CECAFA WOMEN football results: Tuesday Uganda 9 Zanzibar 0 Kenya 4 Burundi 0 Wednesday Ethiopia v Rwanda – 4 p.m Earlier results Zanzibar 1 Burundi 10 Uganda 0 Kenya 4 Rwanda 2 Tanzania 3 GROUP A: Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Zanzibar GROUP B: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda Hasifa Nassuna grabbed four goals as Uganda’s …
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CECAFA WOMEN football results: Zanzibar 1 Burundi 10 Uganda 0 Kenya 4 Rwanda 2 Tanzania 3 Tuesday Kenya v Burundi – 2 p.m Uganda v Zanzibar – 4 p.m GROUP A: Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Zanzibar GROUP B: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda Tanzania beat Rwanda 3-2 courtesy of a late winner by Asha …
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TODAY: CECAFA women’s football tournament Jinja Zanzibar v Burundi 2pm (free entry) Uganda v Kenya 4pm (free entry) GROUP A: Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Zanzibar GROUP B: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda East and central Africa football takes a strong step forward today when Uganda hosts the inaugural CECAFA women’s tournament. Zanzibar takes on Burundi before hosts Uganda …
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VIDEO: A section of the public are demanding for an apology, resignation or punishment of State Minister for Water Resources and MP Mukono North Ronald Kibuule for allegedly assaulting a female security officer at Stanbic Bank in Mukono identified as Hellen Obuk The move is headed by Women Activists under Uganda …
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | From the dizzying gymnastics heights of African-American Simone Biles to Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik and Brazilian golden girl Rafaela Silva in judo — Rio proved a groundbreaking Games for women. Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps had already arrived in Rio as global superstars …
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From January to May, the police recorded 325 cases related to abortion yet last year 1800 cases were recorded. In 2014, 1600 cases were recorded. These statistics were revealed by Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga during the launch of a report dubbed, ‘Facing Uganda’s Law on Abortion’ in Kampala on July …
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Philadelphia, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday by becoming the first woman to win a major US political party’s White House nomination, earning the backing of convention Democrats and prime-time praise from a presidential superstar: her husband Bill. The 68-year-old former first lady, senator and secretary …
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Many rituals are performed to prepare a girl for marriage in Uganda. In most tribes, this role is mainly played by the girl’s paternal aunty. Some of the rituals are very painful and are done as soon as a girl becomes an adolescent. Being a Munyankole girl, Eunice Musiime had …
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Seoul, South Korea | AFP | The suspect in a murder of a young woman in Seoul’s upmarket Gangnam district was indicted Sunday, in a case that triggered a public outcry over fears of violent misogyny in South Korea. Hundreds of mourners attended a candlelight vigil after the 23-year-old victim …
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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Almost half the 683 people invited this year to join the organization that bestows the Oscars are women and nearly as many people of color, the body announced on Wednesday in a bid to honor its vow to push for more diversity. The …
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