Dakar, Senegal | AFP | The task of introducing a vaccine for the coronavirus faces an uphill struggle in Africa, where a flood of online misinformation is feeding on mistrust of Western medical research. Across the continent, Facebook, WhatsApp and other platforms have been swamped by messaging that characterises vaccine research …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasubi Market has been handed over to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA after completion of construction works by CK Associates Limited. The more than two billion Shillings market constructed with government funding will host more than 1400 vendors who have for decades operated at Kasubi Junction. It’s …
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Cushing, United States | AFP | Using his fleet of drones, Dale Parrish tracks one of the most sensitive data points in the oil world: the amount of crude stored in giant steel tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma. The black liquid can’t be seen from outside the structures, so Parrish and his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Francis Zaake, the Member of Parliament representing Mityana Municipality has dragged government and individual police and army officers to court for torture. Zaake was arrested on April 19 from his home at Buswabulongo in Mityana municipality for allegedly endangering the lives of the people by …
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Algiers, Algeria | AFP | North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as coronavirus restrictions deprive them of traditional mealtime gatherings, evening outings and beloved sweets during the Muslim holy month. “It’s not the usual Ramadan,” said one woman shopping in Ariana, near the capital Tunis, looking desperately …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been tasked to explain a recent decision by the management of Vision Group, the publishers of New Vision and Bukedde newspaper to effect salary cuts for all members of staff. Government is the majority shareholder in the company with 53 per …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19, after two samples tested positive today. The two cases are truck drivers from Kenya who entered the country via the Malaba border crossing in Eastern Uganda. The drivers are of Kenyan and Eritrean nationalities. The two drivers were …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As of April 01, Letshego Uganda rolled out a repayment holiday facility to its borrowers in response to the negative impact caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said on May 05 that the repayment holiday involves giving a customer a three month moratorium- meaning …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luweero hospital is struggling to contain an increasing number of patients, in the absence of hospital beds. The increase in patient numbers follows the elevation of the facility from a Health Centre IV to a Hospital status in September. Records show that the number of …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rite to ordination into priesthood is one of the key ceremonies the Catholic Church performs with great sanctity as Christians welcome new clergy into the spiritual vocation. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has put in balance, the possibility of having this year’s …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
