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Shell Hosts Young African Professionals In Support Of Future Energy Leaders
Channels TV
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August 11, 2025
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) recently hosted young professionals from Nigeria and other African countries at its offices in Lagos, as it continues to support the growth of future leaders in the energy industry on...
South Sudan, Uganda to form 14-member committee to investigate clashes
Number One Citizen Daily
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August 11, 2025
(L) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces of the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) (R) Gen. Dau Aturjong Nyuol Chief of Defense Forces of the South Sudan People Defense Forces/Courtesy photo By Yiep Joseph South Sudan and Uganda...
Powerful Social Media, Weak Government
Ratopati
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Kathmandu – The Nepalese government has failed to regulate major social media platforms like Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) currently in use in Nepal. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology had issued ultimatums four times,...
Shell hosts African young professionals as it supports growth of future energy leaders
National Accord Newspaper
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August 11, 2025
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), has hosted young professionals from Nigeria and other African countries at its offices in Lagos, as it continues to support the growth of future leaders in the energy industry on the...
Final week for nominations to inaugural WASH Impact and Influence Awards
Independent (Uganda)
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August 12, 2025
A solar water project upcountry. Water sector pacesetters will be nominated for awards this year Nominations LINK: https://bit.ly/wash-awards Programmatic impact, Youth-Lead WASH Initiative, Technology and Innovation, WASH Financing, Media...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kampala Archdiocese records highest ever Ordination of 24 Priests in single ceremony
Independent (Uganda)
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August 10, 2025
Lying prostrate on the ground, a key ritual in the Catholic ordination ceremony. Photo courtesy of Kampala Archdiocese. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Archdiocese has welcomed 24 priests in a single ceremony at St. Mary’s...
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....
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...
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...
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...