers to transport the dead and evacuated the five survivors.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 01:14pm

World

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine files election challenge in court

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a legal challenge in the country’s supreme court on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of last month’s presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party’s lawyer said.
The former guerrilla leader, who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 vote with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:40pm

World

Uganda withdraws troops from opposition leader's house

Wine has urged his supporters to reject the results as a sham, but has stopped short of calling for protests.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:48pm

World

Uganda lifts blockade of defeated opposition leader's home

Ugandan troops have withdrawn from around the home of opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, ending his house arrest since the 14th of January.
With the vote behind him and fraud claims by Wine failing to gain significant traction, Museveni appears to be calculating that he can mollify pressure from Western allies to free his rival without significant risk to his power base.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 04:18pm

Markets

AFRICA FX - Kenya shilling to gain, Nigeria's naira seen stable

The central bank will hold its first interest rate meeting for 2021 on Monday and Tuesday next week.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 07:03pm

World

Uganda slams US over attempted visit to confined opposition leader

US Ambassador Natalie Brown on Monday tried to meet with Wine -- whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi -- and was met with a line of police officers clad in riot gear who turned her away.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 08:02pm

World

Uganda accuses U.S. of subversion after envoy tries to visit Wine's house

Uganda’s government spokesman accused the United States on Tuesday of trying to subvert last week’s presidential elections after the U.S. ambassador attempted to visit an opposition leader being held under house arrest.
The sharp, public rebuke to the United States from the Ugandan government is relatively unusual as the two nations are allies.

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:40pm

World

Uganda eases internet shutdown imposed over election

A government spokesman said an unprecedented internet shutdown imposed on January 13 for alleged national security reasons had been lifted.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 08:06pm

World

Uganda's Museveni extends 35-year rule with disputed election win

Tibor Nagy, the top US diplomat for Africa, tweeted the vote was "fundamentally flawed", citing the denial of accreditation to election observers and "violence and harassment of opposition figures".

Published 17 Jan, 2021 10:56am

World

Uganda's Museveni declared winner of presidential poll, rival alleges fraud

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleges widespread fraud.
Museveni won 5.85 million votes, or 58.6%, while main opposition candidate Wine had 3.48 million votes (34.8%), the Electoral Commission said at a news conference on the final results from Thursday’s election.

Updated 16 Jan, 2021 06:40pm

World

Uganda's Museveni on track for sixth term as president

The poll followed one of the most violent campaigns in years, with harassment and arrests of the opposition, attacks on the media and the deaths of at least 54 people.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 05:32pm

World

Uganda holds election under internet blackout

Some 18 million voters are registered for the presidential and parliamentary vote, and results are expected by Saturday.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 08:31pm

World

Uganda regulator orders social media shutdown ahead of vote

Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter were down in the East African nation on Tuesday, after the communications regulator ordered a social media shutdown.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:37pm

World

Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says military raided his home

"No reason for the arrest was given," he said.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 11:33am

World

Facebook shuts Uganda accounts ahead of vote

Social media giants have come under increasing scrutiny over the content they allow to spread on their networks.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 05:03pm

World

'It is extreme': Uganda tightens screws as vote looms

The Ugandan telecoms regulator wrote to YouTube's parent company Google in December to request the blocking of Wine's YouTube channel Ghetto TV, citing concerns over national security.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 10:42am

Markets

South Africa's rand inches lower as local virus cases cross 1mn mark

South Africa's total cumulative coronavirus cases crossed the one million mark on Dec. 27 with 26,735 deaths, its health ministry said on Sunday.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 12:36pm

World

US takes Sudan off sponsors of terror blacklist

The move opens the way for aid, debt relief and investment to a country going though a rocky political transition and struggling under a severe economic crisis exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 10:44am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Samin Textile / Apr 23 Samin Textiles Limited(SMTM)	8.35 ▲ 0.96 (12.99%)
Allied Rental Mod / Apr 23 Allied Rental Modaraba(ARM)	9.65 ▲ 0.95 (10.92%)
Service Tex. / Apr 23 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.63 ▲ 1.02 (7.49%)
Ravi Textile / Apr 23 Ravi Textile Mills Limited(RAVT)	20.61 ▲ 1.43 (7.46%)
Service Fab. / Apr 23 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	15.42 ▲ 1.07 (7.46%)
Telecard Ltd. / Apr 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	16.02 ▲ 1.11 (7.44%)
Bal. Glass / Apr 23 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	14.80 ▲ 0.82 (5.87%)
Pervez Ahmed Cons. / Apr 23 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.25 ▲ 0.05 (4.17%)
First Equity Mod. / Apr 23 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	4.09 ▲ 0.14 (3.54%)
Bilal Fibres / Apr 23 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	1.79 ▲ 0.06 (3.47%)

Stock	Price
Flying Cement (R) / Apr 23 Flying Cement Company (R)(FLYNGR)	1.79 ▲ -0.23 (-11.39%)
Sana Ind. (R) / Apr 23 Sana Industries (R)(SNAIR)	12.01 ▲ -1.00 (-7.69%)
Pak Suzuki / Apr 23 Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited(PSMC)	289.69 ▲ -23.48 (-7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Apr 23 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	85.21 ▲ -6.86 (-7.45%)
Bawany Air / Apr 23 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	15.80 ▲ -1.24 (-7.28%)
Pace (Pakistan) / Apr 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	3.75 ▲ -0.20 (-5.06%)
Exide (PAK) / Apr 23 Exide Pakistan Limited(EXIDE)	321.00 ▲ -16.90 (-5.00%)
Media Times / Apr 23 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	3.36 ▲ -0.17 (-4.82%)
Cres.Steel / Apr 23 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	65.00 ▲ -3.06 (-4.50%)
Merit Packaging / Apr 23 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	15.51 ▲ -0.72 (-4.44%)

Stock	Volume
Telecard Ltd. / Apr 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	6,044,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Global Hold. / Apr 23 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	3,372,000 ▼ 0.00
Bal. Glass / Apr 23 Balochistan Glass Limited(BGL)	2,243,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Apr 23 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	1,785,277 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Apr 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1,498,500 ▼ 0.00
Service Fab. / Apr 23 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	1,197,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / Apr 23 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	899,403 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Apr 23 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	680,500 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petr. / Apr 23 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	620,000 ▼ 0.00
Pak Suzuki / Apr 23 Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited(PSMC)	517,700 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 22	153.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 22	153.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 22	107.97
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 22	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 22	1.38
Euro to USD / Apr 22	1.20
UK LIBOR % / Apr 22	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 22	4134.98
India Sensex / Apr 22	48080.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 22	29188.17
Nasdaq / Apr 22	13818.41
Hang Seng / Apr 22	28755.34
FTSE 100 / Apr 22	6938.24
Dow Jones / Apr 22	33815.90
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 22	15320.52
France CAC40 / Apr 22	6267.28