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Cairo, Egypt | AFP | A slickly produced video from the office of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi showed crates of medical supplies — stamped in English and Arabic with the words “from the Egyptian people to the American people” — being loaded onto a military cargo plane. The dramatically scored …

Amuria, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of a General Ward at Orungo HCIII in Amuria district his underway, thanks to a 300 million Shillings grant from the Japanese Embassy in Uganda. The 18-bed capacity ward is expected to be complete in the next three months.  Orungo Sub County Chairman Peter …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved USD 491.5 million (1.9 trillion Shillings) in emergency funding for Uganda to address the impact left by the coronavirus on the economy.  The money is approved under the Rapid Credit Facility program that is meant to help poor …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 21 ghost beneficiaries in Amuru district have received cattle distributed under the Peace Recovery and Development Programme (PRDP). The 96 animals that were delivered in March by the Office of the Prime Minister under restocking programme were to benefit orphans, widows, people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said movement of cargo inside the country and from neigbouring countries is crucial for the running of esential services needed int he fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. He said therefore, it would be ‘suicidal’ for government to consider …

Atlanta, United States | AFP |  Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen Friday in the state of Georgia as the United States surpassed the grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. As the southern state lifted restrictions on a list of businesses that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight out of the 11 members of the Watoto children’s choir have been discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19. The eight include five children from the Watoto choir and three of their attendants. The  Watoto choir members tested positive upon return to the …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP |  African countries are seething over accounts that Africans are battling stigma and discrimination in China over the coronavirus pandemic, apparently linked to a cluster of cases in the Nigerian community in the southern city of Guangzhou. The African residents say they have suffered forced evictions, arbitrary …

Athens, Greece | AFP |  As coronavirus forces billions of people around the world into lockdown, another sizeable population has also been hard hit — stray animals. While pet owners in many countries are still allowed to walk their dogs, thousands of other animals — the exact numbers are unknown — …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Schools will pick up from where they stopped with the first term  of learning after the 30-day school lockdown, according to the Ministry of Education and sports.  The school term was prematurely cut short on March  19,2020 as a precautionary measure to forestall the spread of …