Red Cross outraged over killing of medics by Israeli forces in Gaza

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 15:35 EAT on Monday 31 March 2025 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is “outraged” that eight Palestinian medics were killed along with six Civil Defence first responders and a UN staff member by Israeli forces in southern Gaza earlier…

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Empathy will Always be Part of Humanity- Idah Kaggwa.

On the #SeniorCitizensTalk  with Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin is Iddah Kaggwa Mirembe, a social worker. She shares about raising orphans affected with HIV/AIDs and her journey of securing Ugandan children’s future. Watch and subscribe here

A PhD student was snatched by masked officers in broad daylight.

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 14:43 EAT on Saturday 29 March 2025 Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was walking alone Tuesday night to meet friends at a dinner where they would break their 13-hour Ramadan fast when six plainclothes officers suddenly encircled her on the street near her apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, surveilence…

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Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to more than 1,000

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 14:16 EAT on Saturday 29 March 2025 The search and rescue is still ongoing. It’s very difficult now to validate any figure, and we know that it will continue to increase and (that) many of these eighteen million people are now without safe shelter, access to clean water,…

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Expelled South African envoy accuses Trump administration of racism

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda updated at 13:23 EAT on Saturday 29 March 2025 Ebrahim Rasool, 62, was ordered to leave the US last week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America”. This came after Rasool accused US President Donald Trump of trying to “project white victimhood as…

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Veteran Journalist Shaka Ssali Passes Away in the U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Veteran journalist and former Voice of America (VOA) broadcaster, Shaka Ssali, has passed away in the United States. He died approximately two hours ago after undergoing surgery, following months of battling an undisclosed ailment. Shaka Ssali, originally from Kigezi, Uganda, built an illustrious career in journalism while living in exile. He became…

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