I will work for all Ugandans, says Mao

By Rajab Mukombozi Updated at 0752 EAT on Tuesday 26th July 2022 Democratic Party (DP) president general, Mr Norbert Mao, has said he does not regret accepting a ministerial position to serve in a government he has fiercely criticised over the years. Mr Mao was last week appointed Minister of  Justice and Constitutional Affairs to…

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Pope Meets People Outside Canada Church On Wheelchair, Security Frets

He told his aide to push his wheelchair between the cars of a waiting police motorcade and close to fencing. Alberta:  Pope Francis had some fun on Monday and made Canadian security sweat when he asked a Vatican aide to push his wheelchair close to people waiting outside a church instead of going to his…

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Uganda 50 years after the expulsion of Indians

Thanks But the worst thing the Indian community business class ever did to Uganda in the colonial times was to frustrate and delay the formation of cooperative societies by Africans. By JOACHIM BUWEMBO August marks an important anniversary for two nation-communities; Ugandans and Ugandan diaspora Indians. 2022 marks the 50th year since the expulsion of…

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Russia’s Foreign Minister visits Egypt as part of Africa diplomacy trip

CAIRO — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov landed in Cairo late Saturday, the first leg of his Africa trip that will also include stops in Ethiopia, Uganda…

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Italy migrants: 1,200 arrive by boat in 24 hours

By Matt Murphy The migrants, who hail from several Asian, African and Middle Eastern nations, landed at ports in Sicily.  Officials say 674 people were rescued and five dead bodies recovered from an overcrowded fishing boat off the coast of Calabria.  Another 522 people rescued from some 15 boats were brought to Lampedusa on Saturday. …

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Sadio Mane, Asisat Oshoala win African Player of the Year awards.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1602 EAT on Friday 22nd July 2022. Sadio Mane has been named African footballer of the year after a season that saw him kick the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeat the feat when they secured the World Cup qualification. The 30-year-old…

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Sri Lanka swears Dinesh Gunawardena in as new prime minister.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1535 EAT on Friday 22nd July 2022. Dinesh Gunawardena has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, just hours after soldiers and police cleared an ant-government protest site in Colombo. Gunawardena, a veteran member of the ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front and an ally of the Rajapaksa political family,…

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