Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | The World Health Organization ( WHO) is sending an additional $2 million to help Uganda tackle the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak that was confirmed on January 30. “To further support Uganda‘s response to the Ebola outbreak, I am releasing an additional $2 …
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Sex workers are the first to feel the effects, as mobile health clinics that offered condoms and preventative treatments disappear Harare, Zimbabwe | Global Press Journal Zimbabwe | Rumbidzai, a sex worker from the bustling settlement of Epworth in Harare, has been taking antiretroviral drugs since 2017. For over two years, …
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Kenya’s Prof Ogot was exceedingly knowledgeable, intellectually stimulating and entertaining and was susceptible to details based on empirical evidence. We nicknamed him “the mobile archives” OGOT TRIBUTE | BY PROF PONTIAN GODFREY OKOTH | When I learnt of Prof. B.A. Ogot’s demise on January 30, 2025, I was flabbergasted, not …
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Many African countries still maintain restrictive visa policies. Even more concerning is that current visa policies often make it easier for non-African travelers, such as Americans and Europeans, to move freely across the continent than African citizens themselves. COMMENT | MAHLET AYELE BEYECHA – CONNECT2AFRICA | The 38th AU Assembly, scheduled …
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Gen Kainerugaba hails strong Uganda-U.S. cooperation in a meeting with American Ambassador Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has praised the longstanding relationship and cooperation between Uganda and the United States of America, emphasizing the importance of ensuring that this bilateral partnership …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) at Lubowa in partnership with Asea BioTherapeutics (ABT) today successfully treated their first client with cutting-edge stem cell therapy, marking a historic official opening of the world-class regenerative medicine centre to the public. The first procedure, that marks a ground-breaking …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ITHUBA, the operator of the Uganda National lottery has announced that four lucky winners shared the sh100 Million guaranteed through the Powerball Rolldown draw held on 31st January 2025. They have come forward to claim their prizes of over UGX 28 million each. The …
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AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA | The airline business has always been a delicate and competitive affair worldwide. This is exemplified by the stiff competition that has of recent emerged for the Entebbe route, in the East African nation of Uganda. With the entry of seven new operators at Entebbe …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dispute between Phaneroo Ministries run by Apostle Grace Lubega and Uganda Heart Institute over an access road continues, and remains yet another hurdle challenging the expansion of access to specialized care for heart disease in Uganda. Speaking to URN, Dr John Omagino the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The last batch of students to sit for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) under the phased-out old curriculum has recorded poor performance, with 1,629 learners (16.7%) failing outright and nearly 60% passing in Division Four—the lowest grade. The special one-time transitional examination, administered …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
