Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Long serving Lweza Parish priest Fr John Mary Vianney Mugabo,53, died Monday after a short illness. He had been admitted at Nsambya Hospital, where he reportedly succumbed to cancer. St Joseph’s Lweza Parish in Kampala Arch Diocese comprises Kajjansi, Katale, Kitende, Kitiko, Kiwamirembe, Nnazziba, …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A New Vision journalist reportedly abducted outside the Vision Group offices on First Street, Industrial Area last week, has been released. The news of the crime reporter’s release was broken by the Chief Executive Officer of Vision Group Robert Kabushenga in a tweet on …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo airport, Africa’s largest, was evacuated on Monday and passengers forced to wait for two hours to return after South African officials identified a suspect bag. Images of the deserted terminal were posted to social media while other photographs showed crowds of …
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Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan on Sunday released dozens of opposition activists arrested last month in a crackdown on protests against rising food prices, an AFP correspondent reported. The release of detainees, including some top opposition figures, came three days after the US embassy voiced concern over the arrests …
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Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s freshly-appointed president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Friday hailed “a new dawn” as he pledged to tackle corruption that his predecessor Jacob Zuma is accused of fostering. In his first major speech after Zuma’s bruising nine-year term ended, Ramaphosa outlined a grand vision to …
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Ethiopia declares state of emergency after PM resigns Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Ethiopia on Friday declared a state of emergency one day after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation, state media reported. “A state of emergency has been declared as of now,” the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) …
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ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome: Change at the helm of the Uganda Wildlife Authority Kampala, Uganda | WOLFGANG THOME | News emerging from Kampala indicates that Sam Mwandha has been selected as the new Executive Director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) as Dr. Andrew Seguya prepares to step …
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Kampala, Uganda | UGANDA PARLIAMENT | The Attorney General, William Byaruhanga, has requested Parliament for time to study the contract between the government of Uganda and SGS (Societe Generale de Surveillance), the motor vehicle inspection firm. This followed debate Wednesday on the report of the Committee on Physical Infrastructure where …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen months after demonstrating bottle irrigation, President Yoweri Museveni returned to his Kawumu farm in Luwero District this week to harvest tomatoes, passion fruits, mushrooms, pineapples and matooke alongside fish, chicken and dairy products. ” I am proud to be back in this place as we …
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Whether Or Not a Person Invest In Bitcoin CITIZENSHIP | SPECIAL FEATURE | If any of these below-mentioned scenarios does apply to you, then you should absolutely not be buying bitcoin. It does not matter what cryptocurrency you are thinking about right now; you should not be opting for any of …
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