Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan’s government with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) said they have sent three samples out of five unconfirmed suspected cases of the Ebola viral disease (EVD) for testing in South Africa. Alex Freeman, the Head of the WHO Infection, Prevention and …
Read More »State Duma ratifies agreements on accession of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson to Russia
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | — Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified agreements on the accession of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson to Russia, it said on Monday in a statement. Members of the State Duma unanimously voted in favor of the legislation. The accession to Russia …
Read More »NSSF, Ideawake to support Ugandan innovators and entrepreneurs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has announced a partnership with Ideawake, a global innovation software company, to expand access to the NSSF Hi-Innovator programme to more entrepreneurs across the country. In 2021, the Fund launched the NSSF Hi-Innovator programme, an innovation initiative in …
Read More »Rotary, Indian Association to fund artificial limb surgeries in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rotary has announced a new health campaign in which they will help Ugandans who cannot walk, get fitted with artificial limbs. In an initiative which they are funding together with the Indian Association, and new fertilizer company Gencrest, Rotary’s former District Governor John Magezi Ndamira …
Read More »Rwanda genocide trial starts in Hague
Felicien Kabuga faces three counts of genocide and two counts of crimes against humanity | THE INDEPENDENT | A UN tribunal in The Hague has opened the genocide trial of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run. The suspect, Felicien Kabuga, decided to boycott the …
Read More »Self-taught Kenyan animator to debut feature-length film at Oscar
Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD | Kenya’s Oscars Selection Committee has submitted the animated work, Terastorm, as the country’s pick for Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards. The choice thrusts self-taught animator Andrew Kaggia into the limelight and cements animation’s place as a critical pillar of Kenyan …
Read More »EBOLA: 65 Ugandan health workers quarantined
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | At least 65 health workers in Uganda have been put under quarantine after getting in contact with Ebola cases, a ministry of health spokesperson said Sunday. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, Ministry of Health spokesperson told Xinhua by telephone that some of the affected workers would stay home …
Read More »Burkinabe coup leader says situation is under control
Ougadougou, Burkina Faso | Xinhua | Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said Sunday that the situation was under control after he announced the eviction of President Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba late Friday. “We would like to inform the population that the situation is under control and …
Read More »TRAGEDY: 125 killed, over 320 injured from Indonesia’s football match stampede
Jakarta, Indonesia | Xinhua | As of Sunday, 125 people were confirmed dead from a stampede after a football match in Indonesia’s East Java province, with more than 320 others injured, Indonesia’s National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, said Sunday. Previously, the police said the death toll was 129 …
Read More »VP Alupo, Otafiire and Sempijja endorse Museveni for 2026
Justice Minister Norbert Mao, on his part said, 2031 should be the start of a new Uganda. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice President Major Jessica Alupo, Internal Affairs Minister Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, and Defence Minister, Vincent Sempijja, were among the leaders who signed an endorsement for President …
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