Jalalabad, Afghanistan | AFP | Security forceswere still blocking accessWednesday to the site in eastern Afghanistan where the US dropped a massive bomb on an Islamic State group stronghold six days ago. The US military dropped its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, dubbed the “Mother of All Bombs”, in combat …
Read More »Chameleone hails artist ‘Prince Andrew’ for family portrait
Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleone has hailed Ugandan artist Andrew Ainamani ‘Prince Andrew’ after he released his latest work, a portrait of the Chameleon family. The portrait includes wife Daniella and children Amma Christian Mayanja, Alfa Joseph Mayanja, Abba Marcus Mayanja and Alba Shyne Mayanja. “Every man is gifted differently! …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandan maids abroad give shocking testimonies at parliament
VIDEO: Ugandan legislators were left in shock as Ugandan girls narrated how they were made to sleep with an entire household while working in the Middle East. The girls who were appearing before the Foreign Affairs committee of parliament, confessed how they were sexually harassed while at work in the Middle …
Read More »VIDEO: Buganda’s sitting tenants to get land titles
VIDEO: Buganda Kingdom launches a campaign to have all sitting tenants get titles for the land they are occupying. The campaign, dubbed ‘’ a land title in your hands’’ will see all sitting tenants on Buganda land secure land titles at a minimal fee. The 130,000 tenants who registered in the …
Read More »VIDEO: Bank of Uganda warns on Islamic banking
VIDEO: The Bank of Uganda has warned that the Islamic banking may fail in the country if it is abused by commercial banks. According to Justin Bagenda, the executive Director supervision at Bank of Uganda, the commercial banks that are to embrace the new form of banking need to be aware …
Read More »VIDEO: Uganda’s Ministry of Health recalls Yellow Fever cards
VIDEO: The Ministry of Health has recalled all existing Yellow Fever cards, and will replace them with new ones as a means to fight forgery. State Health Minister Sarah Achieng Opendi says all current yellow fever cards will be replaced, rendering them invalid. Share on:
Read More »WHO hails major gains against once ‘neglected’ tropical diseases
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization on Wednesday hailed “unprecedented progress” in the fight against 18 neglected tropical diseases — including dengue fever and sleeping sickness — which kill 170,000 people and disable millions each year. The UN’s health agency, pharmaceutical companies and civil society groups led …
Read More »Key leopard population ‘crashing’, study warns,
Paris, France | AFP | The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned Wednesday. Illegal killing of leopards in the Soutpansberg Mountains has reduced their numbers by two-thirds in the …
Read More »Death by overwork: Japan’s 100-hour overtime cap sparks anger
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to give it the boot, saying an “outrageous” 100-hour-a-month cap will do nothing to tackle karoshi, or death from overwork. Tokyo’s bid to ease a national health crisis comes after the top …
Read More »Hat-trick hero Ronaldo first to 100 Champions League goals
Madrid, Spain | AFP | Cristiano Ronaldo made history by becoming the first player to reach 100 Champions League goals as he scored a hat-trick in Tuesday’s quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich. The Portugal star, who racked up a century of goals in Europe in the first leg, headed in …
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