Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA | THE INDEPENDENT | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday sent condolences to the government and people of Tanzania after the passing of their leader John Magufuli. Magufuli passed away on Wednesday in a Dar es Salaam hospital at the age of 61. “South Africa is …
Read More »International Olympic Committee sets new strategic agenda
Olympic Agenda 2020+5 ⏩ Solidarity ⏩ Sustainable development ⏩ Digitalisation ⏩ Credibility ⏩ Economic and financial resilience Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT & IOC MEDIA | The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has outlined a new strategic roadmap for the next five years that is aimed at galvanizing its activities worldwide in a post-COVID new normal. At …
Read More »Tanzania, Uganda and Africa mourns death of Magufuli
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | After weeks of speculation about the state of his health, the Tanzania government on Wednesday night announced the death of the country’s 5th President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli. Vice President President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who constitutionally is supposed to take over the reigns of …
Read More »Tanzania announces death of President Magufuli
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPEDNENT | Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) has just announced that the 5th President of the country John Magufuli is dead. The announcement was made Wednesday night by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who said Magufuli had been hospitalized at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute …
Read More »Farting, moaning, crying among reported side-effects of AstraZeneca!
📌 The list of self-reported side affects includes ✳ Crying (43 cases) ✳ Flatulence (89) ✳ Eye Color change (3) ✳ Altered time perception (2) ✳ Electric Shock (2) ✳ Day dreaming (4) ✳ Anger (10) ✳ Tooth discoloration (1) ✳ Thirst (402 cases) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Because …
Read More »‘We will accept AstraZeneca after President is vaccinated’
Mbale, Manafwa officials struggle to convince health workers on safety of COVID-19 vaccine Mbale, Uganda | AYUBU KIRINYA – URN | Mbale and Manafwa district officials are finding difficulty convincing health workers about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. During the launch of the exercise on Tuesday at Mbale Regional …
Read More »Kyagulanyi arrested in protest against abductions, driven back to Magere
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine was early today arrested, and thereafter driven back to his home on the outskirts of Kampala. Together with several members of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Kyagulanyi was walking to the City Square in a …
Read More »UCE: Six girls give birth, boy attempts suicide after maths
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) Examinations enter their third week, the body charged with organizing them has hailed several pregnant candidates for overcoming the odds to write their O levels. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in a statement today on social media, …
Read More »NOT WHITE: Uganda Traffic Police unveil new uniforms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police has unveiled new uniforms for their traffic section. It is dark khaki, not the white they had previously. The uniforms were shown to the press by AIGP Asan Kasingye at a Joint Security Task Force press briefing on the General security situation …
Read More »How COVAX plans to handle compensation for vaccines side effects in poor countries
Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPEDNENT | The World Health Organization, the vaccines alliance GAVI and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations CEPI have launched one of the most ambitious inoculation delivery plan in history, dubbed COVAX. The plan is to ensure the poorer countries in the world are all able to receive …
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