Bee keeping employs 1.2 million Ugandans Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces’ sustained spraying of desert locust swarms across northern Uganda is causing panic among the region’s bee keepers. The bee keepers through their umbrella body, The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organization (TUNADO), say the …
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ANALYSIS | It’s a scene that’s become familiar around the world: From the US to France to Australia, rows of empty supermarket shelves where toilet paper used to be, the result of coronavirus-induced panic buying. What exactly is it about the rolls of tissue that has caused mayhem across cultures, …
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Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that …
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How Besigye’s wife negotiated a deal between Museveni and Kagame Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Dec. 03 2019, Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of the United Nations Aids (UNAIDS) programme, was at the airport in Kigali, Rwanda, when she received a telephone call. She was told President Paul …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, 61, has made himself very busy in recent weeks. Since March 03, when he declared his intention to stand for the highest political office – the presidency – he has been moving from one media house to another talking …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the confirmation of two more Coronavirus cases, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has closed all schools and banned entry into the country by foreigners from countries that have been effected. He said only Kenyan Citizens and foreigners with valid resident permits will be allowed entry provided …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. Gen Henry Tumukunde has been arrested. He was arrested on Thursday evening from his office on Impala Avenue in Kololo by a combined team of Special Forces Command – SFC soldiers and Counter-Terrorism Unit. The security agencies were led by the CID Director …
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Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has named a new cabinet for the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU), handing the ministry of defence to Angelina Teny, wife of Vice President Riek Machar. The main opposition SPLM-IO that nominated nine, took the prominent cabinet dockets …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has restricted travelling to nine more countries that have been hit by COVID 19. The affected countries are San Marino, Belgium, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Malaysia. According to the health ministry, these countries have reported large cumulative numbers of infected …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Wednesday suspended travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days in a “tough” new effort to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has sparked a run on the stock market and is rapidly multiplying. The …
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