Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application in which city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago was challenging the ban on election campaigns in twelve districts and cities. On Monday, Justice Musa Ssekaana the Deputy head of the Civil Division of High Court dismissed Lukwago’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City traders are torn between closing their during the election period or staying on to make a little more money amid uncertainties as to how the next few weeks will be. Many are convinced that there will be violence in the city as some people might …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Badminton Federation (WBF) has greenlit the 2021 Uganda International Badminton Championship scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in the capital Kampala, a top sports official said here on Sunday. Simon Mugabi, the executive director of the Uganda Badminton Association told Xinhua in an interview …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,000 traders have deserted the newly gazetted charcoal market in Sofia village, Eastern division of Busia Municipality. On August 16, 2020, Busia district authorities allocated 2.9-acres of land that was hosting Sofia Market to the Ministry of Health for the expansion of the Port …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s Africa COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Resident District Commissioner – RDC Maj. Santos Okot Lapolo is dead. He succumbed to the deadly coronavirus disease – COVID-19. His death was confirmed to URN this afternoon by his family members in Kitgum and Kampala. Lapolo breathed his last from the National Referral …
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Istanbul, Turkey | THE INDEPENDENT | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday the mass vaccination process against the COVID-19 pandemic would soon start. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul after Friday prayers, Erdogan said that Turkey’s Health Ministry has been continuing its works to launch the vaccination process in line …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two rheumatoid arthritis drugs have shown to be effective in stopping the occurrence of death in severely sick COVID-19 patients. The drugs, tocilizumab and sarilumab are anti-inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis by stopping inflammation from taking place. Results from a double-blinded phase …
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Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has been forced to self isolate after being in contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, the Spanish media reported on Thursday. The coach did not take his side’s morning training session and has taken both …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a tipping point in the fight against COVID-19, amid surging cases in Europe and the fresh challenge of a mutating virus. “We were prepared for a challenging start to 2021 and it has been just that”, Dr …
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