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Family of Ugandan Weightlifter Says He Contemplated Suicide After Olympic Disqualification
A social media post purportedly shows Ugandan weightlifter Julius Sekitoleko in an undated photo at an unnamed location. Photo via… -
65 Kenyans taking Prep contract HIV, ministry says
Kenya become the first African country to roll out PrEP as a national program, in the public sector, in May,… -
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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Museveni apologizes to Kenyans over son’s war tweets, explains why he got army promotion
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni PHOTO/Courtesy Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has apologized to Kenyans and the Kenyan government following a flurry of inflammatory tweets by his son General Muhoozi...
Al Shabaab Founder Killed by U.S. Airstrike in Somalia
The government of Somalia announced over the weekend that Abdullahi Nadir, a Somali Islamist extremist and one of the co-founders of the Al Shabaab terror group, had been killed following...
Torture and impunity widespread in DRC's conflict areas – UN report
The vast majority of cases of torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) occur in conflict-affected areas where impunity is widespread, according to a UN report released today....
About the deepest wound of a war
What you need to know: Let us quickly transition from relief aid to long-term assistance. The impact of the wars cannot heal by simply offering emergency aid The war situation...
African Union Invites Combatants of Ethiopia's Tigray War to Peace Talks
FILE - Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekelle, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8,...
Ex-Media CEO wins Ksh 45M for abrupt firing
Former Standard Media CEO Sam Shollei gives an address at a past event. FILE Former Standard Group CEO Sam Shollei will be smiling all the way to the bank after...
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Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3. CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his success...
Kenyan Woman’s Start...
Photo UNEP/YouTube An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. Nzambi Matee says she was “tired of being on the sidelines” while civil servants struggled...
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...
File photo: Tourists have still flocked to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture PA The UK's travel ban has been extended to include United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda, with British nationals returning from those co...
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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