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Daily Monitor Sunday February 14 2021 Advertisement Kampala-  Fatumah Nakalembe set herself a tough task. She spends most of her working hours talking to girls about the effects of having unsafe abortions.  Abortion in Uganda is illegal unless performed by a licensed medical doctor in a situation where the woman’s life is deemed to be at risk.  However, many women lose their lives in the process as they resort to crude methods in an attempt to hide their actions.  Because abortion is deem...

Daily Monitor Sunday February 14 2021 NRM candidate Yoweri Museveni (R) arrives for a campaign meeting at Watoto Church in Gulu City on November 16, 2020. Photo | Kelvin Atuhaire Summary The road to reconciling the people of northern Uganda with the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government under President Museveni has been long, frustrating and difficult, writes Prof Nyeko Pen-Mogi. I congratulate Mr Yoweri Museveni on being re-elected President of the Republic of Uganda. I also thank the...

Results of COVID-19 tests done on 11 February 2021 confirm 37 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases are 39,979. The breakdown of the new cases are: 35

Results of COVID-19 tests done on 08 February 2021 confirm 23 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases are 39,883. The breakdown of the new cases are: 22

China President Xi salutes Museveni upon another election victory February 6, 2021 President Museveni with his Chinese counterpart earlier People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping has congratulated Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for having been elected for the sixth term in the row.  According to a press statement released by the presidential press press unit (PPU), President Xi said that Museveni’s re-election means that Uganda will continue to...

Daily Monitor Tuesday February 02 2021 Advertisement                                                                                        Survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) two-decade insurgency in Lango and Acholi sub-regions have expressed mixed reactions  as they wait for the outcome of Thursday’s judgment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Dominic Ongwen, a former top commander in the rebel group . Ongwen faces 70 c...

Coronavirus - Uganda: COVID-19 update (29 January 2021) News Provided By Share This Article Results of COVID-19 tests done on 29 January 2021 confirm 43 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases are 39,533. The breakdown of the new cases are: 43 contacts and alerts: Kampala (20) Wakiso (6) Luwero (5) Mbale (4) Kapchorwa (3) Tororo (1) Nakasongola (1) Kabale (1) Amuru (1) Kotido (1) Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health - Republic of Uganda. You just read: News Provided By Sha...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 17 2021 NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni addresses a gathering in Busia Town on December 1, 2020. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE. Summary President Museveni clinched his sixth term of office after beating 10 other opponents.  If he serves the entire term, the victory will see him serve as President for a period of 40 years. Derrick Kiyonga explores how the NRM candidate managed to win. Advertisement In 1996, when President Museveni was casting his vote in the p...

news Why a teacher was killed execution-style in Ethiopia The shooting dead of Kitilaa Guddata has left his family in shock. The 32-year-old high school teacher was among the latest casualties in the conflict between government forces and rebels in Ethiopias Oromia region. The violence centres around demands by an insurgent group for the "liberation" of Oromia - a vast swathe of land that is home to Ethiopias largest ethnic group, the Oromo - and the subsequent security crackdown. It has led t...

Daily Monitor Wednesday January 13 2021 Former Burundi president Domitien Ndayizeye (with flag) and other East African Community officials flag off vehicles with 74 members of the observer mission in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA. Summary They are to reinforce the work of domestic election observers and make recommendations for the partner states. In 2016 elections, the mission sent only 17 observers. Advertisement In 2016 elections, the mission sent only 17 observers.  The trained tea...