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Govt, partners use football to de-campaign violence against children

Govt, partners use football to de-campaign violence against children

As cases of teenage pregnancies and violence against children surge in the country, government has partnered with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the World Coaches Netherlands NGO to promote the safety of young people.  “The partnership we have is using football to deliver

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Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

 Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in an escalating conflict in Lebanon. The airstrikes on Yemen's port of Hodeidah were in response t

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Namasagali alumni eulogise Father Grimes with theatre performances

Namasagali alumni eulogise Father Grimes with theatre performances

Namusa-Gali, was a phrase used to mean greeting the train when the railway had just been constructed. Then, a small town along the Nile in Kamuli was a railway station; it is believed that the phrase Namusa-gali was used to coin the town’s name, later known as Namasagali. This name, it is

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Kiruhura introduces cow dung fees in major revenue hunt

Kiruhura introduces cow dung fees in major revenue hunt

Kiruhura District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Charles Nsubuga Kiberu has instructed all sub-county chiefs and town clerks to start collecting a cow dung loading fee “to boost local revenue collections.” In a September 23, 2024, circular, Nsubuga instructed the leaders to start

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What's behind the war that has driven Sudan to famine?

What's behind the war that has driven Sudan to famine?

A conflict in Sudan that erupted in April 2023 has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created the world's largest internal displacement crisis, and pushed at least one area in Darfur into famine. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting betw

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KCCA must find antidote for Kitara

KCCA must find antidote for Kitara

The battle lines have been drawn in the sand, and there is no turning back now as desperate KCCA and Kitara gear up for an epic clash on Friday at Lugogo.  With both sides faltering in their previous outings, the mind games are already swirling ahead of what promises to be a fierce con

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MPs slam CDF Muhoozi on the floor

MPs slam CDF Muhoozi on the floor

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba's conduct on social media became a subject of debate on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday as opposition MPs called for disciplinary action and a House probe for engaging in partisan politics. The 50-year-old First Son on Saturda

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Political aspirations shattered

Political aspirations shattered

Political pilgrims seeking to enter the Promised Land of elected office have been left wandering in the desolate desert of uncertainty after their guide returned to base. For some of his followers in the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), the declaration by Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is

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Chapter 8: The girl child has seen days

Chapter 8: The girl child has seen days

Previously on The Girl Child Has Seen Days…. The Kyayisewas have decided that they have to fire GC after she threw Edith’s clothes in the garbage. But GC doesn’t know this. She clocked out and went out partying before the news could be delivered.  Now it is time to face the boss…Fi

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South Sudan lawyers challenge the postponement of elections in court

South Sudan lawyers challenge the postponement of elections in court

A group of South Sudanese lawyers filed a case to the country's top court on Monday challenging the president's postponement of elections and extension of the transitional government's term for two years. Ten days ago, President Salva Kiir's office announced an extension of the transitio

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