Billions of People Still Breathe Unhealthy Air: New WHO Data

Updated at 1104 EAT on 5th April 2022. Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate…

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Jordan’s Prince Hamzah Bin Hussein Renounces His Title

Updated at 1331 EAT on 04 April 2022. He wrote that he was driven to the decision because his convictions cannot be reconciled with the “current approaches, policies and methods of our institutions.” It was the latest chapter in an ongoing palace feud that saw the junior royal placed under house arrest a year ago….

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Why is the US extraditing the former president of Honduras?

Juan Orlando Hernandez is accused in a drug and weapons trafficking scandal that may lead to his extradition to the US. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1340 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. Less than three weeks after he finished his presidency, Juan Orlando Hernandez was arrested. United States prosecutors accused the former Honduran president…

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Bukwo district engineer, road inspector arrested over theft of shs 200m.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1304 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. The acting Bukwo district engineer, George Festo Limo and road inspector, Isaack Mangusho have been arrested over the alleged theft of Shs 200 million under the Road Fund. Police picked up the duo from Bukwo district headquarters where they had barricaded themselves on…

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Ministry of Agriculture central store in Wandegeya catches fire.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1243 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. Fire yesterday Sunday gutted the agrichemicals and equipment central store of ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries along Buganda road in Wandegeya in Kampala.  The store shares the same compound with the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and Uganda Veterinary Board offices. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread…

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3 schools closed in Koboko over student clashes.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1230 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. Students of Koboko Public School were sent home Three secondary schools in Koboko municipality have been closed indefinitely following 12-hour-long clashes among students.Koboko Public secondary school, Koboko Parents secondary school and Nyangilia secondary school were closed following a meeting involving Koboko district LC V…

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Opinion: Is Putin banking on an endless war?

Opinion by Richard Galant Updated 0419 GMT (1219 HKT) April 4, 2022 Last week, missile attacks continued to pound Ukraine’s cities, despite a claim by the Russians that they were refocusing their strategy on warfare in the eastern part of the country. No one knows how the war will unfold and either side could win,…

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