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The first large-scale gold mine in Uganda has opened, marking a significant step towards the country's goal of becoming a key ...
Much of the mineral wealth never reaches communities—or even the national treasury. Instead, it quietly leaks away through ...
Uganda has inaugurated its first large-scale gold mine, a $250 million Chinese-owned project in the country's east that will also refine the bullion to 99.9% purity, according to a statement from the ...
President Yoweri Museveni has launched the Wagagai Gold Mining Project in Busia, alongside Chinese investors, and proposed ...
Uganda will use the revenue generated by exporting gold to develop assets such as power stations and the country's railway ...
Ugandan police have said they have recovered Shs900 million ($240,000) from 56 suspects implicated in elaborate gold scams that have been targeting local and foreign investors.
Investigators say gold scams normally take several months to execute, with the cartel assisting the targeted investors ...
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Gold Laundering Capital?

Uganda bets on ICGLR's mineral certification mechanism as it battles for legitimacy in the global gold marketFor years, Uganda has carried the uncomfortable label of being "the gold laundering capital ...
Uganda is set to make its inaugural appearance at one of the world's largest fresh produce expos, the Fruit Attraction Expo in Ifema Madrid.
On August 16th, Ambassador Zhang Lizhong was invited to attend the commissioning of Busia Gold Mine Project and the "Painting ...
The country’s courtrooms were busy last week, buzzing with stories that stretched from Kampala to Washington, from gold scams ...
Uganda agrees deal with the US to take deported migrants. How Zambia plans to tackle a violent gold rush. And why are gulper sharks under threat off Somalia’s Puntland state Show more Uganda agrees a ...