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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Speculation continued about the whereabouts and health of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli ‘The Bulldozer’ despite Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa reassuring the country today that he is simply busy, but well. Magufuli, 61, Africa’s most prominent coronavirus skeptic has not been seen …

Yaounde, Cameroon | XINHUA | Explosions in the Equatorial Guinean city of Bata on Sunday were caused by accident, and the latest casualty count showed at least 20 people were killed and 600 others injured, according to the country’s authorities. Sunday afternoon, at the Nkoatama military camp in Bata, explosives …

Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Starting March 10, millions of people in Uganda will begin taking their COVID-19 vaccine jabs in an unprecedented vaccination programme unveiled recently by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health. Speaking at the …

FT: Uganda 🇺🇬 4 Tunisia 🇹🇳 1 NEXT: Uganda vs Ghana – SATURDAY Kakooza hat-trick ⚽ 37′ ⚽ 50′ ⚽ 73′ Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | Derrick Kakooza starred with a hattrick as debutants Uganda continued with their dream run at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup …

Dogs in Australia, Finland trained to sniff out coronavirus in sweat Adelaide, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Dogs that have previously been deployed to trace drugs, explosives and cancer, are being trained to sniff out people infected with COVID-19. Researchers in Finland, and at the University of Adelaide in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yang Jiechi, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC, has delivered to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni a message from China’s President Xi Jinping. The top China …

  Los Angeles, US | THE INDEPENDENT | American socialite Kim Kardashian, mother of North West, Chicago, Psalm and Saint, has filed for divorce of their father, rapper Kanye West. The superstar is reported to be asking for joint legal and physical custody of the kids, after seven years of …

📌 Donations to COVAX for free #COVID19 vaccines ▶ US $4 billion ▶ EU $1.2 billion ▶ Germany $1.2 billion ▶ UK $734 million 📌 Uganda’s rollout plan – Phase 1 ✳ Health workers 150,000 people ✳ Security 250,000 ✳ Teachers 550,000 ✳ Over 50s 3.348 million ✳ Below 50s with underlying conditions 500,000 Joe Biden’s …

  Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | A wetter than usual season is expected over most farming areas in the central and southern parts of the African region, while a drier than usual season is expected over north-eastern Ethiopia, experts from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have announced. The season …

  📌 MONACO RESULT ✳#5kHerculis 1. Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬 13:13 2. Bethwell Birgen 🇰🇪13:18 3. Davis Kiplangat 🇰🇪 13:19 Women 1. Beatrice Chepkoech 🇰🇪 14:43 WR 2. Meraf Bahta 15:46 3. Alice Finot 🇫🇷 15:522 Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT | The annual Monaco Herculis run produced another world record today, but not …