Namaying, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buswale sub-county have complained about the poor state of the roads in Namayingo and Busia. The 24-kilometer road which connects the two districts of Namayingo and Busia through Bumoli-Lumboka in Buswale sub-county to Bukobe in Masafu sub-county in Busia district is …
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Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 800 families in Busaru sub-county Bundibugyo District are yet to receive relief aid after they were displaced by floods last week. The floods hit the district after River Lamia burst its banks. The residents lost several gardens of sweet potatoes, beans and maize …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Regional Referral Hospital on Thursday discharged one person, who has recovered from COVID-19. The recovered person, was the first to be admitted at the treatment centre. He is a Burundian refugee living in Uganda at Nakivale settlement camp in Isingiro district. He tested positive …
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Darova, Romania | AFP | Maria Avadanei is exhilarated: after receiving a tablet as a donation, she can finally take her online lessons. “I was afraid of failing my classes,” says the 15-year-old from Darova, a rural commune in Transylvania in western Romania. Avadanei is among hundreds of thousands at increased …
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Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Seydou Sall sprays antiseptic on bags of food freshly deposited by an e-commerce firm at his home in an upmarket quarter of Senegal’s capital Dakar. In a pattern repeated across the continent, the researcher has turned to online deliveries to get basics such as sugar, milk …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Emmanuel Bwambale, the founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations in Kagadi town council is locked up at Kagadi Central Police station for alleged sexual assault. He was arrested by Kagadi Resident District Commissioner-RDC, Lillian Ruteraho, saying she had received complaints of sexual assaults …
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New York, United States | AFP | New York City shows no sign of easing a two-month lockdown, even as a statewide stay-at-home order ends Friday, leaving America’s cultural and commercial capital wondering what its future holds. While many European cities begin the process of reviving their economies, the Big Apple …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Local Council-LC 5 Chairperson, Andrew Ssenyonga was rescued from angry residents on Thursday who surrounded his vehicle demanding for food relief. Ssenyonga had gone with a team of Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS officials to deliver food relief to commercial sex workers at Ggulu …
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Bujumbura, Burundi | AFP | Five years of political crisis have battered Burundi’s economy, and there is little hope of a turnaround ahead of elections next week, as feeble signs of recovery have been dashed by the coronavirus crisis. The country’s last election in 2015, which saw President Pierre Nkurunziza seek …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a stampede in Gulu Town on Thursday evening after security personnel rounded up a truck driver who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease. The patient is an Eritrean national who had already spent two days in the community after he arrived in Gulu on …
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