Current Affairs
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1.0KIraq hangs 38 members of IS, Qaeda for ‘terrorism’
Nasiriyah, Iraq | AFP | Iraq hanged 38 jihadists belonging to the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda for terrorism offences on Thursday...
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924Football: Ambitious Zanzibar eye Ugandan scalp in Cecafa semis
Standing (L-R) – Nico Wakiro Wadada, Hood Kaweesa, Ibrahim Sadam Juma, Allan Kyambadde, Timothy Denis Awany and team captain Bernard Muwanga. Front...
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976UN warns of cost if South Sudan stymies ‘last chance’ peace plan
President Salva Kiir United Nations, United States | AFP | The UN Security Council warned Thursday of “cost and consequences” for any...
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926Museveni gives science teachers salary boost
Museveni addresses Ugandan head teachers on Wednesday. PHOTO PPU MUSEVENI: We don’t want to hear that science teachers in Kenya are getting...
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950LIVE: South Africa into COSAFA final, Uganda battling Lesotho
FILE PHOTO: Stephen Mukwala of Uganda dribbles in an earlier COSAFA Cup match. Uganda is battling Lesotho for a place in the...
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1.1KMandela family ‘dismayed’ by funeral corruption claims
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Nelson Mandela’s family has expressed “indignation and dismay” at allegations that officials stole and misspent $22...
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1.1KUN expert says Guantanamo torture continuing
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN’s top expert on torture on Wednesday said reports from sources indicated at least one inmate was...
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1.1KAge Limit debate set for Monday
Magyezi at the first reading of the Bill in September. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-awaited second reading of the...
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968‘Enigmatic’ ex-wife of S.Africa’s Zuma vies for power
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a front-runner in the race for South Africa’s ruling party leadership, faces...
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1.1KTarget buys same-day delivery service for $550 mn
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Target said Wednesday it was acquiring same-day grocery delivery service Shipt for $550 million, helping the...
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1.0KKenyan police accused of rape in election violence: HRW
There were several scenes of riots during the election period Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan security forces raped, beat and assaulted...
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1.0KCOMMENT: Totems under threat
How failure to share family cultural history endangers symbols that represent common ancestral origin COMMENT | NATHAN KIWERE | Writing on page 137...