LONDON | Xinhua | The Carabao Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea on Sunday offers Manchester City and Arsenal an opportunity to narrow the gap at the top of the Premier League table, though both teams face challenging fixtures this weekend. Manchester City travels to Bournemouth after a narrow 1-0 …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The operations against unlicensed health facilities and quack medical practitioners in the Teso sub-region have hit a snag. The operations spearheaded by the Allied Health Professional’s Council of Uganda are currently being conducted in different districts across the Teso sub-region. In most of the facilities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jubilee Life Insurance Company Uganda has rewarded its outstanding agents in a bid to appreciate them for keeping the company competitive in the market. Kumar Sumit Gaurav, the Chief Executive Officer of the insurer, led a rewarding event honoring agents who excelled in selling policies …
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Contrary to toxic myths and cliché, feminist women are enjoying pleasurable sex lives COMMENT | TINA FETNER | You might’ve heard the stereotype that feminists are just angry women who need to find a man who can satisfy them sexually. It is an old trope that has been with us since …
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JERUSALEM | Xinhua | United Airlines will resume its direct flights to Israel on March 2, the U.S. airliner said in a statement on Thursday. United, which suspended flights to Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict, is the first North American airliner to announce …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 139 billion Shillings nutrition project has been launched in the Karamoja sub-region. The project dubbed ‘’Gender Equitable Nutrition in Tanzania and Uganda (GENTU) will be implemented by Action Against Hunger in partnership with Karamoja Women’s Umbrella Organization. It will cover the districts of Nakapiripirit, …
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA | Xinhua | South Africa’s economy is estimated to have grown by 0.6 percent last year and will increase to 1.6 percent over the next three years, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said here Wednesday. He made this revelation while delivering the 2024 Budget Speech in Cape …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s team of athletes will set off for the African Cross Country Championship in Tunisia today. Abdallah Muhammed, the Publicity secretary at Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF), says the contingent of five athletes only Senior Men category includes Elijah Cheptoek, Abel Chebet, Ezekiel Mutai, Isaiah Kibet, …
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LONDON, UK | Xinhua | The United Kingdom (UK) High Court on Wednesday concluded its two-day hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges, but the judges said they would give their decision at a later date. Assange, 52, is wanted …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has been cleared to recruit critical staff in national and regional referral hospitals despite the ban on recruitment. The Public Service Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Catherine Bitarakate in a letter to her counterpart at the Health to Health Ministry, Diana Atwine said …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
