Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump’s first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that — absent a major course correction — could spell doom for his entire administration. All US presidents face crises that seem to sweep the White …
Read More »Trump fumes as US health care reform bid collapses
Washington, United States | AFP | An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle his predecessor’s landmark health care law, insisting it was finally time to “let Obamacare fail.” With four Republicans now lined up against Senate Majority Leader …
Read More »Colonial boundaries no solution to Tororo District split controversy
Kampala, Uganda | J OLOKA-ONYANGO | Recent newspaper reports about the issue of Tororo state that President Yoweri Museveni has directed that the matter be resolved using the “colonial boundaries” in order to determine where the municipality should be located in the event of a split of the district. Such …
Read More »Magogo, Watson in Morocco to discuss radical Nations Cup changes
CAF ‘think tank’ to mull Nations Cup changes Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | New-look Africa Cup of Nations and CAF Champions League competitions could emerge this week from discussions in Morocco that will include FIFA president Gianni Infantino. A two-day CAF symposium begins Tuesday in Rabat and officials, coaches …
Read More »Anti-Obamacare US health care reform collapses, 2 more Republicans say no
Washington, United States | AFP | Two more US Republican senators announced their opposition Monday to their party’s efforts to revamp Obamacare, derailing the controversial legislation in its current form and potentially dealing a monumental setback to President Donald Trump. Republican leaders are desperate for a major legislative victory this …
Read More »JOBS: Support implementation consultancy with UNICEF in Uganda
JOBS: Support implementation consultancy UNICEF – Reaching Every District Consultancy – Support implementation and scale up of Reaching Every District/Reaching Every Child/Community strategy in 40 poor performing districts (8 Months), Kampala, Uganda UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 …
Read More »VIDEO: Besigye should not criticise Age Limit debate, says Otafiire
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Read More »Jerusalem holy site closure ‘crime against humanity’: Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Turkey on Monday blasted Israel’s two-day closure of a Jerusalem holy site, following a deadly attack, as a “crime against humanity.” The Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, includes the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque. It is venerated …
Read More »Malala meets her Chibok ‘heroes’ in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a “state of emergency for education” in Nigeria, as she visited the country and met some of the Chibok schoolgirls whose cause she championed. The 20-year-old global education campaigner made the suggestion at a meeting …
Read More »Netflix shares jump as subscriptions top 100 million
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Netflix on Monday reported that its number of subscribers climbed more than expected, topping 100 million worldwide and sending shares in the leading on-demand television service soaring. Netflix shares leapt more than 10 percent to $178.48 in after-market trades that followed release of …
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