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People Power task Acholi mobiliser to explain Museveni meeting
Opposition pressure movement, People Power has tasked its Acholi sub-region mobiliser, Bosmic Otim to explain himself after pictures emerged of him meeting President Yoweri Museveni. Pictures of Otim,...
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S.Sudanese national arrested at Malaba with fake dollars
A South Sudanese national, Duach Chuol Kaylech Toang has been arrested for possessing materials used to produce counterfeit currency. Duag was arrested by Ugandan officials while crossing the Malaba...
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With inequality rising, does the world really need billionaires?
As world leaders rub shoulders with billionaire executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of cities around the world demanding...
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3 Chinese cities on lockdown over deadly virus
China decided Thursday to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and...
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How 'first daughter' Isabel looted Angola to the bones
Self-made billionaire, she often claimed and often posted inspiration messages of how hard work makes dreams come true. In 2013, soon after she was named a billionaire, she told the Financial Times...
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Burkina Faso to arm citizens after terrorists kill 36
Burkina Faso's parliament voted Tuesday to provide local volunteers with "light weapons" after a terrorist attack on two villages left 32 civilians dead. No one has claimed responsibility for Monday's...
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Kabale youth protest NRM district polls
Ruling party youth leaders in Kabale district are protesting the declaration of Ezra Aryanyijuka as the party’s National Youth Council finance secretary. Aryanyijuka was declared unopposed by the...
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Court adjourns Shs 142bn Basajjabalaba case indefinitely
The Constitutional court has adjourned indefinitely passing judgement in the case in which businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba was dragged over his Shs 142 billion compensation.This is the fourth time the...
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Ambassador Malac warns of terrible end to Museveni rule
The outgoing US Ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac has warned that ultimately, governments that stay for long in power without a transitional plan often end up badly.Malac, a known straight-talking...
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10 Chinese cities on lockdown; 830 coronavirus cases confirmed
The Chinese National Health Commission said today Friday that there are 830 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus countrywide, while at least 25 people have died. The Chinese government isolated more...
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25-year-old woman defrauds job seekers of over Shs 300m
A 25-year-old businesswoman has been remanded to Luzira prison for obtaining money by false pretense from desperate job seekers. Gonhill Nakaweesa a resident of Zana, Makindye Sabagabo in Wakiso...
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Sheikh who wrongly married man further remanded
Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba, the Kyampisi Masjid Noor mosque Imam in Kayunga who unwittingly married a fellow man, has been further remanded to Ntenjeru prison. Today Friday, Mutumba, 27, appeared in court...
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Angolan journalist feels vindicated over 'corrupt' first family
In 1999, Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais wrote an article titled “The Lipstick of Dictatorship” in which he denounced then-President José Eduardo dos Santos as corrupt. For his writing, he...
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Yellow fever outbreak declared in Moyo, Bullisa districts
Government has declared an outbreak of yellow fever in the districts of Moyo in northern Uganda and in western Uganda Bullisa. Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by...
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World leaders agree to back away from interfering in Libya
Twelve world leaders have agreed to provide no further military support to warring parties in Libya and to sanction those who violate the arms embargo. Since the killing of former Libyan ruler Muammar...
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Corruption, greed dwarf NRM achievements - Arua residents
Greed, corruption, and abject poverty have dwarfed the infrastructural development achievements of the National Resistance Movement's stronghold on power several interviewed Ugandans have said. As...
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Museveni says Ugandans must stop living "a harsh life"
President Museveni has said Ugandans should "stop living this harsh life” and start consuming goods that they consider luxurious yet are necessary for their healthy living. Speaking at the 34th NRA/NRM...
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Indian national arrested over kidnapping four foreigners
An Indian national, Praful Butan has been arrested on allegations of orchestrating the kidnap of four Asians. Butan was arrested on Sunday alongside his alleged Ugandan accomplice, Ignatius Mugumya, on...
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Man arrested in Soroti for sodomising 11-year-old boy
Police in Soroti is holding a man accused of sodomizing ab 11-year-old boy. Daniel Aoja, 29, a resident of Cell D in Central Ward in Soroti Municipality was allegedly caught ready-handed on today...
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Zimbabwe VP scolded for using soldiers in divorce dispute
A Zimbabwean judge on Friday described as "frightening'' the use of soldiers by the country's vice president in a divorce-related dispute, and ruled that his wife should regain custody of their...
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