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University student axed to death by ‘boyfriend’ in broad daylight

A university medicine student has been hacked to death. Ivy Wangechi, a final year medical student in the College of…

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UN Emergency Funding to Bolster Ebola Response Preparedness in Uganda

Preparation and putting in place measures and strategies ahead of time to mitigate the spread of a health risk once…

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World Health Day 2019: African Development Bank joins the global call for universal health coverage for all

On the occasion of World Health Day 2019 (https://bit.ly/2TV1ImS), the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is renewing its call for…

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Visiting Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park, located in the Southwestern part of Uganda is one of the most visited Uganda National Parks…

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Man resurrected by pastor dies again

In a shocking development, Brighton Elliot Moyo, the Zimbabwean man who South African Prophet Alph Lukau controversially ‘resurrected’ from the…

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I beg to differ, Ivan Okuda…Uganda is not a sole proprietorship

By Andrew Karamagi You, my brother and friend, Ivan Okuda, made a compelling argument over the weekend and seasoned it…

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OPINION: In defence of Kadaga, Besigye and Museveni et al on the claim, “You are blocking others”

By Ivan Okuda One of the most intriguing golden threads interwoven in political debates, and casual talk in Uganda, which…

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OP-ED: Besigye is wrongly Reading Uganda’s Political Trends

By Ofwono Opondo Weeks of peaceful protests, that forced Algeria’s president for twenty years, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to abandon running again…

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Key donors freeze Uganda refugee aid over corruption, mismanagement

Two major European donor countries have stopped giving out refugee aid to Uganda over fraud, corruption and mismanagement. Uganda is…

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Kwibuka@25: Rwanda begins 100 days of Genocide commemoration

Rwanda has begun a solemn commemoration of 800,000 people killed with knives, clubs and other weapons during three months of…

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Kwibuka: 25 years later, Rwanda commemorates those killed but omits one group that was almost wiped out

MUSANZE DISTRICT, Rwanda — Twenty-five years ago this month, extremists from the Hutu ethnic group in Rwanda mounted a genocide…

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AMOS WEKESA: UTB and the biggest challenges that have faced tourism in Uganda

On Thursday evening, Uganda Tourism Board old guards officially handed over power to the new team. At the back of…

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Sara, the girl who was born in a mango tree above the floods making remarkable progress

Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique and Zimbabwe last month, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. But amid the horror…

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Amazon founder’s ex-wife becomes world’s third-richest woman after Shs130 trillion divorce

MacKenzie Bezos is set to become the third-richest woman in the world after finalising her divoce from Amazon CEO Jeff…

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OP-ED: Having Mabikke, Bwanika, Mukwaku as allies is asking 3 impotent men to make a virgin pregnant

By Edward Ssekalo Coalitions as general elections draw near are a common thing. You could even add, a fashionable thing.…

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