New Year fireworks, smoke and tear gas as decade begins with a bang Sydney, Australia | AFP | Smoke-choked Sydney ushered in the New Year with a huge fireworks display while police in Hong Kong fired tear gas at protesters, as crisis clouded some of the first celebrations to ring …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has warned landlords that he will personally lead the struggle against land evictions that have become rampant across the country. In his 2019 new year address on Monday night, Museveni said in most cases the tenants (bibanja owners) are actually on …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Four young men were stabbed to death in unrelated incidents in London on New Year’s Eve, while a fifth is in a critical condition in hospital, police said Monday. The unusually concentrated spate of violence will add to growing concerns about knife crime in the …
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Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin called for “pragmatic cooperation” in his New Year wishes to US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Saturday. In a statement on the Russian president’s New Year wishes to world leaders, the Kremlin said Putin told Trump that “a constructive …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will at 7pm on Sunday deliver his much awaited 2018 new year address. Museveni will focus on the gains of 2017 and lay out plans for 2018 – live on all national radio and TV stations. Exactly a year ago, Museveni assured …
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Uganda Cranes will start the new year in Dubai, where they are stuck after a delay caused by bad weather in the Middle East. They were supposed to have flown out to Tunisia today, but delayed arrival in Dubai from Uganda means they can only connect on Sunday morning. The Cranes …
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President Yoweri Museveni’s new year message President Yoweri Museveni has said the country’s successes in 2016 will lay the foundation for a brighter 2017 and reassured Ugandans in a new year message that the peace secured so far will be maintained. “Uganda has been at peace for the first time in …
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