Tag Archives: mourning

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The Queen is dead: Interesting facts on her connection to Uganda THE LAST WORD The meaning of Ruto’s victory: Why being vilified as being the most corrupt politician in Kenya did not undermine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) supporters in Bushenyi district have declared three days of mourning for people who were killed during protests. Protests broke out in different parts of the country following the arrest of National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The Bushenyi …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is mourning the death of Prince John Hope Rubale Muniongo. Muniongo 77, died on Wednesday at his Ancestral home in Duhaga cell Kahoora Divison Hoima Municipality from cancer. He was the Chief adviser to Bunyoro Kitara King Dr Solomon Gafabusa Iguru on …

Politicians from at home and abroad led the tributes as Botswana mourned the passing of former President Sir Ketumile Masire. “He had the charisma, people would come and follow his rallies. This man had the gift of the gab,”  said former Speaker of the National Assembly Margaret Nasha. That charisma, combined …

Ankara, Turkey | AFP | Turkey declared Wednesday a day of national mourning over a deadly attack at Istanbul’s international airport blamed by the government on Islamic State jihadists. The government has ordered flags at half-staff. Turkey declared three days of national mourning after a twin suicide bombing in the …