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Uganda has confirmed eight new cases of COVID19 from 2,423 samples tested on Tuesday, 9th June 2020, bringing a total number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 665. Four new cases are part of 1,388 samples tested from different border entry points whilst four others are part of 1,035 samples of contacts and alerts. They are all Ugandan nationals. Results ...

The president of Burundi His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza has died at the age of 55 after suffering from cardiac arrest (unexpected loss of heart function), according to the government. In a statement issued by the government, the president was on Saturday rushed to the hospital where he was admitted after feeling unwell. This happened after he had attended a volley ...

At State House Entebbe this morning, president Museveni presided over the “scientific” celebrations of our Heroes Day, whose theme focused on celebrating the selflessness of our heroes who put country before self. The  celebration of our heroes takes place on 9th June because on that day, in 1981, the Obote government executed nine of our supporters in Kikandwa Village, Nakaseke ...

One of the point blank public figures known as Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan medical anthropologist, feminist, queer rights activist, scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health. Stella Nyanzi was arrested in 2017 for insulting the Ugandan president, but later set free after a few months. In her words, many thought she has no one behind her back, until ...

One of the former bush war hero who was Museveni’s confidant Maj. Gen Kasirye Gwanga has finally died at Nakasero Hospital where he was admitted. Check also: Aronda Nyakairima Uganda’s internal minister dies within a transit in Dubai However, sad news that reached our desk this morning indicates that Gen Kasirye Gwanga breathed his last today morning which is the 9th ...