PLE Results:Pupils Score More Distinctions in English, SST Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates in the 2019 Primary Leaving Examination managed more distinctions in English and Social Studies compared to science and mathematics, results released today have shown. More candidates, than 2018, will be going to the next level …
Read More »LIVE: Release of 2019 PLE results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the 2019 Primary Leaving Examination, showing overall that more pupils qualified to join post primary institutions than the previous year. This year 617,150 candidates passed the PLE compared to 599,593 the previous year. Minister of Education and Sports, Janet …
Read More »Uganda’s PLE results to be released today
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary Seven candidates together with their parents and schools are anxiously waiting for the release of the Primary Leaving Examinations- PLE results. The results will be released today by the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni at Kampala Parents School. URN reporters …
Read More »China GDP grew 6.1% in 2019, slowest in three decades
Beijing, China | AFP | China’s economy weakened to its slowest pace in three decades in 2019 as weaker domestic demand and trade tensions with the United States took their toll, official data showed Friday. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 6.1 percent last year, its worst performance since 1990, …
Read More »Malawians protest after judges ‘given kick-backs’
Malawi anti-bribery protest draws thousands Lilongwe, Malawi | AFP | Tens of thousands of Malawians took part in protests on Thursday at alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika. People took to the streets after the country’s chief justice …
Read More »Prof Chibita’s Inaugural Lecture to focus on media freedom, regulation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Monica Chibita will deliver her Professorial Inaugural Lecture entitled “Between Freedom and Regulation: Reflection on Uganda’s Communication Landscape” on Friday January 17, 2020 at Uganda Christian University (UCU) in Mukono. She will examine Uganda’s regulator environment, effects of media regulation, the shift from the old …
Read More »BYE BYE: Man United defender Ashley Young agrees Inter Milan move
Milan, Italy | AFP | Manchester United defender Ashley Young has agreed a move to Serie A club Inter Milan, according to reports on Thursday. The 34-year-old will arrive in Italy on Friday for a medical before signing an 18-month contract, Gazzetta Dello Sport reported. United will receive 1.5 million …
Read More »W.African anglophone states criticise move to rename CFA
Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | English-speaking West African countries on Thursday criticised a move to rename the CFA franc used by former French colonies, saying the move jarred with plans to introduce a region-wide currency of the same name. Members of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Convergence Council said …
Read More »Trump impeachment articles read out on US Senate floor
Washington, United States | AFP | The charges against Donald Trump were read out Thursday on the US Senate floor as the historic impeachment trial of the US president got underway. “In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional oath… …
Read More »Angola’s Isabel dos Santos considering presidential bid
Isabel dos Santos says run for president ‘possible’ Luanda, Angola | AFP | The billionaire daughter of Angola’s ex-president, Isabel dos Santos, says she would consider running for president in the next election in 2022. Dos Santos is being probed under an anti-graft campaign launched by her father’s successor President …
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