By Adam Bukenya | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 The ongoing statewide yellow fever vaccination program, which started on April 10 and is anticipated to go until April 16, aims to vaccinate over 50,000 people, according to Kaliro District health authorities. Youth mobilizers equipped with megaphones have been sent out to visit local health centers and encourage people to…
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Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1148 EAT on Tuesday 15 April More than 1,000 people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna province says at least 700 cases of what they said was suffocation….
Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1139 EAT on Tuesday 15 April 2025 Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine. The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian…
My Africa – Prof Charles Esimone from Nnamdi Azikiwe University on the Senior Citizens Talk.
On the #SeniorCitizensTalk with Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin is Prof Charles Esimone from Nnamdi Azikiwe University , Awka, Nigeria He talks aboutØ Innovation, Science & Technology in Africa Ø Africa Free Trade Area, is it real?Ø Africa a Continent with Foreign LanguagesØ Military Coups in Africa. Click here to watch and don’t forget to subscribe.
Karuma bridge is reopened after 3-week closure
Karuma bridge has officially reopened to all traffic this morning following a three-week closure for essential maintenance works. The 61-year-old bridge, a vital link connecting northern Uganda to the rest of the country, was temporarily closed on March 24 to allow for the installation of four expansion joints on the bridge deck. The closure forced…
Trump suggests tariff exemption for China-made smartphones could be short-lived
By Faith Barabara N Ruhinda updated at 1144 EAT on Monday 14 April 2025 The price of clothing – a major export for Vietnam – will not go up automatically in line with tariffs, Sitkoff says, as it’s all linked to where the materials come from. But, he adds, there’s “no doubt these tariffs are…
Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine ahead of deal with Russia
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 1123 EAT on Monday 14 April 2025 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to visit his country ahead of any deal with Russia to end the war. Trump described the attack as a “horrible thing” while Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, accused Russia of committing a war…
The King on the Throne- Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II Celebrating 70 years.
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin Senior Citizen, Kabaka Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the 36th Kabaka or king of the Kingdom of Buganda. He is the longest living Kabaka of all times in the kingdom of Buganda whose history is more than 700 years. He is celebrating 70 years…
