Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police authorities in the Kiira region are seeking relatives of six deceased individuals, whose identities and origins remain unknown. Among the deceased, four fell victim to mob justice, while the other two were recovered from areas around Lake Victoria and River Nile in Jinja …
Read More »Authorities struggle to handle unclaimed bodies at Luwero Hospital
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero town authorities are facing challenges in managing the increasing number of unclaimed bodies at Luwero Hospital. On average, three bodies are dropped at the hospital every week, sourced from accident and murder scenes, as well as other incidents. Out of the seven bodies …
Read More »Six more bodies recovered from Kasese mudslide
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll in the Kasese mudslides has reached 15 people. Six more bodies were recovered Wednesday afternoon in addition to the 9 recovered earlier in the day. Seven people were taken to different health facilities with serious injuries. The mudslides occurred at around …
Read More »RDC halts exhumation in Katabi over family wrangle
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Resident District Commissioner Entebbe, Jacqueline Kankunda, has halted the relocation of five graves from Katabi Town Council to Kasanje Town Council, Wakiso district. This stems from a request by Harriet Namubiru to exhume and relocate the graves of her father (Alimansi …
Read More »500 bodies unclaimed from KCCA mortuary annually
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 bodies go unclaimed at the Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA mortuary every year, according to lead police pathologist, Assistant Inspector General of Police – AIGP Dr Moses Byaruhanga. The police usually have five pathologists conducting postmortems on more than 15 bodies …
Read More »Healthy wallets and unhealthy bodies
Findings on obesity and economic status Soweto, South Africa | SHUKRI MOHAMED & TILAHUNHAREGU | Africa is experiencing a demographic and nutrition transition. More and more people are moving to urban areas. Slum communities currently constitute about 56% of the urban population in sub-Saharan Africa. That’s more than 200 million …
Read More »Bodies of Tanzanian UN peacekeepers to be repatriated this week
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The bodies of 15 UN peacekeepers from Tanzania killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be repatriated in the coming days, the Tanzanian army said Sunday. The soldiers were all members of the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces participating in a UN peacekeeping operation in the …
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