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East African governments turn up repression as the US turns away
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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June 24, 2025
I met Agather Atuhaire, a Ugandan human rights defender, in late May at the Oslo Freedom Forum, an event celebrating activists against authoritarianism. She was petite but powerful, bruised but not broken. Traveling to this event was her latest...
Big budget, bigger promises
Independent (Uganda)
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June 22, 2025
Kasaija presents the FY2025/2026 national budget Uganda’s Shs 72 trillion budget bets on wealth creation and growth in election run-up for next financial year ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE | As Uganda prepares to enter a heated election season in...
Marvelous Mal: Bay City’s beloved Olympian
The Bay City Tribune - Texas
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Editors Note: This is the 16th piece of a recurring series where the Tribune explores little known historical gems within Matagorda County. Born in Bay City, Texas, in 1924, Malvin Greston Whitfield — better known to the world as “Marvelous...
Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio lags due to narrow tax net, informal economy: ADB
Business Recorder
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July 9, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Despite numerous reforms, Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains below regional averages, hindered by the limited reach of its tax system and the widespread prevalence of informal economic activity, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB)....
Kenya Under-20 team gears up for World Lacrosse Championship
The Standard
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Kenya Lacrosse National team's Brian Oramisi (left) and Raymond Mutua face off during training in Nairobi ahead of U20 World Lacrosse Men's Championship to be held in Korea this August. July 6, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] When Victory Akinyi...
Twenty Years Of Service And Still Counting: Patrick Wokorach's Journey With World Health Organization (WHO)
MENAFN
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June 24, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KAMPALA, Uganda, June 24, 2025/APO Group/ -- In 2005, a young man from northern Uganda walked into the offices of the World Health Organization (WHO) with a heart full of hope and a 60-day contract in hand....
Superman’s An Immigrant? Director James Gunn Faces Right-Wing Backlash For Claim
Forbes
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Topline The upcoming “Superman” film faces some early turbulence from right-wing commentators after director James Gunn compared the superhero film to an immigrant story—referencing the character’s displacement from his home planet to...
Hichilema’s Threats Against Sishuwa Heightened
Zambian Eye
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July 8, 2025
Dr Sishuwaa Sishuwa An Open Letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema: “I will not be silenced until death or a better Zambia emerges, whichever comes first” Dear President @HHichilema , Yesterday, I received the message below from...
Climate Science Digest: June 24, 2025
Muser Press
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June 24, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 24, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Climate change impacts sexual and reproductive health of refugee youth in Ugandan...
Vietnamese PM meets with world leaders in Brazil
Vietnam News Agency
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met with a host of world leaders and the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday (local time) on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS Summit. At a meeting with...
How Kahindo Mateene Is Building an Ethical Fashion Brand One Colorful Design at a Time
OkayAfrica
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June 25, 2025
"Fashion has always been a part of my identity," Kahindo Mateene tells OkayAfrica over a Zoom call. The Congolese fashion designer was exposed to a variety of African fashion styles growing up in Uganda and Kenya, living in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and...
An Open Letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema: “I will not be silenced until death or a better Zambia emerges, whichever comes first”- Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zambian Observer
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July 8, 2025
Sishuwa Sishuwav An Open Letter to the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema: “I will not be silenced until death or a better Zambia emerges, whichever comes first” Dear President @HHichilema , Yesterday, I received the message below from...
Netanyahu: Mamdani’s Promise to Arrest Me ‘Silly’
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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July 8, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ridiculing New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to arrest him if he visits the city, calling the campaign promise “silly.” “I’m not concerned,” Netanyahu told reporters before his...
Policy rate cut sparks debate over economic logic
Daily News Tanzania
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July 8, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: A debate has emerged following the Bank of Tanzania’s (BoT) decision to cut its benchmark Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent, a move the central bank said was necessary to sustain economic momentum in the...
Exports from Kenya to Rwanda overtake Tanzania as regional trade heats up
CNBC Africa
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July 8, 2025
In an exciting development for East African economic dynamics, Kenya has overtaken Tanzania as Rwanda's leading partner in regional trade. This shift underscores the evolving bilateral relations between Kenya and Rwanda, two pivotal economies in...
Duke's Khaman Maluach gets crucial South Sudan visa update for NBA Draft
Sporting News
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June 25, 2025
Khaman Maluach was born in Rumbek, South Sudan. Long before he was a Duke star and an NBA Draft pick, Maluach spent time living with his family in Uganda, then developing his basketball career in Senegal. It's the South Sudanese roots that brought...
If we respect our women, we should not remain blind
Ghanaian Times
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July 8, 2025
Since summer 2023, Russia has been using Iranian-made suicide drones to attack Ukraine. However, since then it has significantly modified and upgraded them, making deadlier, adding a better navigation system and speed. The drones that target...
Lord Tebbit, true blue Thatcherite and scourge of the unions
The Times
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Norman Tebbit was the target of many a derogatory epithet. Labour’s Michael Foot once called him a “semi-house-trained polecat”. The satirical television show Spitting Image portrayed Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet enforcer as a leather-clad bovver...
Global rollback of women's rights puts SDGs at risk
Context
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights are key to achieving development goals and their erosion has clear, serious consequences. Åsmund Grøver Aukrust is Norway’s Minister of International Development and Nordic Co-operation and a SheDecides...
Kasaija tasks UDB to expand footprint across the country
Observer
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June 25, 2025
Matia Kasaija, the minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has directed the management of the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) to lay out plans for extending its services from urban areas to rural communities to improve access to its...