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Kajo-keji Commissioner enforces logging ban amid surge in violations
Number One Citizen Daily
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July 18, 2025
By Alan Clement Wani Jackson Mule, Commissioner of Kajo-keji county of Central Equatoria state, has issued a directive to halt all logging activity, citing rampant violations of national and state-level, bans. Wednesday’s order has heightened...
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CFO Dive
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Inside the cross-border network exposing the environmental crisis facing Africa’s longest river
Reuters Institute
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In 2017, inside a modest media nonprofit office in Kampala, Uganda, a collaboration between Ugandan journalist Fredrick Mugira and American journalist Annika McGinnis gave rise to InfoNile, one of Africa’s most ambitious environmental journalism...
JD Vance: Rekindling statesmanship to secure America’s golden future
The Blaze
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July 17, 2025
California generally and the Claremont Institute in particular have produced some of the most profound and revolutionary conservative thinkers of the last half-century. And for a great many of them, it’s because they understood what’s at stake if...
KCCA signs sh1 trillion road construction deal with UK’s COLAS
Independent (Uganda)
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July 11, 2025
KCCA ED Sharifah Buzeki in a checked jacket, Kampala Minister Minsa Kabanda in yellow, Deputy British high commissioner Tifanny, Lord mayor Lukwago Erias and other stakeholders at the event. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital...
Mombasa records two Mpox deaths, 98 new cases
The Standard
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Mombasa County has reported two deaths from Mpox, and 98 others have been affected as of July 10 this year. County director for Clinical Services, Dr Mohamed Hanif, said yesterday Mombasa was one of 21 counties that have reported cases of Mpox....
Ambassador to South Sudanese importers: Return empty containers to Mombasa
Eye Radio
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July 18, 2025
Author: Alhadi Hawari | Published: 24 minutes ago Shipping containers at Kenya Port. | Courtesy. The South Sudan Ambassador to Kenya has called on South Sudanese importers to return shipping containers after offloading saying that the containers...
Equity Group Approves Dividend, Directors Elections at the 21st Annual General Meeting
Red Pepper
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June 30, 2025
Equity Group Holdings Plc today held its 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM), where shareholders voted in favor of all the proposed resolutions, demonstrating strong confidence in the Group’s strategic direction and governance. The meeting,...
Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Noam Raucher Wants to Create a Safe Space for Jewish Men
The Jewish Journal - California
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July 18, 2025
Rabbi Noam Raucher is the executive vice president of the 96-year-old Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, whose central task is “to create space, opportunities and experiences by which men can find each other, bond and build relationships based on...
A Rockford STEM teacher takes flight | Teachers' Lounge Podcast
Northern Public Radio WNIJ - Illinois
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July 18, 2025
On a brand-new Teachers’ Lounge, our conversation with Stacy Wallace! She’s the gifted STEM teacher at Thurgood Marshall School in Rockford. She teaches some fascinating and unique classes through a national program called Project Lead the Way....
Dhaka’s air turns ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ after long time
United News of Bangladesh
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Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked ninth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 10 at 9:15 am this morning (July 11, 2025). Today Dhaka’s air was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive...
Trump stopped the global fight against HIV/AIDS in its tracks. Canada can help fix it
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 10, 2025
Winnie Byanyima is trying to hold onto hope in the face of what she calls unbelievable cruelty. She is the director of UNAIDS, the United Nations agency that, until recently, was on track to meet its target of ending AIDS as a public health threat...
First West Nile Virus Cases of 2025 Detected in Greece
Greek City Times
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July 10, 2025
The National Public Health Organisation (EODY) has confirmed the first cases of West Nile virus infection in Greece for 2025, raising public health concerns as the country enters peak mosquito season. According to an official statement issued this...
Equity Bank disburses Equi-Green credit facility worth sh22 billion in 3 years
Independent (Uganda)
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July 11, 2025
Equity Bank supports efforts toward clean energy Global Energy Independence Day July 10th: Equity Bank’s Commitment to Energy Sustainability Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank is emerging as a key driver of clean energy access through...
A Girl is a Body of Water: Longing, Loss, Becoming
News Central TV
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July 11, 2025
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi was my first introduction to Ugandan literature, and what a delightful experience it was. I had so much fun discovering this beautiful African country; rich in...
Intermittent HIV treatment dosing may be a response to the funding crisis, but adolescent study raises concerns
Aidsmap
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Intermittent HIV treatment schedules – such as weekends off treatment – may not be inferior to continuous treatment in adults with well-controlled HIV, but they are not suitable for adolescents with HIV in Africa who receive one or two viral load...
Opposition posters defaced during Museveni’s PDM tour
Independent (Uganda)
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July 10, 2025
A torn and vandalized campaign poster at Nansana Division headquarters. PHOTO URN Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of campaign posters of opposition candidates in Wakiso District have been defaced as President Yoweri Museveni continues...
USAID Closure: More than 14 million lives to be lost by 2030
Independent (Uganda)
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July 5, 2025
60 years plus of USAID presence in Uganda. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study says the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development-USAID could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030,...
To Celebrate NPR Losing Federal Funds, Here Are Seven Of Its Worst Stories
Daily Wire
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July 17, 2025
The Senate voted in the early hours of Thursday morning to end federal funding of NPR programs deemed wasteful and ideologically driven. Liberals say the move will reduce safety warnings for rural America, while conservatives point out that NPR...
All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win
Jacobin
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For leftists, there is no more heartening political development in the United States right now than Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s mayoral primary last month — a victory that offers hope for a more livable working-class future and shows...