Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The final tournament of the Total U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2021 that was due to start March 13th to 31st March in Morocco has been called off. Continental football governing body CAF issued a brief statement on March 8, confirming …
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Eyes on new U.S. President Biden for review of Uganda relations amid human rights violations Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Ned Price, the U.S State Department spokesperson, during a press briefing on Feb. 23 said new U.S. President Joe Biden’s government would consider a range of options for …
Read More »Equatorial Guinea: 20 dead, 600 injured in explosions
Yaounde, Cameroon | XINHUA | Explosions in the Equatorial Guinean city of Bata on Sunday were caused by accident, and the latest casualty count showed at least 20 people were killed and 600 others injured, according to the country’s authorities. Sunday afternoon, at the Nkoatama military camp in Bata, explosives …
Read More »Ebola infects 29 people, kills 13 in Guinea, DRC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Two African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 29 Ebola virus cases and 13 deaths so far, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Saturday. Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member …
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Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Starting March 10, millions of people in Uganda will begin taking their COVID-19 vaccine jabs in an unprecedented vaccination programme unveiled recently by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health. Speaking at the …
Read More »Uganda’s Hippos are 2nd best at AFCON 2021
AFCON U20 FINAL 2021 Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Ghana 🇬🇭 2 BEST XI 2021 🇬🇭 Danlad Ibrahim 🇨🇫 Flory Yangao 🇨🇲 Blondon Meyapya 🇬🇲 Jawra Lamin 🇺🇬 Aziz Kayondo 🇲🇦 El Mehdi El Moubarik 🇬🇲 Lamarana Jallow 🇹🇳 Chibeb Labidi 🇬🇭 Abdul Fatawu I. 🇺🇬 Kakooza Derrick 🇧🇫 Joffrey Bazie Weight of history too …
Read More »Uganda’s Hippos carry East African hopes in AFCON final
TODAY – 11pm Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Ghana 🇬🇭 Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | History beckons for Uganda’s Hippos as they become the first East African team to contest the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final today. No East African youth team has won the AFCON U20 …
Read More »Egyptian FM, UN chief discuss Ethiopia’s disputed Nile dam
Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday exchanged views on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). During a phone conversation, Shoukry voiced his concern over the stalled African Union-led negotiations on filling and operating the GERD, according to …
Read More »21 African countries report COVID-19 fatality rates higher than global average
Number of African countries with case fatality rates higher than the global average of 2.2 percent is on the increase Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Twenty-one African countries are reporting COVID-19 case fatality rates higher than the global average, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said …
Read More »Number of Africans in extreme poverty could rise to 514 mln in 2021
About nine out of ten extremely poor people in the world currently live in Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has warned the COVID-19 pandemic could further exacerbate Africa’s extreme poverty as a total of 514 million Africans are projected to fall …
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