Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kato Laban, 29 will be part of thousands of students who are due to graduate at the 73rd graduation ceremony of Makerere University in February. On Wednesday, he broke the internet by sharing a little portion of his remarkable journey which he described as an …
Read More »ACCIDENT: 21-year old Ugandan student killed in US
Ugandan athlete Kimuli survives death but country mate at the wheel Kikuba, was not that lucky Ohio State, US | THE INDEPENDENT | A former Ugandan athlete Musa Kimuli is nursing severe head injuries in a US hospital following a fatal road accident in which a fellow Ugandan died on …
Read More »ABORTION: Senior Four student dead
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan senior four student has died as she allegedly attempted carry out abortion. Brighter Chekwemoi aged 17-years, died on Thursday at Bukwo general hospital where her parents rushed her after she took drugs and started vomiting, losing a lot of blood. Goretti Chemutai a …
Read More »Flying Squad rescues kidnapped KIU student
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Flying Squad unit has rescued Hilda Driwalo, a mobile money agent and student of Kampala International University and arrested six suspects in connection to her kidnap. According to the police, the suspects kidnapped Driwalo from Entebbe on Friday last week after inviting …
Read More »Kampala pastor held in kidnap and murder case of YMCA student
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Leonard Wambazu from Mbikko, in Njeru Municipality, has been detained, as Police intensify the case of kidnap and eventual death a student of YWCA Buwambo Campus in Wakiso district. The 22-year-old student, Brina Nalule was allegedly kidnapped from the Old Taxi Park …
Read More »Florida students to march on Washington in call for gun reform
Washington, United States | AFP | Students who survived a mass shooting at their Florida school on Sunday announced plans to march on Washington in a bid to “shame” politicians into reforming laws that make firearms readily available. The “March for our Lives” will take place on March 24, with …
Read More »Trump turns on FBI over school shooting after criticism from survivors
Fort Lauderdale, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump said Saturday the FBI was so caught up in the Russia probe that it failed to heed signs which could have prevented the Parkland school shooting. His comments came as he faces criticism from survivors of the attack over …
Read More »‘Shame on you!’ student tells Trump at Florida anti-gun rally
Fort Lauderdale, United States | AFP | A student survivor of the Parkland school shooting called out US President Donald Trump on Saturday over his ties to the powerful National Rifle Association, in a poignant address to an anti-gun rally in Florida. “To every politician taking donations from the NRA, …
Read More »No obvious signs of torture on American held by NKorea: coroner
Chicago, United States | AFP | Otto Warmbier, the American student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma, displayed no obvious signs of torture despite assertions by his parents and President Donald Trump, an Ohio medical examiner said Wednesday. The coroner said the 22-year-old, who had …
Read More »S.African student splurges after $1-mn error
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A South African university student’s spending spree on clothes, a party and a new smartphone slammed to a halt after it emerged the roughly $1 million fuelling her splurge had been given to her in error. A company that hands out student funding accidentally transferred …
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