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VIDEO: 216 desert, fear anti-terrorism Uganda police training

VIDEO: Combat police training, is a fundamental requirement of a police officer, but many are escaping the routine. The Uganda Police Force has threatened legal and disciplinary action against such offenders. The caution came during the passout of over 200 counter terrorism police officer at the Nakasongola, where half of the …

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Japan PM pledges to invest $30 bn in Africa by 2018

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Japan will pour $30 billion of investments into Africa by 2018, including $10 billion in infrastructure development, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday at a summit in Nairobi. Abe is using the conference to meet dozens of leaders from across Africa, among them Kenya’s President …

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Bahraini Jebet smashes 3000m steeplechase world record

Paris, France | AFP |    Kenyan-born Olympic champion Ruth Jebet obliterated the 3000m steeplechase world record Saturday as Dafne Schippers got back to winning ways in the 200m at the Paris Diamond League. On a sultry Parisian evening, Jebet’s performance was the standout, the now-Bahraini having transferred allegiance to …

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Africa should have permanent seat at Security Council – Japan

Nairobi, KENYA | PPU The 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has opened in Nairobi, Kenya with a call by the Japanese Prime Minister Chinzo Abe for Africa to be given a permanent slot on the United Nations Security Council. Speaking at the opening ceremony at the Kenyatta International Conference …

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Trump vows to begin deportations immediately if sworn in

Washington, United States | AFP |    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump linked illegal immigration and employment Saturday, pledging to start deporting offenders as soon as he is sworn in should he become the White House’s next occupant. Trump all the while courted the black vote, claiming that the shooting …

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Couple rescued after searchers spot SOS on remote island

Wellington, New Zealand | AFP |  Two people stranded for a week on a remote Pacific island have been rescued after a search aircraft spotted their SOS message in the sand, the US Coast Guard said Sunday. The couple, who had “limited supplies and no emergency equipment”, were found on …

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FDC must live in reality – NRM

VIDEO; The proposed political dialogue between the opposition and the ruling national resistance movement continues to generate heated debate. A section of Ugandans think the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) only intends to hold the country at ransom. Whereas the FDC maintains that the proposed talks must fall in the …

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VIDEO: Besigye holds crisis meeting in UK

VIDEO: Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, former presidential candidate for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has briefed party supporters in London, UK on the political situation in Uganda. Addressing hundreds of waiting FDC P10 members at the Hilton Hotel in London, Besigye encouraged the supporters to remain hopeful change will …

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Africa adopts Museveni’s paper on development bottlenecks

African leaders to adopt President Museveni’s paper as blue-print to guide continent on development African leaders have agreed to use President Yoweri Museveni’s paper on bottlenecks facing Africa’s development as a blue print to guide the continent. President Museveni’s presentation on Friday at the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) meeting in …

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Justice Kavuma issues interim court order to stop Kayihura prosecution

Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma has today issued an interim order halting the prosecution of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kale Kayihura over torture charges before Makindye Magistrates Court. Justice Kavuma  presided over an interim application filed Friday by a city advocate Robert Rutaro that sought to block the criminal trial …

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