African nations gear up to polish image at Dubai Expo
African nations are attending this year's Dubai Expo 2020 in force, hoping to project an image of a modern and…
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India deaths top 4,000 as Macron urges end to vaccine export limits
New Covid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world's worst…
Inside govt plan to tackle new coronavirus variants
In a bid to prevent the spread of new and more deadly variants of Covid-19, the government has suspended all…
Understanding Uganda’s civil society
Editors John De Coninck, Arthur Larok successfully bring together some of the most instructive articles about the history, characteristics, challenges,…
Five family members die in arson attack
The death toll from suspected arson attack on a family in Luweero District has risen to five. The suspected arsonists…
‘Act now’: Africa medics warn of India-like Covid surge
Africa risks being overrun by coronavirus infections if urgent measures are not taken to avert a similar disaster to the…
UBC journalist, Robert Kagolo shot dead
Police have started investigating the murder by shooting of Robert Kagolo, a UBC journalist which occurred last night at around…
Uganda confirms Indian strain
Government has confirmed that Uganda has registered the Indian Covid-19 variant B.1.617. Col Dr Henry Kyobe, the Covid-19 incident commander,…
Expectant mother, son die after house collapses during downpour
An expectant mother and her two-year-old son died on Tuesday evening after the house in which they lived collapsed on…
India’s Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen
As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers for coronavirus drugs after…
