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African Talent Company and Mastercard Foundation boost youth jobs across the continent
Independent (Uganda)
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July 19, 2025
Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Talent Company (TATC), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is expanding its successful youth employment programs from Nigeria into East Africa, aiming to create more job opportunities for...
Novartis' malaria drug for babies wins world-first approval
Fierce Pharma
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July 8, 2025
Novartis and a Swiss nonprofit have made history, scoring the world’s first approval for a medicine to treat babies who are infected with malaria. Switzerland’s health regulator has signed off on Coartem Baby for infants who weigh between 2 and 5...
100 Days of UEDCL: Big promises, blackouts, and boiling frustrations
Independent (Uganda)
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July 10, 2025
UEDCL engineers delivering transformers on site. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) marks 100 days since taking over the national power distribution network from Umeme, the...
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...
Zohran Mamdani Raises Hackles of India’s Hindu Right-Wing
The Diplomat
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July 9, 2025
Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s victory in the recent Democratic primaries for the upcoming New York mayoral elections was no small feat. The 33-year-old Ugandan-born son of Indian origin parents — his mother is the acclaimed film director Mira Nair, and...
Global public debt hit a record $102 trillion in 2024
Independent (Uganda)
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July 2, 2025
Uganda among the countries that are currently trapped in the high debt repayment crisis Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since 2010, developing countries’ debt has grown twice as fast as that of advanced economies. Today, 3.4 billion people...
Norman Tebbit: fearsome politician who served as Thatcher's enforcer
The Week Magazine
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July 20, 2025
One of the defining politicians of his age, Norman Tebbit, who has died aged 94, was among Margaret Thatcher's most steadfast supporters and acted as her cabinet enforcer. A self-made man who had grown up in a working-class suburb of north London,...
Determinants of Glycemic Control in Thai Adults with Insulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dove Medical Press
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July 5, 2025
Introduction Maintaining optimal glycemic control is crucial in preventing or delaying complications associated with diabetes. Diabetes is among the most serious health issues worldwide. The global prevalence of diabetes is anticipated to increase...
Sudan timeline April-June 2025: Bleak hope emerges against bloody reality of conflict
Dabanga Radio
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July 19, 2025
Reports of shelling, bombing, drone strikes, and attacks, where civilians are caught in the crossfire, continue to proliferate from the most remote villages to the major cities across the country. In the months adjacent to the second anniversary...
First malaria treatment for newborn babies approved for use
News India Times
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July 8, 2025
The first malaria drug for newborn babies and those weighing less than 11 pounds has been approved by Swiss medical authorities in a move that could fill a treatment gap for some of those most vulnerable to the disease, developers and experts say....
Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
The Atlantic
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July 20, 2025
On a bookshelf near my desk, I still have the souvenir United States flag that I received during my naturalization ceremony, in 1994. I remember a tenderhearted judge got emotional as the room full of immigrants swore the Oath of Allegiance and...
Tech's top venture firm tried to stay above politics, then a partner created a furor
The Economic Times
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July 20, 2025
Roelof Botha arrived this month at the annual Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, to meet and mingle with tech and media moguls. A controversy brewing back home followed him to the exclusive retreat. Botha, the managing partner of Sequoia...
Global experts convene in Nairobi for Clean-Air Forum 2025
The Standard
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July 11, 2025
A heavy cloud of smoke emanates from a salt factory at Malindi's Gongoni in Kilifi County on Thursday,016th March,2017. Area locals said the smoke from the nearby by salt factory spreads around the sky in Gongoni township causing heavy pollution...
Adutwum Demonstrates Progressive Leadership Paradigmatic Shi...
Modern Ghana
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The politically and the strategically unimpeachable decision by New Patriotic Party’s 2028 Presidential Nominee Hopeful, Dr. Yaw Osei-Adutwum, to put his money where his mouth is, in mainstream American parlance, by literally stepping up to the...
Tests confirm cholera outbreak in Amuru
Independent (Uganda)
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July 8, 2025
Elegu at the Uganda-South Sudan border Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of cholera in Elegu Town Council, in Amuru district, after 14 suspected samples tested at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital...
'Why Iran-Backed Houthis But Not US-Backed IDF': Zohran Mamdani Hits Out At UK Broadcaster
News18
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July 20, 2025
Last Updated:July 20, 2025, 09:33 IST Zohran Mamdani hit out at the BBC for always referring to the Houthi group as being backed by Iran, but never referring to Israeli PM Netanyahu as a "war criminal". New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani....
The hidden cost of oil: Families fractured by a pipeline project
KSUT - Colorado
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July 7, 2025
In the lush green hills of western Uganda, 88-year-old Ukura Midar sits on the front stoop of his new brick house, his frail frame nearly as thin as the walking stick he clutches. His eyes, clouded with age and sorrow, gaze into the distance...
One-Day Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria in Fecal Samples from Surgical Patients: A Concerning Trend of Antibiotic Resistance
Dove Medical Press
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July 4, 2025
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance has become a global concern, posing significant challenges in the treatment of infectious diseases.1 Beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, and aztreonam, are commonly...
Gulu City Council intensifies inspection of building plans
Independent (Uganda)
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July 11, 2025
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has over the past two weeks intensified efforts to enforce mandatory building plan approvals to curb illegal construction and promote orderly urban development. As Gulu City continues its rapid...
Fare thee well Ambassador Bob Francis Jalan'go Nyanduga
The Standard
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Another mighty oak tree has fallen. The steadily diminishing cadre of Kenya’s post-independence Career Ambassadors continues to whisper their swan songs. Last week, Boaz Kidiga Mbaya; this week, Bob Francis Jalan’go, a couple of weeks ago, Prof....