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His intuitive style on canvas earned him global fame as Africa’s Chagall Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Jak Katarikawe, one of Uganda’s most celebrated artists who died recently at age 80, was in the early 1960s an ordinary, illiterate chauffeur of a Makerere University Kampala don; David Cook. But he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In 1944, Evangeline Sarah Nyendwoha, might not have imagined it, but she was about to make a move that would change her life and that of many women in Uganda. At the time, she was a 19-year old student at the prestigious King’s College Budo. …

Uganda, surrounding countries face increasing risk as Trump blocks American experts Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | One of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history shows no signs of slowing — and the Trump administration has barred U.S. health experts who want to help at the outbreak’s epicenter in the Democratic Republic …

Soweto, South Africa | IAN KATUSIIME | It is said being Attorney General is among the worst jobs in government. As the government’s legal advisor, one has to possibly take a number of untenable positions for the sake of the government. And one could say that Peter Nyombi who passed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The body of Alhaji Akbar Adoko Nekyon has been laid to rest at his home in Apoki village, Chegere Sub County, Apac district. Nekyon died on Friday afternoon at Nsambya Hospital. Nekyon’s body arrived at 1:30 pm aboard a military helicopter, which landed at Abutaber …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nekyon breathed his last at Nsambya Hospital on Friday afternoon where he was admitted for unspecified health complications. His nephew, the Uganda People’s Congress-UPC Party President, James Akena confirmed his death and told URN on phone that they are making funeral arrangements at Nekyon’s home …

But pressure over resources remains between people and beasts in national park Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The war between man and animal has erupted again, as it often does, in Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. The recent pile of 11 lion carcasses discovered by park rangers in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Constantin Reliu, 63, had the shock of his life when he was told that he was, in actual fact, dead. Apparently, his estranged wife had registered his death in 2016 after he didn’t return to Romania from Turkey, where he had worked as a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A funeral agency in Sweden is currently seeking volunteers for a project that it hopes will offer people comfort by allowing them to speak to their deceased loved ones. The agency called Fenix wants to create chat bots (artificial intelligence) to comfort mourning relatives …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | An American soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in a night-time raid with Somali forces against Shabaab militants in Somalia, the US military said Friday. “On May 4, one US service member was killed during an operation against Al-Shabaab near Barii, Somalia, approximately …