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Sudan food crisis worst in years: UN

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Conflict-related displacements and high inflation rates on top of the impact of COVID-19 prevention measures are causing one of the worst food crises in recent years in Sudan, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday. Almost a quarter of the …

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Number of positive COVID-19 returnees on the rise

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 positive returnees is on the rise according to results released by the Ministry of Health today. Since Uganda started receiving returnees, 29 have tested positive for COVID-19. All the cases were detected during institutional quarantine at different centers. The most …

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Lockdown upshots drive more people into farming

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A sizeable percentage of locals in Acholi Sub-region whose livelihood were affected by the lockdown directives issued by the government to contain COVID-19 have embraced farming as an alternative for sustaining their livelihood.   The government issued lockdown restrictions in March, a move that saw the …

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Catholic church suspends all staff in its privately owned schools

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Episcopal Conference-UEC has halted payments for all its employees in the Catholic Church privately-owned education institutions across the country.   The catholic church -through its dioceses, archdioceses and several specialized departments-owns over 6,000 education institutions employing hundreds of thousands of both staff and support …

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300 legislators, parliament staff tested for COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to 300 Members and Staff of Parliament were screened for COVID-19 on Thursday. The screening which started at 8 a.m. and closed at 5 p.m. followed guidance by the Ministry of Health to test all members as a way of reducing exposure to COVID-19 …

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Mulago hospital boss disclaims COVID-19 remarks

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Mulago Hospital Executive Director Dr Byarugaba Baterena has disowned remarks that he called for the total lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions.  Dr Byarugaba was this week quoted by the media calling for the suspension of COVID-19 restrictions on account that COVID-19 has turned out to …

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