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Catholic Activists Denounce African Healthcare Group Turning “pharmacies into illegal abortion shops” in Kenya
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
She adds, “The consequences are devastating. Women face incomplete abortions, uncontrolled bleeding, and deadly infections. Emotional scars last for years. This is not healthcare. It is exploitation of our sisters, nieces, and daughters for...
Cash might be the new way to reduce children’s deaths
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty,” said Harsha Thirumurthy, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the work. The decline...
600 Women Groups to benefit from Uganda’s Green Transformation Project
Independent (Uganda)
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August 18, 2025
Minister Amongi in orange dress, pose for photo with participants at the project launch. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 600 village-level women groups across Uganda are set to benefit from the new Women’s Economic Empowerment...
Uganda Embassy in Washington launches export readiness training for 100 artisans
Independent (Uganda)
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August 18, 2025
Facilitator Elaine Robnett Moore, an internationally recognized trainer (right) shares thoughts with participants at the launch of the training Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Washington, in partnership...
President Museveni Issues One-Month Ultimatum for Audit and Verification of Cattle Compensation Claimants in Northern Uganda
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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August 18, 2025
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has issued a one-month ultimatum for audit and verification of all recipients of cattle compensation funds and pending claimants lists in Northern Uganda as the government moves to adopt a uniform rehabilitation...
South Africa vs Uganda, African Nations Championship 2025 Live Streaming Online in India: How To Watch RSA vs UGA Football Match Live Telecast on TV & Score Updates in IST?
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
South Africa National Football Team vs Uganda National Football Team African Nations Championship 2025 Live Streaming: South Africa are third in Group C of the African Nations Championship with 5 points from 3 games played and next face Uganda...
From Uganda to Prineville to Corvallis, Oregon State wide receiver Eddie Freauff’s story is one-of-one
The Bulletin - Oregon
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August 18, 2025
CORVALLIS — Oregon State wide receiver Eddie Freauff towers over gathered media members following the Beavers’ first scrimmage of fall camp. The redshirt-freshman and Crook County High grad looks every bit of his listed 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound...
Ugandan Activist’s Tragic End Rouses Calls for Justice
Switch TV
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August 18, 2025
Marinos Alexandros, a Ugandan activist who survived torture and exile, has died at approximately 1:30 am on 17 August 2025, according to a close family source. Her passing came after years of illness tied to her ordeal. A Terrifying Ordeal Her...
Legal battle as Uganda takes back the power
Independent (Uganda)
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August 18, 2025
The return of electricity distribution to state hands has sparked a dispute with the private company that was ousted ANALYSIS | LIAM TAYLOR | Umeme, an electricity distribution company, announced on 2 June that it will take its quarrel with the...
Youth activist calls for probe into potential human trafficking scheme targetting African girls
Zambia Reports
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August 18, 2025
By Richard Lamu “I applied for the Alabuga Start Programme but with what I have read so far, I am having second thoughts; I don’t think I would go if they accept me,” 21-year-old Chileshe (not her real name) told Zambia Reports. A graduate of...
MTN Uganda H1 revenue hits Shs 1.7 trillion on data, fintech growth
Independent (Uganda)
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August 18, 2025
( L-R ) MTN Uganda CFO Andrew Bugembe, CEO Sylvia Mulinge and MTN MoMo MD Richard Yego announcing the company’s H1 financial results in Kampala on August 11, 2025. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | MTN Uganda has posted robust financial results...
DAAD, CUE push for AI integration in higher education
Star
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DAAD Director Dr. Dorothee Weyler, together with Commission for University Education, CEO Prof Mike Kuria, Ministry of Education Secretary, State Department for Higher Education Dr. Carol Hunja, and other officials, addressing journalists during...
Global Religion in the 21st Century
Utne Reader
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How is religion changing in the twenty-first century? In God in the Tumult of the Global Square(University of California Press, 2015), by Mark Juergensmeyer, Dinah Griego and John Soboslai shows how religion has leapt, in some contradictory ways,...
MOROTO: Rising child abandonment pushes children to streets
Independent (Uganda)
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August 17, 2025
FILE: A KCCA official drags children mainly from Karamoja, off the streets. KCCA PHOTO Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in Moroto District have expressed alarm over the growing number of children being abandoned by their families —...
Educationist Urges Learners: Don’t embarrass Uganda like politicians have done
Independent (Uganda)
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August 16, 2025
Don’t Embarrass Uganda Like Politicians Have Done Educationist urges learners not to fall in the footsteps of Ugandan politicians Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has launched a 700-beneficiary...
Water Run raises money for Ugandan Christian Ministry
WDAM - Mississippi
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August 17, 2025
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Hundreds of people participated in an annual 5K event in Hattiesburg Saturday morning, that raises money for a Christian ministry in Africa. The third annual Rodney Richardson Water Run at Town Square Park raises funds...
Uganda signals readiness to take in Palestinian refugees under Israel-supported scheme
Capital FM Kenya
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August 15, 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 15 — Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has said the country is open to hosting some Palestinian refugees from the war-torn Gaza Strip, provided the resettlement is supported by the Government of...
Trump’s State Department Erases LGBTQ Abuses from Report
Metro Weekly
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August 16, 2025
Rep. Mark Takano – Official Portrait Human rights groups, including LGBTQ advocates, accuse the U.S. State Department of politicizing its annual report on global abuses by erasing references to anti-LGBTQ discrimination. According to Al Jazeera,...
LGBTQ Rights Vanish from State Department’s 2024 Human Rights Report
Q Notes
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August 15, 2025
Sign up for our free newsletter to receive the latest LGBTQ news from the Carolinas in your inbox every week. On Tuesday, August 12, the State Department – currently under the direction of Secretary of State Marco Rubio – released its annual...
Uganda launches groundbreaking project for first climate-resilient market in Elegu
Independent (Uganda)
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August 14, 2025
Kadaga speaking in Amuru Amuru, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | In a landmark move to boost regional trade and support vulnerable communities, Uganda has broken ground on its first climate-resilient and gender-responsive cross-border market in...