Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Division Resident City Commissioner, Sheikh Kasim Kamugisha, and Kabale Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Abel Bakunda Mushambo have clashed over the invitation of Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the commandant of the Land Forces to the thanksgiving ceremony for the Katuna- border re-opening. The …
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🔵Silverbacks results July 1 – Uganda 20-00 Mali July 2 -Uganda 78-87 Cape Verde July 3 – Uganda 72-91 Nigeria Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National basketball team, the Silverbacks will play in the next round of FIBA World Cup qualifiers despite a second consecutive loss to Nigeria in …
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Inside the discrimination, humiliation and mistreatment of Ugandans of Kinyarwanda culture THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | By And so it was that while going through the Ugandan section of my library this week, I picked a copy of President Yoweri Museveni’s autobiography, Sowing the Mustard Seed; the …
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Abidjan, Ivory Coast | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, a new groundbreaking institution that will significantly enhance Africa’s access to the technologies that underpin the manufacture of medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The Foundation …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has advised the people of Kabale district to refrain from smuggling goods into Rwanda and instead engage in formal business. In a statement provided by the presidential press unit, Museveni made the comment at the Katuna border as he …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commonwealth has admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively. Both countries are former French colonies. Leaders accepted applications by the two west African countries at the closing session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. It …
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CHOGM: Why it won’t be the relaunch some were hoping for NEWS ANALYSIS | Between June 20-25 most of the leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia and Southern America – converged on Kigali for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of more than fifty Commonwealth nations gathered in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Friday for the official opening of the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held under the theme, ‘Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’. Presidents, prime ministers and their representatives …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The this 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is being held in Rwanda. Here he is the meeting opening speech by Charles, The Prince of Wales. ***** Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of The Queen, in this Platinum Jubilee Year, my wife …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closure of the Gatuna border by Rwanda was illegal and contravened the East African Community Treaty, the East African Court of Justice has ruled. A panel of three Judges of the East African Court of Justice comprising Monica Mugenyi from Uganda, Audace Ngiye from …
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