Current Affairs
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973Free Red Pepper editors
Red Pepper directors and editors appear in court on Nov 27. Pressure mounts on government over closure of spicy tabloid Kampala, Uganda...
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849Army general joins race to challenge Mali’s president in 2018
General Moussa Sinko Coulibaly Bamako, Mali | AFP | A Malian army general and former government minister has resigned his post to stand...
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1.0KEgypt colonel detained after announcing presidential bid
Egypt strongman Sisi Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egyptian military prosecutors ordered a colonel be detained for 15 days after he announced...
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1.1KKenya beat Rwanda in Cecafa Cup opener
Kenya coach Paul Put Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Hosts Kenya scored two first-half goals to beat 10-man Rwanda to launch their...
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987Sadolin offers Shs 50 million to support Ugandan architects
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Paint maker, Sadolin Uganda Limited injected Shs 50 million in the just concluded Uganda Society of Architects...
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1.1KMyanmar social media anger after Pope uses ‘Rohingya’ word
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar’s State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (second from L) meets Pope Francis (R) during a private...
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974Minibus smuggling people into Turkey crashes, killing 10
Ankara, Turkey | AFP | A minibus smuggling people from Syria into Turkey hit a truck on the Turkish side of the...
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1.0KNetanyahu seeks change to bill altering police powers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sunday for changes to controversial legislation...
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1.1KTrump denies asking FBI to drop Flynn probe
President Donald Trump Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump denied Sunday having asked then FBI director James Comey...
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999N. Korea blasts ‘dangerous’ US-South joint military drill
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea Sunday blasted the United States and South Korea as “warmongers” on the eve of...
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1.1KKutesa’s dodgy deals
Sam Kutesa (left) and President Museveni How American bribery case sucked in Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Foreign Affairs Minister Sam...
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1.2KThe growing burden of cancer in Uganda
Dr Orem Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose a heavy burden on the Ugandan population specifically the rise...