A report published by the Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy, the State’s public spending watchdog, reveals not just the shocking state of the Government’s finances but huge shortcomings in controlling spending, overseeing payments from both within and beyond the state and in the management of a range of services.

It is impossible to know who ultimately benefited from the €4m of Irish Aid money stolen in Uganda, a report has found.

The Government of Uganda is to repay €4m of Irish aid funding which was transferred into unauthorised accounts.

Tullow Oil has formally concluded its long-awaited $2.9 billion (€2.19bn) sale of certain Ugandan assets to its two developmental partners, China’s CNOOC and French company, Total.

TULLOW Oil has encountered further drilling success in its assets off the coast of Ghana.

TULLOW OIL has signed a critical Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Uganda after several months of discussions.

A POSITIVE resolution from Tullow Oil’s ongoing negotiations with the Ugandan government is expected to follow the country’s general election later this week.

Scores of football fans were killed as they watched the World Cup final on TV by two al-Qaida-linked suicide bombers in Uganda.

TULLOW Oil has finally received conditional formal approval from the Ugandan Government for its purchase of the 50% stake in two licences previously owned by former production partner, Heritage Oil.

FIRST-half revenue at Irish oil and gas exploration company, Tullow Oil, is expected to amount to around $495 million (€395m), when the company formally reports its interim figures next month.

TULLOW Oil has confirmed that it will take on both China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Total as equal farm-in partners on its newly acquired Ugandan assets, once final government approval is granted.

TULLOW Oil yesterday announced its second significant oil discovery in as many days.

TULLOW Oil is to exercise its right to buy 50% stakes in two oil fields in Uganda from Canadian exploration company, Heritage Oil.

The UN Security Council condemned the upsurge in attacks by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army in Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan and urged these countries to share information with the United Nations to try to protect civilians, especially women and children.

THE Ugandan government and Lord’s Resistance Army rebels are set to halt fighting after a brutal 19-year conflict that left thousands dead, officials said.

The Ugandan government and Lord’s Resistance Army rebels today agreed to a truce to end a brutal 19-year conflict that left thousands dead, officials said.

THE president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, a great friend of the Irish Government, is attempting to make himself president for a third time.

TYRANNICAL former Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote was given a full state funeral last week - despite being accused of killing 500,000 of his own people.

LAST May, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern announced that he was withholding €2m in aid from the Ugandan Government, from a total budget to the country of €33m.

Tullow Oil subsidiary Energy Africa has signed a production-sharing contract with the Ugandan government in respect of Block 1.

The aid agency Concern has claimed that Irish engagement with the Ugandan Government is crucial to resolving the ongoing conflict in the country and providing aid to the poor.

Government forces swept through villages in northern Uganda today in pursuit of rebels who killed nearly 200 unarmed civilians seeking shelter at a displaced persons’ camp.

SCORES of rebels attacked a displaced persons' camp in northern Uganda, shooting people as they fled and burning others alive in their huts.

UGANDAN government ministers yesterday defended their country against suggestions Ireland should stop giving them Third World development aid.