Zero-COVID policy is essential for the country to detect and cure patients as early as possible Beijing, China | Xinhua | In the spring of 2022, China is witnessing another wave of the COVID-19 epidemic. Jilin, one of the hardest-hit provinces, is currently still seeing four-digit daily growth in the number …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has repossessed the former Sango-bay sugar estates in Kabira, Mutukula, and Kakuuto sub-counties in Kyotera district, to pave way for oil palm tree growing in the area. Close to 10,000 residents have been forcefully evicted from the 247 square miles of land that …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 former abductees of Allied Democratic Forces – ADF rebels in Kasese district have received resettlement package from the Amnesty Commission. The items include spraying pumps, two hoes each, modern sewing machines among others. Ronald Ssekatawa, the commissioner coordinator in charge of Rwenzori …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Internal Affairs has revealed that parents in Busia are using children to smuggle drugs across the borders. Agnes Igoye, the Deputy Coordinator for the prevention of trafficking in persons, said incidents of using children and people with disabilities to traffic drugs were …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Retired Bishop of Kitgum Diocese, McLeod Baker Ochola, has termed as unrealistic statements by leaders in Acholi following the death of the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah. On Monday, Members of Parliament under the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) together with LCV chairpersons in Acholi, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Small and medium enterprises have been urged to take advantage of the African market if they are to easily grow their businesses. Speaking at an African Continental Free Trade Area sensitization workshop held at Uganda Manufacturers Association headquarters in Kampala on March 22, John Walugembe, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has issued a warrant of arrest against satirical Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. On Wednesday, the court presided over by Chief Magistrate Dr. Douglas Singiza issued the warrant of arrest after Kakwenza failed to show up for hearing of his case …
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Women and girls living with disabilities face three times greater risk of sexual abuse Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Rampant discrimination and stigma meted on adolescent girls living with physical impairments required concerted effort to eradicate, international health advocates said on Tuesday. The advocates said in a statement issued in the …
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Children with mild TB will be treated for four months while those with severe TB will be treated for six months using new drugs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO has reduced the treatment period for Tuberculosis in children. Previously, children who tested positive for TB had …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian immigration authorities on Tuesday announced a week-long country-wide crackdown on illegal immigrants. The commissioner general for the Tanzania Immigration Services Department, Anna Makakala, told a press conference in Morogoro region that the force will leave no stone unturned in detecting the aliens. Makakala …
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