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Closed old Jinja bridge safe for traffic diversions - Gen Katumba
Ministry of Works and Transport has said that the reopening of the old Nalubaale bridge does not pose any safety threat to road users because the infrastructure is still strong and durable. Uganda...
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FDC demands apology from Mao over Besigye attacks
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has asked Democratic Party (DP) president, Norbert Mao to apologise for the attacks against opposition doyen Dr Kizza Besigye during last week’s DP Block agreement...
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Police denies $30,000 ransom was paid for American tourist release
The Uganda police has denied reports that the freedom of American tourist Kimberly Sue and her Ugandan tour guide, Jean Paul Mirenge was only secured after a ransom of $30,000 (about Shs 112m) got paid...
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Cyclone Idai's death toll stands at 847, cholera cases rise
Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. As of Monday, at least 847 people had been reported killed by the...
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5 killed in protests against Sudan’s president
Security forces killed at least five protesters in fresh anti-government marches on Saturday in Sudan, in what organizers said was among the largest turnouts in three months. The demonstrations began...
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Morning accident paralyzes traffic at Lugogo
Traffic flow was paralyzed for more than two hours along the Kampala-Jinja road near Lugogo junction after a speeding Canter truck veered off the road and rammed into several other vehicles during the...
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Gunfire in Khartoum as anti-government protests continue
Gunfire was heard outside the Sudanese military headquarters in the capital of Khartoum Tuesday as demonstrations seeking the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir continued for a third consecutive day....
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Health minister disowns Israeli firm’s cannabis farm plans
A deal that would have seen Uganda become one of the top producers of medical marijuana in the region hangs in balance after Health minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng denied approving the venture. The deal...
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Suspected kidnappers of American tourist arrested
Two suspected kidnappers of American tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott have been arrested. Endicott and her Ugandan tour guide Jean Paul Mirenge Remezo were kidnapped by four gunmen from Queen Elizabeth...
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Traffic lights excite Hoima residents
The newly installed traffic lights in Hoima municipality have excited residents. The traffic lights were installed as part of the Shs 30.1 billion road works under the Uganda Support to Municipal...
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Cheap antibiotics fuel deadly infections
NAIROBI, Kenya — Four days after her toddler’s health took a turn for the worse, his tiny body racked by fever, diarrhea and vomiting, Sharon Mbone decided it was time to try yet another medicine. With...
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Wetlands are fast disappearing – study
Wetland ecosystems diminished from 13 per cent in 1995 to nine per cent in 2010, an average annual decline of about 3 per cent, a new study by government has found. Wetlands and cities have a long...
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NRM reforms spark renewed hostilities
Within the ruling NRM, Tanga Odoi, the party’s electoral commission chief, is talking up his opposition to the new favoured voting method of lining up behind candidates in primaries. His opposition...
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Adopt urban fish farming, experts say
To boost fish stocks in the city, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Walimi Fish Cooperative Society (WAFICOS) have partnered to promote urban fish farming. The partnership comes on the...
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Kampala not bothered by anti-Bashir protests
In the Sudan, elements of the military moved to protect demonstrators during deadly clashes in Khartoum between security forces and protesters, witnesses say. Soldiers tried to chase away pick-up...
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MPs grill URA officials over missing fuel
MPs on the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprise (Cosase) have tasked Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) officials to explain the disappearance of over 9,000 litres of petrol...
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Why Besigye is under attack
With about a year or two to Election Day 2021, a fractured opposition is caught in an extended public fight over whether they can unite and challenge, as a block, President Museveni’s decades-long hold...
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Entebbe's quest for city status suffers setback
Entebbe municipality is struggling to annex Katabi and Kajjansi town councils to form the proposed Entebbe city. The government has earmarked nine municipalities for elevation to city status in the...
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Assault case: Gen Kyaligonza snubs court
Uganda’s ambassador to Burundi Rtd Maj. Gen Matayo Kyaligonza failed to show up at the Mukono Chief Magistrate’s court to answer charges of assaulting and causing bodily harm to a female traffic...
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Sources: Sudan’s president steps down
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to set up a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said Thursday. The...
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