Rwanda has allowed churches to reopen but with strict conditions meant to limit the spread of coronavirus, according to a statement by the prime minister's office. Churches and schools were ordered shut across the country on 14 March, hours after the first case of Covid-19 was reported. Churchgoers will now
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NTV popular news anchor and talk show host, Faridah Nakazibwe is spreading her wings of influence on social media. On Monday, the host of 'Mwasuze Mutya' program on the same TV, premiered her YouTube channel (TALK TO FARIDAH)with a promise to use it to help those on the margins of
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Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, tested positive for Covid-19 the day she died. She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday morning at the age of 59. Her son Zondwa Mandela told public
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Three new Cuban medical brigades belonging to the International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics Henry Reeve are already on the African continent to join the fight against Covid-19. The Cuban doctors sent last week, will provide their services in Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea and Sao
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Ceda Ogada is new IMF Secretary Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today her intention to name Mr. Ceda Ogada, a top Kenyan lawyer as the Secretary of the Fund and Director of the Secretary’s Department. Mr. Ogada succeeds Mr. Jianhai Lin, whose retirement was
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Uganda’s Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng (pictured) has said the incident that happened in Lira over the weekend where she was seen in a crowd without wearing a face mask is regrettable. Appearing before Parliament’s Health Committee today, Aceng said the incident is “a lesson” to her now that she
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All MPs and staff of Parliament will undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said. The Speaker says the exercise will be conducted by the Ministry of Health starting on Thursday, 16 July 2020. Kadaga’s announcement comes after Parliament was thrown into panic with news revealing that one
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Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has denied claims of bankrolling a Rwandan rebel leader who is facing trial for attacks in his country in 2018 that left scores dead. Rebel leader, Callixte Nsabimana, told a Rwandan high court on Monday that President Lungu promised his National Liberation Front (FLN) some $1m
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Uganda's Trade Minister, Amelia Kyambadde The trade dispute between Uganda and Kenya has escalated after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga chose retaliation after earlier engagements with Kenyan officials turned out fruitless. Kadaga directed Uganda’s Trade Minister, Amelia Kyambadde to stop Kenyan trucks bringing goods to Uganda as a measure to force Nairobi
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The Former Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Winnie Kiiza (pictured above) has quit active politics. The current Kasese District Woman MP has revealed that as she takes leave, she will continue holding on to the struggle for good governance, human dignity, equality and justice. Below is her full statement on
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