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South Sudan, Uganda to investigate border clashes: army
African Insider
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August 11, 2025
Juba – South Sudan and Uganda will jointly investigate recent deadly clashes on their border, the South Sudanese army said Sunday, after six people died in fighting. Uganda has a history of involvement in impoverished South Sudan and has long...
Political heat in Uganda draws concern of Christian educators
Mission Network News
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August 11, 2025
Uganda (MNN) — Increasing political tension in Uganda’s election season has Christian educators concerned. President Yoweri Museveni has held office for nearly 40 years. Ever since he seized power in 1986, Uganda has been “comparatively stable,...
Kasese schools lead innovation in tackling plastic waste
Independent (Uganda)
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August 11, 2025
A plastic bin at Mt. St. Mary School of Nursing and Midwifery, students are behind these innovation as part of thier constribution towards waste management. PHOTO URN Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When people talk about innovation, many think...
Survival Factors in Ugandan Youth Rhabdomyosarcoma
Bioengineer.org
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August 11, 2025
Survival Challenges and Prognostic Insights in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma: An In-Depth Analysis from a Resource-Limited Ugandan Center Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a malignant soft tissue sarcoma predominantly affecting children and adolescents,...
Declining cattle numbers worry Luwero leaders
Independent (Uganda)
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August 11, 2025
A farmer milking a cow in Kinyogogga sub county, Nakaseke district Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero District leaders have blamed the decline in the number of cattle reared in the district on limited land and rampant theft. According to...
Bail denied to Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye in treason case
Times LIVE
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A Ugandan judge refused to grant bail on Friday to veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been in jail for nearly nine months on treason charges. The case has raised concerns among government critics, including opposition leader Bobi...
Idi Amin — why ‘Big Daddy’ is popular in modern Uganda
The Times
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Uganda is in election campaign mode, so it came as no surprise on a recent trip to Kampala to see the face of the opposition leader Bobi Wine, complete with signature red beret, gazing out from walls and shopfronts. What I hadn’t anticipated was...
TMR hospital honoured as best private healthcare service provider
Observer
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August 11, 2025
Naalya-based TMR International Hospital is the winner of the 2025 Business Excellence awards in the Customer Service Experience category. Organized by Consumer Publications Uganda Limited, the awards recognize outstanding initiatives that not only...
FKF urged to strengthen sports systems after CHAN ticket controversies
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 11, 2025
The ticketing malady witnessed in the ongoing CHAN 2024 competitions in Kenya has attracted censures from political leaders as many question the transparency of allowing football fans to secure tickets. Hundreds of fans were left frustrated on...
Searing Social Critiques Meet Experimental, Mystic Narratives as Gripping African Shorts Bow at Locarno Open Doors
Variety
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August 11, 2025
Africa steps firmly over the threshold of Locarno’s 2025 Open Doors to deliver five singular short narratives that pull from social strife, ancestral lore and communal memory in a finely-curated program that centers the engaging, culturally rich...
Somali Govt announces killing of senior Al-Shabaab leaders in air and ground operations in Bariire
Shabelle Media Network
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August 11, 2025
Mogadishu, August 11, 2025 — The Somali government announced on Sunday the killing of several senior Al-Shabaab leaders in a series of coordinated air and ground operations in the Bariire area and surrounding villages in the Lower Shabelle region....
CHAN 2024:Co-hosts Uganda take on Niger in a must-win match for the Cranes
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 11, 2025
Co-hosts, the Uganda Cranes, are back in action tonight at Mandela Stadium in a tough group C match against Niger in the 2024 TotalEnergies CHAN. A win for the Cranes would put them in the hunt for a spot in the round of 8. Last week, they...
25-08-11_Mathias Galabuzi - Nowadays - Uganda - solar power
D+C Development and Cooperation
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August 11, 2025
In Kiryandongo District, central Uganda, solar panels are becoming a common sight on top of iron-roofed homes. These modest rooftop systems are helping to close the energy gap in areas where the national grid may never arrive, one household at a...
Ugandan entrepreneur’s vision for value-added agriculture goes global
Independent (Uganda)
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August 10, 2025
Entebbe, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | In Uganda, where farming is the heart of the economy, entrepreneur Nsabimana Elie is showing how valuable it is to transform local crops into new products. He started his food processing company, MIECA, in...
UK expands ‘deport first, appeal later’ policy to 23 countries, including India
The Indian Express
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August 11, 2025
The UK government is widening its “deport first, appeal later” scheme to cover foreign criminals from 23 countries, up from the current eight, in what ministers say is an effort to ease prison overcrowding and address public concerns over crime,...
Ugandans urged to embrace technical skills
NTV Uganda
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Ugandans urged to embrace technical skills Uganda's unemployment crisis poses a significant threat to the country's economic growth, social stability, and future prosperity. With a youths population comprising over 75% of the total population, the...
How Africa is Harnessing AI Power for Progress and Profit
Media Update
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August 12, 2025
Along with the rest of the world, Africa is using artificial intelligence (AI) to crunch large datasets, boost productivity, improve customer relations and even save lives, says Richard Frank, Chief of Technology at Flow Communications. The...
Bafana Bafana braced for Guinea face-off, looking for first CHAN tournament win
IOL
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Guinea’s National Elephants and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana will face off for the first time in the history of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Monday. This match, at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in the bustling city of...
Ugandans rallied to continue consumption of staple foods
Independent (Uganda)
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August 10, 2025
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health and food rights advocates are urging the public to ignore recent information that wrongly links common local foods like matooke (green bananas) and kalo (millet) to the rise in diabetes cases. The group...
ICYMI: BBNaija 10/10 - The feud between Bright Morgan and his social media handler
Pulse
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August 11, 2025
What began as an ordinary week in the BBNaija 10/10 house has now spiraled into one of the messiest scandals of the season, and it’s all playing out on social media. Since Friday, the official Instagram account of housemate Bright Morgan has been...