Uganda has started a three-day nationwide polio immunization exercise targeting over 8.8 million children under the age of five years Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has started a three-day nationwide polio immunization exercise targeting over 8.8 million children under the age of five years. Vaccination officers moved from house …
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Kenyans will begin using expressway three months earlier than anticipated Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyans will begin using the Chinese-built Nairobi expressway in March, three months earlier than anticipated, an official said on Friday. Kung’u Ndung’u, the director-general of the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), said construction works …
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Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 3,783 households and businesses in Lolwe Island in Bukoli Sub-County, Namayingo District have been connected on the hybrid solar mini-grid of 600kw capacity. Launched on Friday by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the Lolwe Island mini-grid project that started in 2017 …
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Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Saturday midnight issued a tsunami warning following an earlier volcanic eruption in Tonga. The weather agency warned of the tsunami on the country’s Pacific coast and urged residents to evacuate from seaside areas. The tsunami was triggered following the …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Union of Drivers, Cyclists and Allied Workers (NUDAW) has suspended elections of Boda Boda leaders in Busia district over alleged irregularities. According to the union, most of the voters who turned up for the elections were reportedly non-members who had illegal boda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Makerere University students have demanded the release of their results two years after they failed to access them. The students accuse the university administration of negligence and failing to respond to their plight. Mutesi Hadijja, a first-year student at the College of Humanities …
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✳ Egypt 1 Guinea-Bissau 0 ✳ Nigeria 3 Sudan 1 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | A goal from captain Mohamed Salah (69′) gave Egypt victory over Guinea-Bissau in the second round of Group D of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. The Pharaohs can still hope to advance to the …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three workers were killed and eight injured when a fire broke out at the Hima Cement Plant in Kasese at 12.30pm on Saturday. A team was doing installation works at the light diesel oil tank when the incident happened. The Hima Cement fire responders …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Archdiocese marked Diocesan Day on Saturday by bidding farewell and celebrating 50 years of Priesthood of Archbishop Emeritus Paul Bakyenga, as they welcomed the installation of Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja represented President Yoweri Museveni at the function. He contributed sh160million to …
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New York, US | Xinhua | Experts point to several reasons why the rate of COVID patients in hospital is higher in North America than in most other parts of the world, the BBC has reported. Professor David Larsen, an epidemiologist and global health expert at Syracuse University in …
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