Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When government suspended public transport as part of the measures against the spread of Corona Virus, taxi operators were left with no option but to pack their vehicles. Thousands of operators were caught off guard without any money to take of their families. Some of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District COVID-19 Taskforce is using sign language experts to sensitize persons with hearing impairment in the district. This comes after the district leaders representing persons living with disabilities complained about excluding the deaf during the sensitization on COVID -19. Charles Arum, one of the …
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San Francisco, United States | AFP | The agency that oversees internet addresses late Thursday rejected a controversial bid to let a private equity firm control the .org online neighborhood known as a haven for nonprofits. Ethos Capital made a billion-dollar deal last year to buy the Public Interest Registry (PIR) from …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Water consumers in Kisoro district are protesting hiked water fees by agents. Kisoro district is serviced by Chuho water plant, which supplies 2,200,000 liters of water each day. The plant supplies water to Nyakabande, Nyarusiza, Chahi, Nyakinama,Muramba Sub counties and Kisoro Municipality among others. The …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | With conferences cancelled and revenues hit because of a lack of rent from student accommodation, Britain’s universities are reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Schools have already lost millions of pounds thanks to enforced closures under lockdown, and things could get worse still. “British universities …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Stranded on superyachts or confined to their sprawling mansions worrying about their wine cellars, the world’s super rich have invited ridicule throughout the coronavirus pandemic with their apparent insensitivity to the plight of ordinary people. “Sunset last night… isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus. …
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Washington, United States | AFP | A man armed with a high-powered assault rifle fired multiple rounds at the Cuban embassy in Washington early Thursday, authorities said, damaging the building and leading Havana to lodge a protest. Police arrested the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Alexander Alazo of Aubrey, Texas. No one …
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Budapest, Hungary | AFP | Lilla Ilona Szeleczki’s terminally ill mother, a 79-year-old with chronic pneumonia and a kidney tumour, twice tested negative for the new coronavirus in a Budapest hospital so she was sent home. She died within a week. “My mother suffered for six days at home, without appropriate medical …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. The diatribe from the Republican incumbent came as data showed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has undertaken to put up a stationed laboratory at the Uganda-Tanzania border of Mutukula to speed up the process of testing people for the novel Coronavirus. Doctor Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary on Thursday led a team of …
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