Washington, United States | AFP | The US government plans to stop funding the United Nations Population Fund because of the organization’s “coercive” family planning practices, including providing abortions, officials in Washington said late Monday. According to a State Department official, President Donald Trump has instructed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Sunderland manager David Moyes is in hot water over his remark to a BBC reporter that she might get a slap next time — with both of them laughing — after he thought he was off air. AFP Sports highlights five other incidents where …
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JOBS: Manager Proposal Development & fundraising Organization: BRAC Closing Date : 2017-04-20 Duty Station : Kampala, Uganda With over 100,000 employees reaching an estimated 138 million people, BRAC is the world s largest non-governmental organisation. BRAC is a development success story, spreading anti-poverty solutions born in Bangladesh to 10 other …
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San Francisco, United States | AFP | An egg icon that for years marked profiles of new Twitter users was gone Monday, a victim of “trolls” who often hid behind them to launch anonymous online attacks. For seven years, anyone who created a Twitter account automatically got an egg icon as …
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Washington, United States | AFP | A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on Monday, US seismologists said. The epicenter of the quake, which hit at 7:40 pm (1740 GMT), was located 238 kilometers (about 150 miles) northwest of the capital Gaborone, the …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s downgraded South Africa’s rating to junk status on Monday, as the country’s currency continued to slide following a controversial cabinet shuffle. “The executive changes initiated by President Zuma have put at risk fiscal and growth outcomes,” S&P said …
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Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | Tunisian authorities have shut down a nightclub and begun an investigation after a DJ played a remix recording of the Muslim call to prayer, an official said Monday. A video, widely shared online since Sunday, shows clubbers dancing at the weekend to music that includes …
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH: The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has told world legislators that the international community has fallen short of its commitments to ensure dignity and equal rights of men and women. Kadaga said the gap between the rich and the poor has continued to widen, with primitive accumulation of …
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The Court of Appeal has confirmed NRM’s Aisha Ssekindi as the validly elected woman representative for Kalungu district in the 10th Parliament. Three justices Remmy Kasule, Elizabeth Musoke and Catherine Bamugemereire upheld the judgement of Masaka High Court judge Michael Elubu and dismissed an appeal filed by Aisha Nuluyati Waligo, …
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Artiste Juliana Kanyomozi has given her first full interview in nearly two years, explaining why she took a break and stating she has come back even stronger. “I have learnt that I am stronger than I ever thought I was. The ability to go through all I have gone including …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
