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Deep shock would grip a reincarnated African race Tuesday May 04 2021 Viewing the world through today’s scan, it is hard to imagine a self reliant and even dominant Africa. Many people find no place in their imagination for the African in a position of superior skill and ability that would suffice for self-reliance in virtually all spheres of life. This perception of the African is well supplied by the crisis of confidence, which is rife amongst Africans themselves, and the accompanying sel...

news Uganda to start COVID-19 vaccination on March 10 , © Provided by N.C.N. Limited A security guard takes the temperature of a pupil in Kampala, Uganda, March 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Nicholas Kajoba) Uganda will launch COVID-19 vaccination exercise next week in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus, the countrys top health official said. KAMPALA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Uganda will launch COVID-19 vaccination exercise next week in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus, the countr...

Daily Monitor Friday February 19 2021 Hajjat Medina Naham (right), the director for administration and finance in the NRM secretariat, talks to the Luweero NRM party councillors who turned up at Luweero Central Police Station on February 12. PHOTO/DAN WANDERA. Summary Advertisement A section of the ruling  National Resistance Movement (NRM) party supporters in Luweero District have tasked the top party leadership to consider an immediate overhaul of the district party leadership following repo...

news Africas confirmed COVID-19 cases top 3.76 mln wangpingHabtamu © Provided by N.C.N. Limited A pupil washes his hands before entering a classroom at a private school in Lusaka, Zambia, on Feb. 1, 2021. (Photo by Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,768,572 as of Wednesday, the Africa CDC said. ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,768,572 as of ...

Uganda: Unease after alleged election abductions A spate of disappearances linked to Januarys general election have raised alarm among members of the opposition and the families of those kidnapped. Supporters of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine gather outside his campaign headquarters after police it was allegedly raided by police in 2020 Concern is rising in Uganda over the alleged forced disappearances of dissidents across the country in the lead-up to and following last months general el...

Widespread Violence, Human Rights Abuses Mar Uganda’s Elections, Group Says Widespread Violence, Human Rights Abuses Mar Uganda’s Elections, Group Says Weeks leading to the recently concluded elections in Uganda were characterised by widespread violence and human rights abuses, a global rights group, Human Rights Watch says. The alleged abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutd...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 23 2021 Advertisement The recent shutdown of Internet by the government for five days during the presidential and parliament election greatly affected the voter digital campaigns and mobilization, the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) has said. Ms Charity Ahimbisibwe, the executive director of CCEDU, said most youth who are more than 65 per cent of Uganda’s population engage mostly on social media using different social media platforms...

Uganda: Elections Marred by Violence Format Investigate Security Force Conduct; End Repression; Ensure Justice (Nairobi) – The weeks leading up to Uganda’s recently concluded elections were characterized by widespread violence and human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutdown of the internet. The authorities should ensure thor...

President Museveni and singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine are facing off in a tense poll. The East African Community (EAC) will be on alert for the outcome in the Presidential elections in Uganda as the East African country went to polls on Thursday. By press time, voting had closed at 4pm, EST.  The incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is facing off with singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, in a tense election characterised by pre-e...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 15 2020 Water and Environment minister Sam Cheptoris (right) inspects products made by a savings group in Agago District on May 22, 2018. PHOTO/TOBBIAS JOLLY OWINY. Summary In its 2020 Economic Outlook, OECD projected a 6 per cent drop in global GDP, and a 7.6 per cent fall in case of a second pandemic wave by the end 2020. Advertisement The government has embarked on a move to digitise small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and village savings and loan associations ...