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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least three mourners died in a scuffle that erupted on Sunday in Napak district during a funeral procession for the late Margaret Achan, 62, who died in a house fire. The fire gutted 10 grass-thatched huts in Kalomerisiep village, Lorengecora sub-county on Saturday afternoon. …

Amuru RDC Geoffrey Oceng Osborn has banned feeding mourners at funerals saying they become uncontrollable during meals thus increasing risks of infection Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district taskforce has with immediate effect banned music systems and feeding of mourners at funerals as one of the measures to curb the …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Resident District Commissioner-RDC Fatumah Ndisaba has ordered security teams manning checkpoints to stop vehicles from transporting COVID-19 bodies and mourners. Ndisaba says that several ambulances are now squeezing mourners alongside caskets to beat movement restrictions imposed by president Yoweri Museveni, to control the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mourners who turned up for the burial of Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata blocked Minister Sarah Kanyike from addressing them. Muzaata who passed away on Friday at International Hospital Kampala (IHK) was buried on Saturday at Kigogwa village of Gombe division in Nansana municipality, Wakiso district. Thousands …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mourners for the late Teso Coach proprietor, Faustine Etilu have launched a fundraising drive to save COVID-19 patients at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. The campaign is meant to raise funds for the repair and connection of a standby generator to the oxygen plant at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a stampede at the sendoff ceremony of Pastor Augustine Yiga of the Revival Christian Church Kawaala where scores of politicians joined hundreds of mourners this morning. Although the ceremony was peaceful, colored by prayers and worship, the arrival of politicians sparked disorder as …

Tunis, Tunisia | AFP |  Thousands of Tunisians on Saturday attended the funeral of president Beji Caid Essebsi as the North African nation gears up for snap elections as early as September to defend the democratic gains of the Arab Spring. Essebsi, the country’s first head of state elected in …

Tshikapa, DR Congo | AFP | A soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo attacked a congregation of mourners, shooting dead five people and injuring ten others, police sources said Sunday. The motive of the shooter was unclear, they said after the overnight attack in the city of Tshikapa in …