Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dfcu bank remains the owner of the leasehold of the former Crane bank buildings it vacated, Bank of Uganda has said. The buildings, formerly hosting Crane bank branches but now being claimed by Meera Investments Limited, were taken over by Dfcu when it bought Crane …
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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN health agency on Tuesday warned cancer cases would rise by 81 percent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care. The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report that these countries had …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A row has erupted between Kabale University administration and students over a ban on worship activities within the university premises. Last week, the university administration banned worshipping and ordered worshipers to go to churches outside. On Sunday students subscribing to catholic faith defied the directive …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspects jointly charged with the former Inspector General of Police, General Edward Kale Kayihura for aiding and abetting the kidnap and illegal repatriation of Rwandan refugees in the General Court martial have applied for bail. They are the former Deputy Commandant of the Professional …
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Bunyoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a sigh of relief among cattle farmers in Bunyoro because of the early rains being experienced in the region. This comes a few weeks after cattle farmers from Hoima and Buliisa districts started relocating their animals to Luweero and Nakasongola districts in search …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nkumba University Council has stopped any activities related to the impeachment of the Guild President, Byron Luswata Expedito. The University Secretary, Associate Professor, Francis Kasekende, says the impeachment proceedings spearheaded by the acting Guild Speaker are in total breach of the Guild Constitution. Luswata …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development Bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina, has said. His statement came as he unveiled the Bank’s flagship economic report, the 2020 African Economic …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A High Court Judge in Kampala has given management of Makerere University only two weeks to prove that they are in the process of selecting a substantive Deputy Vice Chancellor Finance and Administration (DVC-F&A). Justice Musa Sekaana of the Civil Division of High Court made …
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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | When South Korea’s Bong Joon-ho accepted the Golden Globe for best foreign language film for his widely hailed “Parasite,” he urged moviegoers to “overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles.” “You will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” he promised, reopening a debate …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Gay Tanzanian activist Tee, 34, recalls with nostalgia a time when Tanzania was like “paradise” for LGBT people — before the 2015 election of President John Magufuli ushered in fear and persecution. It’s all relative. Tanzania has long criminalised same-sex relations, and social stigma has always …
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