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Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia’s Education Ministry building on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Sunday. The fatalities are likely to rise, Mohamud told media after visiting the bombing site early Sunday. Several …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of Ismael Basibe, who was among those killed in last week’s bomb explosions in Kampala is demanding support from the government. The deceased’s elder brother Hussein Kalulu, says that he got to know of Basibe’s demise on Tuesday when the police spokesperson Fred …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesses slowly returned to normal along Buganda road in the aftermath of the two bomb explosions. The twin bombings hit Kampala at the Central Police Station-CPS on Buganda road and the IPS building along Parliamentary Avenue killing six people and injuring 33 others. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people who were killed in Tuesday’s two bomb explosions have been identified. Two bombs exploded at the IPS building opposite Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the quarter guard at CPS Kampala. The victims have been identified as Eng. Christopher Sande, George Katana, and a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business in the transport sector in Kampala remained low for the day, in the aftermath of Tuesday explosions in the city. Following the bomb explosions, businesses were hastily closed and people forced out of the city centre. The transporters say that the panic due to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 14 out of 50 people arrested in connection to the bomb explosions in Kampala and Mpigi district have been released following the failure by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence-CMI, and police to find evidence linking them to the blasts that claimed the lives …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an increase in the security measures around universities following two bomb explosions in the country. Institutions of higher learning will reopen next week after months of closure following the outbreak of Covid-19. Despite universities being potential targets for terror attacks given the high …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kasese district have warned residents to avoid travelling at night. The warning follows two separate bomb explosions on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday, an explosion went off at Digida pork joint in Komamboga, killing one person. Two days later, an explosive device …