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Kenya, precarious refuge for LGBTQ Ugandans
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 20, 2025
Participants react with Pride rainbow flags as they attend the Badilika festival to celebrate the LGBT rights in Nairobi, Kenya, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi Julie, a transgender woman, fled Uganda after her own family had her house...
“Reject Voter Bribery,” President Urges Ugandans
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon Ugandans to reject corruption and make decisions based on principles and national interest rather than short-term financial incentives, which are likely to distort democratic outcomes. “Why should...
MTN Uganda donates digital, vocational tools to Busoga Kingdom in push for inclusive growth
Independent (Uganda)
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June 20, 2025
An MTN official takes teenage mothers through how the new computers work at the Inebantu Alice Mulooki Memorial Library and ICT Centre in Jinja Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda and its partners on Tuesday donated digital and vocational...
In Uganda, a tougher bicycle offers hope for better health coverage in rural areas
Associated Press
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June 20, 2025
LIRA, Uganda (AP) — The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her village can show up and ask to use it. A man might wish to take his pregnant wife for a checkup. A woman might need...
How Africa is harnessing AI power for progress and profit
The Media Online
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July 17, 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. The benefits AI is expected to bring to the world are enormous. If Africa...
All children to get Hepatitis B vaccine at birth
Independent (Uganda)
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July 16, 2025
Dr Ronny Bahatungire at a Press Conference on Monday Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All newly born babies countrywide will soon be subjected to yet another vaccine, after the Ministry of Health announced plans to roll out the hepatitis B jab...
Killed for Being Christian: The Personal Stories of All 22 Catholic Ugandan Martyrs
Church Life Journal - Indiana
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June 20, 2025
Imagine longing so deeply for the Eucharist that you would hike nearly fifty miles each way to go to Mass every Sunday, traveling through dense forests, fighting off wild animals, and crossing multiple rivers to do it. Imagine being so eager to...
Concerns Grow Over Ageing African Leaders As Uganda’s 86-Year-Old Deputy PM Moses Ali Gets 2026 Nomination From Vehicle Window
Sahara Reporters
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Uganda’s 86-year-old Second Deputy Prime Minister, General (Rtd) Moses Ali, has been actively campaigning ahead of the January 2026 elections, despite appearing to be in poor health. Ali was officially nominated on Tuesday to contest in the...
Tanzanian, Ugandan regulators ink strategic oil, gas MoUs
Daily News Tanzania
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June 20, 2025
ENTEBE, UGANDA: The Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority (PURA, the Zanzibar Petroleum Regulatory Authority (ZPRA), and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing exploration,...
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts to Healthcare Trigger a Global Human Rights Crisis: How the World Must Respond
Just Security
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June 18, 2025
In a health clinic in Uganda, a doctor recounts that five babies have been born HIV positive among the 20 deliveries at the facility between mid-January and mid-April, a devastating change after years of virtually eliminating mother-to-child...
90% of Ugandan Health Facilities Unhygienic, Report Warns
All Africa
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June 19, 2025
In a new report, 90 out of every 100 health facilities in Uganda have poor linen management practices, putting patients and healthcare workers at risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs. Medical experts have warned that dirty hospital linens...
Equity Bank Uganda goes big on enabling access to clean and affordable energy solutions
Independent (Uganda)
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June 19, 2025
On top of selling out 51,811 clean energy products, including solar lights, clean cookstoves, and other sustainable energy solutions, Equity Bank Ugandan officials and partners have planted 30,118 trees, reinforcing its role in tackling...
Irish Healthcare Awards 2024 Winner – Cross Border Initiative / International Collaboration – Developing paediatric resuscitation training capacity with resource challenged healthcare settings
Irish Medical Times
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June 19, 2025
Since 2013, this initiative has matured into a training and partnership programme that provides accessible, essential knowledge and skills to those working on the frontline of paediatric healthcare Receiving the award for international...
Queer Kenyans, Ugandans celebrate Pride month
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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June 19, 2025
As queer people around the world celebrate Pride month, their Kenyan and Ugandan counterparts are also marking it with a strong message of defiance and resistance. Their agitation for “dignity, safety, and liberation” in homophobic environments...
Russia Hails Uganda as BRICS Partner
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) During a diplomatic meeting held in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed Russia’s approval of Uganda joining BRICS as a partner state. In discussions with Ugandan Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo, Lavrov stated that “We...
MTN Uganda deepens digital push with donation to Busoga Kingdom
Independent (Uganda)
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June 19, 2025
Teenage mothers interact with MTN’s donated computers at the Inebantu Lady Alice Mulooki Memorial Library and ICT Centre in Jinja on June 17, 2025. Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda and its partners on Tuesday donated digital and...
Daughter who was 'light of her father's life' is in bitter court battle with siblings over £600,000 fortune - while they only got £250 each
Daily Mail
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July 17, 2025
A woman allegedly labelled 'bad-tempered' by her late father is suing her elder sister after she and her brother were left just £250 in his £600,000 will whilst her other sibling was handed almost everything else. Laxmikant Patel handed the...
Mukono woman attempts suicide over alleged remittances betrayal
Observer
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July 17, 2025
Residents in the quiet neighbourhood of Lweza village, Mukono Central Division, have been left shaken after a young woman, recently returned from working abroad, reportedly attempted to take her own life. The woman, whose identity has been...
From Refugee to Farmer: Uganda’s Model for Empowering Displaced Communities
Action Against Hunger - Washington D.C.
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June 19, 2025
A Single Mother’s Journey from Hardship to Entrepreneurship When you step into Judith Nzale’s backyard, you’re greeted by a vibrant leafy garden filled with cabbages, lettuce, basil, leeks, onions, tomatoes, lemongrass, and many other indigenous...
Wang Yi meets leading politicians from Uganda, Liberia, Mozambique and other countries
Friends of Socialist China
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June 19, 2025
On June 12, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a series of bilateral meetings, for the third consecutive day, with leading politicians from a number of African countries who were in Changsha, Hunan to attend the Ministerial Meeting of...