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                  07 Jun '25
                
                
                An ambulance donated by the Member of Parliament for Rubaga North Constituency, Abubakar Kawalya, was involved in a serious accident along Masaka Road .The ambulance, which has been serving the constituency for four years, was reportedly hit by a truck while returning to Kampala from 
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                The M23/AFC rebel coalition has recalled its delegation from peace talks in Doha, Qatar, after more than a month of closed-door negotiations with the Congolese government—signalling the apparent collapse of a ceasefire deal brokered with international support.The rebel withdrawal, led by
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Security experts, analysts, and civil society leaders have convened in Kampala to dissect the persistent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its growing implications on regional peace and development.The high-level dialogue, organised by the Advocates Coalition for Devel
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Tanzania has decided to block access to social media platform X because it allows pornographic content to be shared, the information minister has said.The content was contrary to the East African state's "laws, culture, customs, and traditions," Jerry Silaa told a local TV
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Kenya has become a key hub for smuggling and resale of gold sourced from South Sudan, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a recent report by SwissAid.Over the past decade, Kenya’s role in the illicit gold trade has expanded significantly, with much 
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday.It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps to verify their users' ages.An Aylo spokesperson said the law was a privacy ris
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticised the US proposal for a new nuclear agreement, insisting it will not stop enriching uranium.Iranian negotiators are set to respond in the coming days to the plan presented at talks last Saturday. It would reportedly
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a "special government employee" working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government programmes and bloated departments.Now, after his exit last week, he is back on the outside. And it is the Tr
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Vladimir Putin has said he will have to respond to Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian airbases, US President Donald Trump has warned.Speaking after a phone call with the Russian president, Trump said: "President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to r
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  05 Jun '25
                
                
                Uganda’s political climate has grown increasingly volatile, marked by a surge in politically motivated violence, allegations of state-sponsored abuse, a fragmented opposition, and rising diplomatic tensions.As the country awaits a highly anticipated presidential address, concerns about n