By Kafeero Twaha update at 2345 EAT on 9th March 2022 The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died two months after the groundbreaking experiment the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57 died Tuesday at the University of Maryland medical center. Doctors didn’t give an…
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Fire at Bangladesh; Rohingya camp kills boy and leaves 2,000 homeless.
Sixth fire this year at the world’s biggest refugee camp kills a six-year-old boy and destroys 300 homes. Published by Faith Barbara at 1207 on Wednesday 9/03/2022. A blaze has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless in the sixth fire this year to…
Mildmay institute of health sciences Awards Counselors
By Kafeero Twaha update at 2046 EAT on 5th March 2022 Mildmay institute of health sciences – MIHS held a colorful awards ceremony for counselors in health systems strengthening project at Enro Hotel Mityana. Addressing the gathering, chief Administrative Officer Mityana, who was also the chief Guest thanked the graduands for enrolling for the courses…
FIFA and UEFA suspended Russia from international football.
Russia has been expelled from the 2022 World Cup and its teams suspended from all international football competitions “until further notice “after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, FIFA announced in a joint statement with UEFA on Monday. The men’s team had been due to play in qualifying playoffs in March for the world cup in…
Russia shuts airspace along western border with Ukrain Belarus
President Putin said he had been left with no choice but to launch the operation [AFP] Updated on Thursday 24/02/2022 at 940 EAT. Russia on Thursday announced the closure of its airspace for civilian flights on the western border with Ukraine and Belarus. A Notice to Airmen or Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) was published…
Hundreds evacuated from Olympia blaze off Corfu
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Friday 18/02/2022 at 1558 EAT. Greek officials said everyone on board was successfully evacuated from the ferry Greek and Italian boats rushed to evacuate 290 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu in the Ionian Sea. The Euroferry Olympia had left Igoumenitsa in Greece…
Wile polio case identified in Malawi.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1240 EAT on 18 February 2022. Malawi has declared an outbreak of polio after a young child in the country’s capital, Lilongwe, developed the disease in the first case of the wild polio virus in Africa in more than five years. The strain found in the child in Lilongwe has…
France European allies announcement of military withdrawal from Mali.
The Mali deployment has been fraught with problems for France. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated on Thursday 17/02/2022 at 1310 EAT. France and its allies in a European force have announced they will begin withdrawing troops from Mali after nearly 10 years fighting an armed unrest. A statement signed by France and its African and…
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