Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC has changed the dates on which the faithful will remember the Muslim martyrs. Previously, Muslims marked the day on June 1, two days before Christians hold their festival in honor of the 45 young Christian converts killed in Namugongo during …
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THE HAGUE | Xinhua | SC Heerenveen on Friday appointed former Dutch international Robin van Persie as new head coach for the forthcoming two seasons. For the 40-year-old van Persie, it is his first job as head coach in professional soccer. He signed a two-year contract as the club from …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-six children have this year joined hundreds of other elderly foot pilgrims in a walk of faith to Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo. The majority of the children are from the Catholic diocese of Lira. One is from the Diocese of Lango- Anglican. These children …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has returned Senior Commissioner of Police –SCP Frank Mwesigwa to powerful police command position Director of Operations Service (OPS) since his actions during the 2020 presidential campaigns which left 54 people killed. Mwesigwa, who was promoted to his current rank in 2022, commanded …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II has appointed a new prime Minister to head the Acholi Cultural Institution, nearly 10 months after the position became vacant. Michael Otim 53, a former Minister for Rehabilitation at the Acholi Cultural Institution was unveiled as the …
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Without journalists there can be no democracy, but empty election rituals in electoral autocracies COMMENT | JODIE GINSBERG | In just the first week of this year, at least 18 journalists were assaulted or harassed while covering alleged election irregularities and violence in Bangladesh. Then, in early February, journalists in Pakistan …
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LONDON, UK | Xinhua | The Premier League title race goes to the wire in a dramatic last weekend in England, which will also see an emotional farewell at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium. Although many questions have already been resolved before the final weekend in England, with Aston Villa claiming the …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Despite a 1-0 away loss, Zambia eliminated Uganda in the third round of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 aggregation on Friday. After a goalless first half at the St. Marys Stadium, Kitende, host Uganda piled pressure in the second …
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The decline of the media is taking a crucial tool that was once its calling card, its soul, down with it COMMMENT | JACK SHAFER | Wounded and limping, doubting its own future, American journalism seems to be losing a quality that carried it through a century and a half of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All too often, the world of birds is associated with men. Nevertheless, in Uganda, women birders are defying the odds by claiming their space is this nascent but equally critical section of Uganda’s rich biodiversity. Judith Mirembe, the chairperson of Uganda Women Birders Club says …
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