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Latest Report: HIV Now a Women’s Disease in Uganda, 7 Out of 10 New Victims Are Girls

Latest Report: HIV Now a Women’s Disease in Uganda, 7 Out of 10 New Victims Are Girls

Despite years of progress in the fight against HIV, the epidemic in Uganda continues to wear skirts and dresses. National data shows that out of an estimated 1.5 million Ugandans living with HIV today, nearly two-thirds are women and girls.Among young people aged 15 to 24, about seven in e

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Standard Chartered Uganda Confirms Agreement to Sell Wealth & Retail Business to Absa

Standard Chartered Uganda Confirms Agreement to Sell Wealth & Retail Business to Absa

Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has formally communicated to clients that it has entered into an agreement with Absa Bank Uganda for the sale of its Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB) business. The deal — which covers personal banking, wealth advisory and related retail products — remains subje

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Kampala Set to Host Nasty C’s Ivyson Tour at Motiv Bugolobi This Friday

Kampala Set to Host Nasty C’s Ivyson Tour at Motiv Bugolobi This Friday

Kampala Set to Host Nasty C’s Ivyson Tour at Motiv Bugolobi This FridayKampala is set to host the highly anticipated Ivyson Tour featuring South African rap sensation Nasty C this Friday at Motiv Bugolobi.This exciting event marks a significant highlight of the 2nd edition of the

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Ofwono Opondo Declared Unopposed MP for Older Persons

Ofwono Opondo Declared Unopposed MP for Older Persons

Government spokesperson and long-serving National Resistance Movement (NRM) member Ofwono Opondo has been declared unopposed as the Member of Parliament for Older Persons representing the Eastern Region.This was after Opondo’s Democratic Party rival, Mpande Joram Kigenyi, conceded to a p

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Angelina Jolie visits Ukraine border city facing Russian bombing, 'rescues' bodyguard detained by military: Reports

Angelina Jolie visits Ukraine border city facing Russian bombing, 'rescues' bodyguard detained by military: Reports

Angelina Jolie was photographed visiting children's hospital and maternity wards in Kherson, a Ukrainian city that is facing Russian drone strikes.Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Kherson, a southern Ukrainian frontline city, Ukrainian media reported

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Another accident leaves scores injured as Nile Star Bus overturns in Kiryandongo

Another accident leaves scores injured as Nile Star Bus overturns in Kiryandongo

Nile Star Bus (UBG 0196C) overturned in Alengo Village, Mutunda Sub-county, Kiryandongo District on Wednesday evening. Several passengers are said to have sustained injuries and were rushed to nearby clinics for treatment.Kiryandongo, Uganda: Several passengers were rushed to nearby health

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How South Africans reproduce apartheid’s most dangerous habit

How South Africans reproduce apartheid’s most dangerous habit

THERE is a particular theatre to South African political life: we know how to gather, how to convene, how to fill auditoriums when history arrives clothed in urgency. We clap where we should clap. We nod with seriousness. We ask familiar questions with grave voices. And then we go home fee

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Habib Kagimu to Entrepreneurs: Prepare for Uganda’s Oil Boom

Habib Kagimu to Entrepreneurs: Prepare for Uganda’s Oil Boom

Oil companies are like a nation — they need everything from everything. If you can set up shop near them, they will buy everything from you,” Kagimu explainedKAMPALA, Uganda — Malaysia’s Honorary Consul in Uganda, AlHaj Habib Kagimu, has urged local entrepreneurs to strategically p

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UCL: ‘It wasn’t true’ – Slavia Prague counter referee over Arsenal’s penalty in 3-0 defeat

UCL: ‘It wasn’t true’ – Slavia Prague counter referee over Arsenal’s penalty in 3-0 defeat

Slavia Prague captain, Lukas Provod has suggested that the referee lied to him concerning the penalty that led to Arsenal’s first goal scored by Saka in the first half of their defeat to the Gunners.He also lamented the tactics displayed by Arsenal during the north London side’s 3-0 wi

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Museveni’s “Do You Sleep on the Road?” comment sparks fury over Kotido’s impassable roads

Museveni’s “Do You Sleep on the Road?” comment sparks fury over Kotido’s impassable roads

Residents push a truck stuck in the mud along the Soroti–Abim–Kotido road. Local leaders have urged the government to prioritize tarmacking Karamoja’s key transport corridors to save lives and boost trade.Kotido, Uganda: President Museveni’s offhand remark during a campaign rally i

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