Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in the Karamoja sub region have expressed concern over the rising conflict between the community of Tepeth and Matheniko in Moroto district. The Tepeth community originates from the sub-counties of Tapac and Katikekile while Matheniko covers Nadunget, Loputuk, Lotisan and Rupa …
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Peshawar, Pakistan | AFP | At least 31 people were killed and 50 wounded when a suicide blast ripped through a crowded marketplace in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region Friday, officials said. The attack took place during the regular Friday bazaar in Kalaya, a town in a Shiite-dominated area of …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Kasese, Bundibugyo tense ahead of by-election On the morning of June 30, the king of the Rwenzururu, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma, received an unusual phone call from President Yoweri Museveni. The Omusinga was that morning preparing for the 50th anniversary celebrations of his people’s declaration …
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