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Mali seeks to negotiate with jihadists in efforts to end violence
With violence wreaking havoc across the country, authorities in Mali are now looking for new avenues to reach a settlement with Islamist insurgents operating in the northern part of the West African...
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HIV-positive S. African women forcibly sterilized
A scathing new report reveals that dozens of HIV-positive women were forced or coerced into sterilization after giving birth at public hospitals in South Africa. The Commission for Gender Equality's...
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Tondeka metro: will it be a blessing or a curse?
From the time government mooted the idea of a metro bus service around metropolitan Kampala, a sense of hope developed in the population that has become accustomed with heavy traffic jam and disorder...
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MPs want their daily mobile money transaction limit increased to Shs 20m
Members of parliament want special consideration from the telecommunications companies to increase their daily mobile money transaction limit from the current Shs 7 million to Shs 20 million. The...
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Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
Brazil's government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the contagious new coronavirus. "We will now...
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Cost of China-built railway haunts Kenya
Kenya this week is celebrating 1,000 days of standard gauge railway (SGR) operation, with 13,000 trains covering 6.3 million kilometers. The Chinese-built railway moves people and goods from the port...
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Norway detects its first case of coronavirus
Norway's Public Health Agency (FHI) said on Wednesday that one person had tested positive for coronavirus and was being kept isolated at home, in what was the country's first confirmed case. The person...
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Ronald Mayinja: I am still with People Power, Bobi Wine
Musician Ronald Mayinja has recently been in the news for his alleged crisscrossing in politics, which has left many wondering where exactly he falls; NRM or People Power. The aspirant for the Gomba...
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Coronavirus: Ugandan parents appeal to gov't over students stuck in China
Parents whose children are stuck in China following the outbreak of coronavirus have accused the Ugandan government of doing 'absolutely nothing' except making empty promises about the situation. Since...
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Nyanzi collapses as she receives Freedom of Expression Award
Former Makerere University research fellow and scholar, Dr Stella Nyanzi collapsed on Thursday while receiving the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression for 2020. The ceremony...
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Bobi Wine spits fire at Dan Kyeyune funeral
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has called on the youth to ‘do something’ to counter the continued murders by security operatives against opposition supporters. An emotional Bobi Wine...
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Cabinet drags feet on growing of medical cannabis
The eagerly-awaited growing of medical cannabis/marijuana in Uganda may have to wait longer after cabinet failed to reach a consensus on the regulations to guide the sector. This followed a recent...
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Nigeria registers 1st coronavirus case as Africa braces for pandemic
Nigerian officials have confirmed a case of coronavirus in the country, the first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is braced for a potential coronavirus pandemic as experts warn health...
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Coronavirus: avoid shaking hands, Museveni urges
President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to take extra and necessary precaution so as to protect themselves against the deadly and ravaging COVID-19 alias coronavirus. In a message posted on his...
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Luweero accident death toll rises to 12
The death toll in the Friday Luweero accident has now reached twelve people. The accident occurred at Kibisi village along Kampala-Gulu highway at around 3 pm on Friday when a Kampala bound taxi...
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S.Africa to bring home citizens under coronavirus lockdown in China
South African officials will soon begin to repatriate at least 132 South Africans from Wuhan, the epicenter of the global coronavirus epidemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced late Thursday. The...
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Police fires bullets, tear gas to disperse 'overly happy' IUIU students
Police fired live ammunition and teargas to disperse jubilant Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) students in Mbale district on Saturday following the conclusion of their guild elections. It all...
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Kaziimba enthroned Church of Uganda Archbishop
Rt Rev Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has officially assumed the leadership of the Anglican Church in Uganda. Kaziimba was enthroned as the 9th Archbishop of Church of Uganda (CoU) at a colourful ceremony...
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Washington declares state of emergency over coronavirus
The governor of Washington state declared a state of emergency Saturday after a person died there of COVID-19, marking the first such reported death in the United States. On Sunday, the US recorded its...
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Igad moots regional infrastructure master plan
Officials from the eight-nation Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) converge starting today in Entebbe to moot strategy on implementing a proposed master plan for shared infrastructure...
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