The Ministry of Education and Sports Permanent Secretary, Alex Kakooza (pictured) has asked Local Governments and Police to arrest all individuals found selling the learners’ materials that were sent to districts across the country. In a circular sent out today, Kakooza described the actions as very unfortunate for the unscrupulous
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More than half a million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die between now and next year from Aids-related illnesses amid the Covid-19 pandemic - unless governments move to address the issue. A modelling analysis done by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAids shows that the impact of a six-month
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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has hit back at critics of an untested herbal tonic that he is promoting as a treatment for coronavirus, despite it not having gone through clinical trials. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning against people using untested remedies for coronavirus. Africans deserved
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COVID-19 has placed the whole world on lockdown, with new research from the World Tourism Organization showing that 100% of global destinations continue to have restrictions on travel in place, and 72% have completely closed their borders to international tourism. From the start of the crisis, the United Nations specialized
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has said it would be "madness" to hold general elections while still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He told the Ugandan broadcaster NBS that if the pandemic is not brought under control by July, then plans to hold the elections in early 2021 would have
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Kampala High Court on Monday finally granted bail to Retired Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde (pictured) who has been in prison on treason charges for close to two months. Judge Wilson Kwesiga ruled that he was satisfied with Tumukunde's application seeking a review of his bail terms; that given the nature of
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Smart Girls Uganda CEO Jamila Mayanja (C) and Hope Hub Founder and CEO Aisha Ali (R) hand over a mask and hand sanitizer to a female vendor at Nakasero Market. Smart Girls Uganda, a not for profit organization, in partnership with Tenge Collections an Afrocentric fashion design house and Hope
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Last month President Andry Rajoelina launched the remedy at a news conference, drinking from a sleekly-branded bottle filled with an amber liquid which he said had already cured two people. On Friday, a Tanzanian delegation arrived in Madagascar to collect their consignment. The tonic, based on the plant Artemisia annua
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As Uganda and East African region grapple with the problem of truck drivers spreading COVID-19, Cyclops Defense Systems, a security company has developed an application to fight the spread of coronavirus by tracking and monitoring individuals’ changes in temperature, blood pulse and location in real time. Charles Alpha Karamagi, The
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The Permanent Secretary of the ministry of health, Dr Diana Atwine is encouraging the people of flood ravaged Kasese to be firm in the face of nature's wrath. The district has been hit by floods since Thursday that have left part of Kilembe Mines Hospital damaged and patients evacuated. "My
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