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KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandans were voting Thursday in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces t

Ugandans vote in presidential elections amid internet shutdown CNN 1/14/2021 By Brent Swails, David McKenzie and Stephanie Busari, CNN © Jerome Delay/AP Ugandans wait to vote in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.Ugandans are voting in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger BobiWine from monitoring polling stations.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Ugandans h...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press Posted: Last Modified: 10:58 AM CST Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandans voted Thursday in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate if security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring the process. Internet access remaine...

Ugandan authorities appeared to cut off mobile internet access in the country Wednesday night on the eve of a tense presidential election, while a lawyer for leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine said all contact had been lost with him.

6 rangers killed in "devastating" attack on Congo gorilla sanctuary By Debora Patta 6 rangers killed in mountain gorilla sanctuary It was a routine patrol around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday when six rangers working at Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were ambushed by a local militia group. The attack is the latest in the part of eastern Congo home to some of the worlds last mountain gorillas. "Its devastating," Parks Director Emmanuel De Merode told ...

Sharon Alroy-Preis says unclear what impact vaccination has on COVID variant, but warns it may offer less protection against mutation

AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine gains first clearance with UK nod © Jerome Delay, AP Thabisle Khlatshwayo, receives her second shot at a vaccine trial facility for AstraZeneca at Sowetos Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Nov. 30, 2020. AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine won U.K. clearance, marking the first approval worldwide for a shot that’s faced questions but will be key to mass immunizations. The vaccine will be p...

Vanessa Gera FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2020, file photo, Santa, portrayed by Dan Kemmis, laughs as he talks to Kristin Laidre as she walks her dog, Scooby, a Bassett Hound mix, as he sits inside a protective bubble in Seattles Greenwood neighborhood. All most people wanted for Christmas after this year of pandemic was some cheer and togetherness. Instead many are heading into a season of isolation, grieving lost loved ones, experiencing uncertainty about their jobs or confronting the f...

Jerome Delay The flight path of flight AF995 is displayed on a passengers screen as the plane flies over Botswana on its way to Paris from Johannesburg Monday Dec. 21, 2020. More and more countries around the world are restricting travel from Britain and elsewhere, including South Africa, amid concerns about new strains of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) December 23, 2020 - 12:57 AM PARIS - The security officer pointing the thermometer barely glanced, but wi...

In Photos: Flying Between 2 Hotspots, Johannesburg to Paris at a Time of Super-Spreader Coronavirus Buzz | News18.com | December 23, 2020, 4:09 pm 1/ 8 As Britain battles the new coronavirus strain detected in new patients, countries all over the world are bringing in new precautions to arrest the spread of the mutation. With Christmas at the doorstep, travellers day-dream of better times, and the list of departing and arriving flights have been reduced considerably. As such, pale shad...