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Aceng declines to lift new COVID lockdown imposed on Gulu
The ministry of Health has declined to honour a request by the district task force to lift a fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown imposed on Gulu district in northern Uganda. On Wednesday,...
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President Mutharika votes in Malawi’s fresh presidential election
Millions of Malawians cast votes Tuesday in the re-run of last year’s presidential election. The fresh election comes after Malawi's Constitutional court nullified President Peter Mutharika’s victory...
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Senegal president goes into 15-day quarantine after exposure to COVID-19
Senegalese President Macky Sall, 58, is self-quarantining as a precaution after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The president's office issued a statement late...
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Officers ordered to surrender phones as IGP probes leaking police info
The inspector general of police, Martins Okoth Ochola has ordered for an investigation into the conduct of seven people including police officers and civilians over allegations of leaking into public...
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2021: Uneb verification website inaccessible as deadline looms
The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) website www.eservices.uneb.ac.ug is inaccessible at a time when prospective aspirants for different political positions in the coming general election are...
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Widow of killed lay reader disputes army's version of events
The widow of Benon Musimenta who was shot dead by a UPDF soldier has refuted the army’s version suggesting that he was killed by a stray bullet. Musimenta a lay reader attached to Kigore archdeaconry...
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Early results put Malawi opposition leader in comfortable lead
Malawi's Electoral Commission has started announcing preliminary results from Tuesday's re-run of last year's presidential election. Local media gave opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera a comfortable...
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Am not wanted by Interpol – Allibhai
In a letter to the parliamentary inquiry into the disposal of properties of departed Asians, businessman Mohammed Allibhai has roundly refuted two claims; that he snubbed parliamentary summons and that...
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Govt rejects appeals to bail out lockdown-hit private teachers
The months-long Covid-19 induced lockdown has slashed teaching jobs and salaries largely in private education institutions. And government has flatly rejected requests for salary bailouts for staff in...
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Kaweesi murder pre-trial hearing fixed for next week
The International Crimes Division of the High court will on Tuesday next week start the pre-trial conference in the murder case of former police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi.According to Judiciary...
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COVID-19 kills another 214 people in Africa
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) killed a further 214 people across Africa on Thursday, increasing the total deaths in Africa to 9,104. The continent also recorded a further 12,093 new infections,...
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Unilever buckles under Black Lives Matter pressure, changes cream name in India
The Black Lives Matter campaign sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States has resonated in an unusual area — skin lightening beauty products that have become hugely popular in India and...
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Uganda's COVID-19 fight is exemplary, a success story - Atwine
Uganda will not emulate Tanzania and Burundi by unreservedly opening up the economy and the country amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr Diana Atwine has...
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One killed in Namugongo pork joint fire outbreak
One person was killed in a pork joint fire outbreak in Namugongo, Kira division in Wakiso district. A Congolese national, Emmanuel Bahati, 28, a casual labourer who has been roasting pork, was burnt...
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Court awards Shs 250m to tortured ISO spy
The High court in Kampala has awarded Shs 250 million to a tortured Internal Security Organisation (ISO) operative, Simon Peter Odongo, who was, on May 5 this year, arrested from his home for allegedly...
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Kenya: 3 killed in clash with police over face masks
A witness says three people were killed in a small town in Kenya's Rift Valley during a confrontation between police and residents over the wearing of face masks to prevent the spread of the...
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Global coronavirus infections hit 10 million, 500,000 deaths
At least 10,104,520 people have been confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while 501,682 of the infected have died as of June 28, 2020. Of those 10 million infected, 5,477,042...
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Malawi opposition leader sworn in as president after landslide victory
Malawi's new president Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunday, hours after unseating former leader Peter Mutharika in a rerun election. Chakwera, 65, won 58.57 per cent of the...
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65-year-old man beaten to death by LDU officers in Oyam
A 65-year-old man was battered to death by Local Defense Unit (LDU) officers enforcing night curfew guidelines Oyam district in northern Uganda. Francis Ogwang Munu, a resident of Amati village,...
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Kyambogo student hospitalized after being kicked in testicles
A Kyambogo University student has been hospitalised after his Chinese boss at Global Paper Ltd allegedly kicked his manhood last week. Peter Waiswa, a second-year student of Development Studies at...
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