New Delhi, India | AFP | Anil Kumble has stepped down as India’s head coach after a year-long term that ended with his team’s defeat in the final of the Champions Trophy, the Indian cricket board said Tuesday. “The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirms that Mr …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | At least 10 people were killed when Shabaab Islamists drove an explosives-laden minibus into local government offices in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, according to the security ministry. The minibus was rammed through a security barrier outside offices in the southern district of Wadajir, …
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FT: ?? Rivers Utd (NGR) 2 KCCA FC (UGA) 1 ?? To be played: Club Africain (TUN) v FUS Rabat (MAR) Early goals by Bernard Ovoke and Frederick Obomate gave Rivers United a 2-0 lead after 15 minutes on a rain-drenched pitch on Tuesday as the Nigerians edged KCCA FC in their …
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Archbishop John Baptist Odama has issued a statement explaining the circumstances under which a Ugandan priest was allowed by Pope Francis to get married, and what is expected of him thereafter. Odama said that while Paul Nyahanga recieved dispensation from the obligations of the clerical state, he is expected carry on …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Buganda Road Court has halted government’s request to ascertain the mental status of Senior Makerere University Researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi. This, court said, will stay pending disposal of her petition challenging the Mental Treatment Act of 1938. Chief Magistrate James Eremye Mawanda ruled that he could not …
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Birmingham, UK | NIC CHEESEMAN | Unrigging Kenyan election The race for State House in Kenya is heating up. After a long period during which President Uhuru Kenyatta looked a shoo-in for re-election, the presidential race is looking increasingly competitive. Although the most reliable polls still give the incumbent a strong lead …
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Great Black Music exhibition documents the protest history of black music Kigali, Rwanda| JOSEPH ONDIEK| Black music played a large part in bringing freedom, not only in the United States from slavery and civil rights movement but also in Africa and the Caribbean. It raised the consciousness of those suffering from different …
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COMMENT: Why does the Uganda government not list the dairy sector as a priority in spite of the exponential export growth achieved? Mbarara, Uganda | RINUS van Klinken | As the world celebrates June dairy month, Uganda has more reason than most countries to put the dairy sector in the limelight. A …
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Cotonou, Benin | AFP | Benin President Patrice Talon underwenttwo surgeries during a prolonged stay in Paris, one procedure due to doctors finding a lesion in his prostate, his office said Monday. The admission comes weeks after Talon’s absence, which lasted nearly a month, had been a hot topic in …
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King of the Jopadhola Moses Owor says Tororo town for all, calls for unity Tororo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | The King of the Jopadhola, Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor, has challenged people in eastern Uganda to realize that they live in an era where ethnicity and individualism have no place in society. …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
