Manila, Philippines | AFP | The Philippines and the United States launched war games on Tuesday against the backdrop of the unusual threat of American forces being ejected from the Southeast Asian nation, as its firebrand leader pivots to China. President Rodrigo Duterte has sustained a verbal assault on the …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidents will be limited to three four-year terms with effect from the 2017 elections, the organisation confirmed Monday. There has been no limit previously with incumbent Issa Hayatou leading the African body since 1988. The 70-year-old Cameroonian has not …
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Rwanda’s President Kagame asserts Africa’s right to self-determination in Coca-Cola lecture at Yale A speech President Paul Kagame delivered during a public lecture at the Coca Cola World Fund Lecture at Yale University has sparked wide-ranging debate for its emphasis on the right of Africans to self-determination. Speaking before over …
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San Francisco, United States | AFP | Facebook launched Monday a “Marketplace” trading platform that lets users of the vast social network buy and sell goods with each other in a mighty challenge to the likes of eBay and Craigslist. The new feature puts Facebook — with a global base …
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The Kampala High Court – Family division has ordered that Jacob Oulanya and his estranged wife Winnie Amoo Oulanya should formally separate. Oulanya is Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament. This after both Oulanya and Amoo amicably agreed before Justice Alexandria Nkonge Rugardya that there is absolutely nothing which can be done to redeem …
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Berlin, Germany | AFP | Celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, anonymous whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks can look back on a decade that saw it turn classified documents into global headlines and inspire a host of copycat leaks. But with founder Julian Assange hiding in Ecuador’s London embassy to evade rape …
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Paris, France | AFP | US reality television star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint at a Paris hotel by assailants disguised as police who made off with millions, mainly in jewellery, French authorities and her representative said Monday. Paris police said the loss amounted to “several million euros, mostly …
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Kizza Besigye flew back from London on Monday but was immediately whisked away by Ugandan security personnel, Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) officials said. The officials, who had gathered at Entebbe Airpot to receive the former presidential candidate, did not know his whereabouts for an hour, before it emerged Besigye had …
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Bogota, Colombia | AFP | Colombians say they are sick of their country’s 52-year civil war. So why did a thin majority of voters reject their biggest chance yet for peace? Forecasts ahead of Sunday’s surprise referendum result misjudged how divided Colombians are over how to settle the conflict …
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VIDEO: The volatile situation in South Sudan continues to have a bearing on Ugandan businesses. Steel manufacturers Roofings reveal that the company is struggling especially after their biggest market was shut due to the unending conflict. Roofings business development manager Jason Mwesigwa says that the company has lost millions of dollars …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
