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Archbishop Ntagali wins West Ankole Diocese court case

The High Court in Kampala on Tuesday ruled that the Archbishop of  the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali lawfully took over  the episcopal jurisdiction of West Ankole Diocese. Justice Lydia Mugambe said that under Canon Law, Ntagali has powers to take over the seat of any vacant diocese until a new …

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Next US president will celebrate in NY, no matter who wins

Trump and Clinton: just two miles apart in Manhattan New York, United States | AFP | On Tuesday, the next president of the United States will celebrate in New York, no matter who wins. Donald Trump has chosen a relatively banal hotel on Sixth Avenue. Hillary Clinton rented the enormous …

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Museveni in Addis for AU meeting on Libya crisis

  President Yoweri Museveni is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on a two day working visit to the Africa Union Commission, where he will attend an African Union High Level Committee meeting on Libya. Museveni headed straight to the AU Headquarters where he joined other other presidents  attending the AU …

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JOBS: Information Systems officer, UN

Job Opening Posting Title: Senior Information Systems Officer Job Code Title: SENIOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICER Department/Office: DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SUPPORT Duty Station: NEW YORK Posting Period: 03 November 2016 – 01 January 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Information Management Systems-DFS-67876-R-New York (R) Staffing Exercise N/A Apply here Share on: WhatsApp

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Iran back, signs major gas deal with France’s Total

Tehran, Iran | AFP | Iran signed a deal with France’s Total on Tuesday to develop a major offshore gas field, its first big contract with a Western energy firm since sanctions were loosened in January. Total will lead a consortium also including China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Iran’s …

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Empower Police to fight people trafficking – Kadaga

Women parliamentarians across Africa have called for increased vigilance by all governments to curb the trafficking of women and children on the continent. The legislators under the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) in a resolution stated that human trafficking affects more than two million people …

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Clinton or Trump? America voting at last

Washington, United States | AFP | After an exhausting, wild, bitter, and sometimes sordid campaign, Americans finally began voting Tuesday for a new president: either the billionaire populist Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, seeking to become the first woman to win the White House. Early-rising voters in nine states mainly …

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Crystal Newman is no quitter

She was working by age 15, has worked at her current job for 10 years, and is doing something she always wanted to do from childhood. Sanyu FM radio presenter ‘Crystal’ Angella Newman Kavulu is living her dream, partly because of sheer determination. But it has not always been like …

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