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09 Jun '25
US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles following two days of unrest in the city’s Paramount district, where residents, largely from the Latino community, have clashed with federal agents over immigration raids.The clashes erupte
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09 Jun '25
Vice President and Katakwi District Woman MP Jessica Alupo has renewed her National Identification Card (ID) under the ongoing nationwide exercise and called on Ugandans to take advantage of the free process to update their identity documents.Alupo completed the ten-minute renewal process
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09 Jun '25
Demonstrations in Los Angeles have flared since Friday, drawing hundreds of protesters who are demanding an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in the city.Clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement have led to dozens of arrests and multiple injuries among polic
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09 Jun '25
BBC - Kenya's independent police oversight body has launched an investigation into the death of a man who had been detained "for false publication", police have said.Albert Ojwang was arrested for a post on X in the western town of Homa Bay and then driven 350km to the cap
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09 Jun '25
Residents of six villages in Nakisunga Sub-county, Mukono District, are reeling from a wave of night-time attacks by unidentified individuals who cut and stole electricity cables from poles and Light (Yaka) meters, leaving hundreds of homes in the dark and communities on edge.The affected
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09 Jun '25
The vast grounds of the Magereza grounds in Arusha, shook to the beat of Uganda’s Crane performers at the Kilifair 2025, an international tourism trade fair, held annually at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, as the Uganda Consulate in Arusha marked its debut participation in the prestigious event w
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09 Jun '25
Sheema Municipality Member of Parliament Dickson Kateshumbwa on Saturday hosted a meeting of National Resistance Movement (NRM) delegates from across Sheema District, who unanimously endorsed Speaker of Parliament Anita Among to contest for the position of Second NRM National Vice Chairperson (Fe
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09 Jun '25
Uganda’s Ambassador to the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Isaac Ssebulime has called on all stakeholders involved in Hajj affairs to exercise transparency in managing this critical pillar of the Islamic faith.Ambassador Sebulime made the remarks while bidding farewell to Ugandan pilgrims
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09 Jun '25
A Colombian presidential candidate has been shot three times - reportedly twice in the head - at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota.Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was attacked while addressing a small crowd in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the
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09 Jun '25
Rehabilitation of a crucial nine-kilometre road in Agali Sub-County, Lira District, has stalled following the breakdown of the district’s only functional grader, despite the road being prioritised in the 2024/2025 financial year budget.The road, which connects Agali Seed Secondary School