Kinshasa, DRC | URN | Health experts responding to the ongoing Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have revealed that despite the high number of people who continue to get confirmed positive for virus, they are still getting only half of the people they are …
Read More »Russian humanitarian mission returns home as Uganda’s Ebola situation stabilizes
MOSCOW | TASS | A team of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) has returned from a humanitarian mission in Uganda after Ebola virus situation in the country has stabilized, the agency’s press service has told TASS. “At this point, epidemiological situation …
Read More »Alvarez, Martinez send Argentina into World Cup semifinals
KANSAS CITY, United States | Xinhua | Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez scored in extra time as Argentina advanced to the World Cup semifinals on Saturday with a 3-1 win over 10-man Switzerland. Alexis Mac Allister put the defending champion ahead by meeting Lionel Messi’s corner at the near post …
Read More »Bellingham’s brace helps England edge Norway to reach World Cup semifinals
MIAMI, United States | Xinhua | England booked its place in the World Cup semifinals on Saturday, coming from behind to edge Norway 2-1 thanks to a brace from Jude Bellingham. The Real Madrid star scored a first half stoppage-time equalizer before pouncing again early in extra time to help …
Read More »Why Kyambogo Sports Management graduates cannot qualify as teachers
Kampala, Uganda | URN | As the dispute between Kyambogo University and former students who graduated with Diplomas in Sports Management over recognition as Physical Education teachers continues, questions have emerged on whether their qualification meets Uganda’s teacher registration requirements. The graduates, who enrolled in 2017, accuse the university of …
Read More »UHRC Chairperson Mariam Wangadya resigns
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Fauzati Mariam Wangadya has resigned as Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), less than two weeks after publicly criticizing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over his appointment of what she described as “undeserving” individuals to the Commission. In a brief three-line resignation letter seen …
Read More »Why climate survivors return to disaster hotspots, what Uganda must learn
Bududa, Uganda | URN | Every rainy season, Peter Kibeti watches the clouds gather over the slopes of Mount Elgon with quiet apprehension. The mountain has never allowed him to forget. Sixteen years have passed since the March 2010 landslide that tore through Nametsi village in Bududa District, burying homes, …
Read More »Ssemujju confirms being in temporary exile
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the former Member of Parliament for Kira municipality and the Secretary General of the People’s Front for Freedom-PFF has indicated that he temporarily staying away from Uganda. In an X post about the rearrest of his friend and former Butambala MP Muhammad Muwanga …
Read More »South Sudan resumes oil-backed financing
Juba, South Sudan | URN | South Sudan has regained limited access to advance financing against its future crude oil exports after reaching an agreement with commodities trader BB Energy to partially settle a dispute that had led to restrictions imposed by a London court. The agreement comes weeks after the …
Read More »JUSTICE GADENYA: Bail becomes mandatory after 180 days of remand
Kampala, Uganda | URN | In two unprecedented rulings, High Court judge Paul Gadenya Wolimbwa has said that courts have no option but to grant mandatory bail to accused persons after spending 180 days on remand before being committed to the High court. In two separate rulings in which he …
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