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VIDEO: Thousands Brave the Imbalu Knife

President Museveni has challenged Bamasaba Cultural leaders to abandon the practice of using a single knife on different imbalu candidates in order to check disease that are caused by blood transfusion. In the speech, read by the second deputy prime minister and minister for East African affairs Kirunda Kivejinja, the …

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Russia defiant as team slashed to smallest in 104 years

Russia vowed to win a hatful of medals and hit out at the expulsion of some of their top athletes on Thursday as they announced their smallest Olympic team in 104 years after a major doping scandal. Despite drugs investigations which have robbed Russia of nearly a third of its …

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London mayor urges calm and vigilance after knife attack

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on Thursday urged Londoners to remain “calm and vigilant” after a woman was killed and five people injured in a city centre knife attack. Police meanwhile probed possible terrorist links following the arrest of a 19-year-old man at the scene of the incident which took …

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VIDEO: Museveni fires all staff at Health Centre over laziness

President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the immediate transfer of health workers at a government health facility at Mpumudde in Nakawuka, Wakiso district, accusing them of laziness and neglect of duty. The President had visited the area to inspect the condition of health services at the Health Center III facility. …

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Pope names historic female deacons commission

Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed a commission to study the issue of female Church deacons in a move seen as a potential first step towards women entering the Catholic clergy. The 13-member commission, made up of seven men and six women, will examine the question with a particular focus on …

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