Sweden hands life sentence to ex-Iranian official over 1988 purge

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1636 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. A former Iranian official has been sentenced to life in prison by a Swedish court after being convicted of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The Stockholm District Court on Thursday…

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Ukraine devastates Russian artillery depots ahead of offensive.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1559 EAT on Thursday 14th July 2022. Ukraine destroyed a series of Russian ordnance depots in the 20th week of the war, demonstrating the efficiency of US-supplied HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) rocket systems and other Western systems, and worrying Russian military observers. These Ukrainian attacks appear to…

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Kampala Minister , KCCA ED ask Ugandans to join Parish Development Model

By E K Benj KAMPALA- The minister of Kampala, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda and Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka has called upon Ugandans to join the Parish Development Model Program aimed empowering citizens financially. During the State of Readiness for Implementation of the Parish Development Model – PDM at City hall on…

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Govt earmarks Shs 135bn for Karamoja hunger.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1438 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022 . The government has earmarked Shs 135 billion to avert the hunger crisis in the Karamoja sub-region in the next three months.  The intervention was announced by the prime minister Robinah Nabbanja in parliament during a plenary sitting on Tuesday. According to…

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Aweko’s beautiful solution to Kampala’s trash.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0047 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. Where one sees trash, one woman sees style and beauty. Fashion designer Faith Aweko is that visionary woman. Aweko is the founder and design head of Reform Africa, a line of bags made from used polythene bags. Instead of clogging the water…

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Petrol stations are fuelling high prices.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0034 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. The last couple of years [2020 to 2022] have experienced historical extremes never before seen in the oil market. During this period, oil prices have dropped to below zero — USA’s West Texas Intermediate [WTI] on April 20, 2020 dove to -$37…

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Ukrainian Premier League to resume on August 23.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0022 EAT on Wednesday 13th July. The Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) will start again on August 23, the country’s sports minister has said, but the games will be held without spectators and the stadiums will be equipped with shelters for any air raid sirens. No matches have been played…

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Eight Conservative candidates in running to replace Boris Johnson.

Conservative MPs in will begin voting on Wednesday to elect a successor to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson .Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1200 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. Eight contenders will be on the ballot paper when Conservative MPs in the UK begin voting on Wednesday to elect a successor to Prime Minister Boris…

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