Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s private sector completed the third quarter (January-March) of this financial year on a lower note as firms reported lower business across the main economic sectors. The deterioration in business conditions during March, marked the end of a 16-month upward improvement trend in the health …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers in Luwero District’s secondary schools and tertiary institutions will have to wait another month to receive their February and March 2024 pay. Asaba Innocent Birekeyaho, the Luwero District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), has communicated the uncomfortable news to the affected officers. Teachers have not …
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Washington, United States | AFP | The nine-year-old granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr. made a rousing appearance at a huge protest for gun control in Washington on Saturday, saying that like the slain civil rights leader she too has a dream — “a gun-free world.” The poised young girl …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Florida high school student Aalayah Eastmond will join a massive crowd of Americans — expected to number in the hundreds of thousands — taking part in nationwide protests for gun control on Saturday. The 17-year-old says she will be marching not only for tougher …
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Lome, Togo | AFP | The Togo government on Tuesday announced a ban on all midweek marches, hours after the opposition announced plans for a rally next week in a campaign aimed at forcing out President Faure Gnassingbe. From Monday to Friday “all marches are banned. People can meet in a …
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