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Mukono, Uganda | URN | Residents of Nsambwe in Mukono Municipality and the neighbouring villages of Ttakajjunge and Kikubakima in Nama Sub-county, Mukono District, remain stranded nearly three weeks after the bridge linking their communities collapsed. The crisis has been compounded by a bitter dispute between Mukono District and Nama …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The death toll has risen to 49 after a makeshift bridge collapsed at a mining site in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local sources told Xinhua on Monday. Earlier, Lualaba Province Interior Minister Roy Kaumba Mayonde confirmed on Sunday that the incident occurred …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | At least 32 people were killed at a copper mine after a bridge collapsed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local authorities said Sunday. A total of 32 bodies have been recovered so far after the collapse at the Kalando mine in southern Lualaba …

GUIYANG, CHINA | Xinhua | The karst mountains of Guizhou Province in southwest China feature ravines so deep that locals call them “the Earth’s cracks.” At Huajiang Town, the Beipan River carves one such gorge, a relic of Triassic seas, etched into limestone cliffs, which once marked the limits of …

Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has commissioned the Saaka bridge located along the Pallisa – Kaliro Road. The 4.5-kilometre bridge goes through the River Mpologoma. The bridge and the town roads measuring 7.5 kilometers in Pallisa were constructed by Arab Contractors under the National Roads Development and Maintenance …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karuma Bridge, a vital link on the Gulu-Kampala highway, is temporarily closed to all traffic to facilitate the installation of expansion joints, the government has announced. This three-week closure is part of a series of planned repairs that began in September last year after …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Access to Mount Elgon National Park via the Mbale-Bubyangu route is now impossible after the collapse of Malenda Bridge on Sunday. The bridge, located in Bubyangu Sub County, was washed away following heavy rainfall that has affected the region over the past two weeks. …

  The $300 million JP Magufuli Bridge on Lake Victoria will provide a crucial link between Tanzania and neighboring Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi Entebbe, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES |  Tanzania has this week completed construction of East Africa’s longest bridge built across the gulf of Mwanza. The new bridge forms …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has announced the total closure of Karuma Bridge to all traffic for the next three months. Transport Minister Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala said Tuesday that the bridge would be out of use to all road users commencing Monday next week. Gen Katumba …

Arusha, Tanzania | XINHUA | Connecting the Mwanza and Geita regions, the Magufuli Bridge project over Lake Victoria in Tanzania is built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The main bridge has a total length of 520 meters and the project is expected to be completed by the end of …