Many opposition supporters were arrested ahead of the elections The US State Department says it's considering a range of targeted options against members of the Ugandan security forces it holds responsible for abuses against opposition candidates and civil society. The run-up to January's election was marked by a series of
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Ugandan exporters are crying over the business disruption caused by the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union alias Brexit as they were coming to terms with the effects of Covid-19. The UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. While it officially left the trading bloc on January
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A health worker takes a nasal swab from a patient in Cape Town, South Africa A coronavirus variant has been detected in Uganda that has a mutation similar to the fast-spreading variant in the UK, and has quickly become the most common coronavirus in Uganda's capital city Kampala, a pre-print study reported
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Burial of COVID-19 victim in Namisindwa district/Courtesy photo As Uganda continues battling community infections, some Ugandans have resorted to paying hospital and mortuary staff for negative coronavirus reports for their loved ones who have succumbed to the pandemic. This comes almost three months after the Health Ministry stopping conducting burials
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