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Security forces deny access to site of US blast in Afghanistan

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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