NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | The Kenyan government is reorganizing the budget following the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024, which sparked protests across the country in the past three weeks, President William Ruto said Thursday. Ruto, who chaired a Cabinet meeting in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, said the National …
Read More »SCO declaration: Use of power methods rising in global politics
ASTANA | TASS | Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has stated that methods of force are increasingly used in global politics, which is why it is necessary to increase the role of the organization in building a new world order, according to the Astana Declaration of the SCO …
Read More »How and why U.S. politicians fabricate external threats
In recent years, Washington deliberately stretched the concept of “national security” when dealing with China, conjuring up absurd threats and hyping them up BEIJING, CHINA |Xinhua | In the eyes of U.S. politicians, garlic, batteries, cranes, electric vehicles (EVs), or social media apps — irrelevant stuff in ordinary people’s eyes …
Read More »30-minute exercise boosts cancer-fighting cells
HELSINKI | Xinhua | A new Finnish study shows that even a 30-minute exercise can increase the proportion of tumor-killing white blood cells in breast cancer patients’ bloodstream. According to a press release published by the University of Turku on Wednesday, twenty breast cancer patients who had just been diagnosed …
Read More »Another Speaker Among critic remanded to Luzira
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Fatuma Nansubuga a 34-year-old resident of Karerwe market, Kawempe Division to Luzira Prison on charges of common nuisance. Nansubuga who was arrested two days ago after staging a lone protest outside Parliament was on Thursday arraigned before …
Read More »FARDC soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing the front
RUTSHURU, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | About 25 Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers attached to Northern Front operations were on Wednesday evening sentenced to death after pleading guilty of fleeing from the enemy. The soldiers were arrested following the recent swift advance of the March 23 Movement …
Read More »Rift valley fever outbreak confirmed in Ntungamo
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been confirmed in Ntungamo district. The disease has already claimed three lives, in the areas of Rubaare, Nyarutuntu and Itojo, according to the District Surveillance Focal Person Moses Asiimwe. The majority of cases are registered among 13 to …
Read More »Katakwi LC3 chairman arrested for cattle raiding in Karamoja
Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The LC3 Chairperson of Ongongoja Sub County in Katakwi district, William Omeke has been arrested by the military over his alleged involvement in the theft of 22 cattle from Poron Sub County in Napak district. Omeke is the first prominent leader from Teso sub region …
Read More »Minister Bahati, Kabale district local leaders feud over road fund utilization
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Trade Industry and Cooperatives, David Kwesiga Bahati and Kabale district local leaders are in a fight over utilization of shilling’s 1 billion road fund. Kabale is among districts that received shillings 1 billion to fund the rehabilitation of roads during …
Read More »Mining critical minerals in Africa
As the world rushes to it for lithium and more, here is how the continent should deal with the demand COMMENT | JAMES BOAFO, ERIC STEMN JACOB OBODAI & PHILIP NTI NKURUMAH | Global demand for critical minerals, particularly lithium, is growing rapidly to meet clean energy and de-carbonisation objectives. Africa …
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