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Football

Morocco Beat Belgium 2-0 in latest World Cup upset

Morocco pulled off a surprise 2-0 win over Belgium at the World Cup on Sunday to edge closer to a place in...

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Crime

UPDF launches onslaught on gun-hungry criminals behind security attacks

Army spokesperson, Brig Felix Kulayigye said the onslaught on the assailants has started with the most recent one being the attacker of...

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Crime

Kagadi Assistant DHO brutally murdered in Fort Portal

Bahizi, 50, was murdered after fueling his vehicle in Fort-portal at midnight on Saturday as he was returning from the workshop in...

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Africa

Teodoro Obiang wins sixth term as E.Guinea ruler

Obiang, 80, who seized power in a 1979 coup, is the longest-ruling head of state in the world excluding monarchs. He has...

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Crime

Assailants kill UPDF soldier in Kapeeka shooting spree

A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier in Kapeeka Saturday night succumbed to injuries following a gunfire exchange with unknown assailants who...

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Featured

Speke Resort Nominated for Best Luxury & Business Hotel in Ekkula Tourism Awards

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Speke Resort Munyonyo and Munyonyo Common Wealth Resort have been nominated for the 2022 Ekkula Tourism Award under the category...

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News

Two dead, scores injured in Kampala – Masaka highway accident

The accident involved a Toyota Noah and a Toyota Hiace commuter taxi, in an incident that happened near Jalia City's one-stop centre...

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News

The biological clock: a concern for women

It is always a good idea to plan pregnancy and complete the family at a younger age than older. However, as this...

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Court

Adjumani Hospital Pharmacist charged with theft of drugs worth shs12m, granted bail

The pharmacist has subsequently been interdicted by Adjumani CAO Mr Oryono Grandfield pending the determination of his case by the anti-corruption court.

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Crime

Army shoots dead suspected attacker in Gaddafi Barracks raid

The development comes days after the army vowed that the assailants behind the barracks raid would meet the “necessary retaliation”

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OP-ED

OPINION: Cool Parent Turns a “fool” of a Parent

By Ivan Mugonero (Mutebe) Children are a gift from God, so they say. Well, I now seem quite reluctant to accept this...

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Health

HEALTH: Self-medication is still a major health concern

Health education on adverse implications of self-medication should focus on both the health care professionals and general public at large.

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Featured

Excitement as Tycoon Sudhir’s son Rajiv returns to Kampala, silences naysayers

Rajiv arrived three weeks back in Uganda from the UK where he had been ever since his wife Naiya Ruparelia gave birth...

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National

ADJUMANI: Mosquito spraying exercise stalls over delayed allowances

The youths who were already charged demanded to be paid immediately or else they will camp at the office until the DHO...

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News

WAKISO: Boy,12, diver drown in stream

The first incident happened on November 23, when Ssentezza Joel, 12, had gone swimming with other children and unfortunately, drowned in the...

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Crime

UPDF soldier shoots civilian dead at Kawanda SS

“It is alleged that the duo got a misunderstanding when Ssali was driving a UPDF vehicle leaving the school premises after picking...

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National

Govt unveils five-year fiscal policy

The State minister for Planning, Mr Amos Lugoloobi, said it seeks to, among others, ensure that total public debt in nominal terms...

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Africa

ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Joseph Kony

Kony launched a bloody rebellion more than three decades ago seeking to impose his own version of the Ten Commandments in northern...

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Education

Ugandan students offered scholarships from Sudan’s International University of Africa

Ambassador Ssemuddu thanked the University for having an initial impact in his life when he first left Uganda in 1989 to study...

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Big Story

‘Idle’ Supreme Court gets another multi-billion temporary home

The development comes amidst heavy criticism from the public, with many condemning the highest court in the country of indefinitely suspending operations...

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National

Vine Academy Aircraft crashes at Kimaka Airstrip in Jinja

The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Spokesperson, Mr Vianney Luggya confirmed the accident, saying the affected student escaped unhurt and the situation is...