Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbalists all over the country have submitted up to 300 herbal remedies for COVID-19 to the Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute. According to Dr Grace Nambatya of the NRCI, they have been overwhelmed by the submissions following a call they put out to find herbal remedies …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government and the Electoral Commission to allow Ugandans in Diaspora and those in prison to participate in elections. The order was issued this morning by Justice Lydia Mugambe, on the basis of a petition filed two years …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of residents has vowed not to vacate Namiiro wetland along the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe Municipality. The wetland covers 1,000 hectares stretching from Kiwafu, Kiwafu West and Lugogo-Nakiwogo villages in Entebbe Municipality Division B. In April President Museveni ordered individuals who have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has gazetted 37 centres, where Ugandans returning from abroad will be quarantined. The government is making arrangements for the return of 2,400 Ugandans who were stranded following travel restrictions due to coronavirus disease -COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Health, the Ugandans will return …
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Paris, France | AFP | Tech giants love to portray themselves as forces for good and as the United States was gripped by anti-racism protests a number of them publicly disavowed selling controversial facial recognition technology to police forces. Facial recognition has numerous applications that could simplify our lives as we’ve …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed the news that a common steroid, dexamethasone, can potentially help save the lives of patients with severe cases of COVID-19, but it warned that it is by no means a cure-all. Early findings suggest that for hospitalized coronavirus …
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Paris, France | AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Britain on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a hugely symbolic visit and his first foreign trip since the coronavirus pandemic began. Macron’s visit will mark 80 years since exiled wartime resistance leader Charles de Gaulle made his …
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Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Amanda leans into the fridge, fishes out two ice-cold beers and quickly closes the door after taking a worried glance up and down the street. “No table, just chairs,” she says. The reason for the discretion: her tiny bar is welcoming customers on the sly, defying …
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New York, United States | AFP | Faced with then near-complete shutdown of travel, and a devastating hit to its business from the coronavirus, Arrangements Abroad mobilized to secure a $597,000 loan under the Paycheck Protection Program. The funds allowed the New York company to pay salaries for a couple of …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump pleaded with China’s leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president’s former national security advisor John Bolton writes in an explosive new behind-the-scenes book, according to excerpts published Wednesday. Bolton alleges in a blistering critique that Trump’s focus …
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