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Entebbe Expressway security beefed up

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has tightened security along the Entebbe Expressway following the assassination of two people on Friday morning. Melina Tumukunde and Joshua Ruhegyera Ntereho were gunned down at Nambigirwa Bridge towards Mpala in Katabi Town Council in the wee hours of Friday morning. Corporal Davis …

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One killed, five wounded in new Johannesburg violence

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  At least one person was killed and five others injured in Johannesburg on Sunday, police said, after security forces clashed with looters in the latest outbreak of xenophobic violence. South Africa’s biggest city and other areas were hit by a surge of attacks against …

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Kenya’s Harambee Stars hold Uganda Cranes to 1-1 draw

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | An inspired second-half performance by the Harambee Stars was not enough as they played out a 1-1 draw with visiting Uganda Cranes in an international friendly match played on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at the MISC Kasarani. Stars were off-color in the first half …

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Uganda Cranes test Kenya’s Harambee Stars in Nairobi

  *Kenya vs Uganda *Sunday 8th September 2019 *Venue – Kasarani Stadium *4PM  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s Harambee Stars will battle Uganda Cranes in an international friendly at the Moi International Stadium, Kasarani on Sunday. The two teams are using the FIFA International weekend to prepare their …

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Africa’s longest serving leaders

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, whose death was announced on Friday, was in power for 37 years, but is far from the only African leader to have ruled for so long. Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema is Africa’s longest-serving president currently in power after …

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Police arrest PC Davis Taremwa in Entebbe-Expressway murder case

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police have arrested PC Davis Taremwa as they step up investigations into the double murder that took place Thursday night on Entebbe Express-Way. FULL UGANDA POLICE STATEMENT The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is actively investigating a suspected car shooting which occurred on the …

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