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Family of Ugandan Weightlifter Says He Contemplated Suicide After Olympic Disqualification
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65 Kenyans taking Prep contract HIV, ministry says
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Rwanda extends lockdown measures against COVID-19 to consolidate gains
KIGALI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan government on Sunday announced a five-day extension of the current lockdown measures that prohibit unnecessary…
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International News
Govt launches new antenatal care guidelines
The government has launched a new model that recommends expectant mothers to have at least eight antenatal contacts with their healthcare providers within the course of their pregnancy. The new...
Digital payment systems gain strength in Uganda: central bank
KAMPALA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The use of digital payment systems in Uganda has grown considerably both for mobile money service providers and banks for the year that ended in...
Burundi holds regional conference to promote tourism
Natural landscapes, national parks rich in fauna and flora, the traditional drum and cultural diversity made of dances, are only some of the potential attractions of Burundi. To prove it,...
Uganda criticizes EU decision that attacks an oil pipeline and urges the project to go forward
By NANGAYI GUYSON Kampala, Uganda - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has issued a warning to French oil partner Total Energies saying that his administration might "find someone else to...
Ebola-infected bodies can still transmit disease a week after death
The arrival of the body of a 22-year-old student suspected to have succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever created panic in Namulonge, Wakiso district on Tuesday. The ministry of Health burial...
Justice ministry launches specialized cybercrime court
South Sudan's justice ministry on Monday launched a specialized cybercrime public prosecution attorney and court to investigate and prosecute crimes committed online. Addressing a press conference during the launch in...
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Why US Overtook Uganda as Kenya's Top Buyer of Goods - Meg Whitman
A collage of Uganda president Yoweri Museveni (left), President William Ruto (center) and US president Joe Biden (right) FILE "AGOA has been an amazing success story. Just recently the US...
King Charles rolls out the red carpet for South Africa as he hosts first state visit of his reign
King Charles is preparing to welcome Cyril Ramaphosa on a state visit to the UK in November - AP Photo/Christophe Ena© AP Photo/Christophe Ena/Photo Courtesy Telegraph Charles III will lead ...
Tanzania’s president sacks foreign minister
Move part of minor Cabinet reshuffle, with appointees to take oath of office Monday DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has made a minor Cabinet reshuffle, sacking...
Uhuru Would Have Easily Won Third Term - Museveni's Son
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba. TWITTER MUHOOZI Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, came under harsh criticism after insinuating that Kenya's former President...
Govt launches new antenatal care guidelines
The government has launched a new model that recommends expectant mothers to have at least eight antenatal contacts with their healthcare providers within the course of their pregnancy. The new...
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DRC
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned Friday's attack on UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Pakistani blue helmet dead. "The...
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Kenyan Woman’s Start...
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Nigeria’s ‘Techprene...
As recently as 10 years ago, Africa’s technology industry was sparse. But as a result of advancements in mobile phone technology as well as better internet connections, the continent has transformed — unearthing countles...
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New findings of early man...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of two million years old stone tools, fossilized bones, and plant materials at the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. N...
UK travel ban extended to...
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South Sudan suspends airl...
Photo Anadolu Agency South Sudan's president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. “As...
Kenya's SGR night train u...
NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the last two months, a government worker George Agutu, who works in Mombasa, Kenya's coastal city, has traveled to the capital Nairobi every weekend to be with his family. However, befor...
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Govt launches new antenatal ca...
The government has launched a new model that recommends expectant mothers to have at least eight antenatal contacts with their healthcare providers within the course of their pregnancy. The new...
Burundi holds regional confere...
Natural landscapes, national parks rich in fauna and flora, the traditional drum and cultural diversity made of dances, are only some of the potential attractions of Burundi. To prove it, the co...
Ebola-infected bodies can stil...
The arrival of the body of a 22-year-old student suspected to have succumbed to Ebola hemorrhagic fever created panic in Namulonge, Wakiso district on Tuesday. The ministry of Health burial team...
Seven confirmed cases amid Uga...
BRAZZAVILLE, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has reported seven confirmed cases, including one death, amid the latest outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, announced Thursday Henry Kyobe,...
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