At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), said on Monday. Three states in the northeast, Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba, have been hit hard by floods, with 41,344 people displaced, said NEMA spokesperson Manzo […]
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At least 23 people were killed in Balochistan’s Musakhail district after armed men offloaded passengers from trucks and buses early Monday morning and shot at them after checking their identities, an official said. According to Musakhail Assistant Commissioner Najeeb Kakar, armed men blocked the inter-provincial highway in the Rarasham area of the district and offloaded
Russia skips UN meeting pledging respect for humanitarian law Switzerland hosted United Nations Security Council members at a meeting in Geneva on Monday to recommit to international humanitarian law, describing an “alarming” global context characterized by over 120 armed conflicts, with Russia the only member absent. Switzerland, which is one of the 15 members, organized
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His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda, has presented a concept paper at an International Conference in Cairo, Egypt. The event was held at the invitation of H.E. Mohammed Mokhtar Gomaa, the Egyptian Minister for Endowment (Awqaf), focusing on “The Role of Women in Raising Awareness.” During his stay, the Mufti
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Rome, Italy –The Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, Rt Hon. Anita Annet Among, had the honor of meeting His Holiness Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on August 24th, 2024. During the meeting, Pope Francis expressed his admiration for Uganda’s welcoming approach to migrants and refugees from various countries, commending the
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76, his family has said. Eriksson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and revealed in January that he had “at best a year left to live”. The first foreign manager of the English national side, Eriksson was in charge of England’s ‘golden generation’ and oversaw 67 matches from 2001 to 2006.
Parliament has released a tentative program for the inaugural Regional Parliamentary Sitting in Gulu & some of the activities to be undertaken include; tree planting, visiting resting place of former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, meeting boda boda riders & women groups in Gulu among others.
For the first time, the speaker of parliament of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Annet Anita Among has revealed the faces of her set of twins to Pope Francis. This happened during Among’s private visit with the Pope at the Vatican Palace in Vatican City, Italy. Since giving birth to the set of twins, the public had
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Sixteen people are due before a court in Cork on Monday following serious public order incidents, during which one garda was pushed to the ground and another punched in the face. Gardai arrested and charged the 16 people following the incidents on Sunday. At approximately 10pm, gardai on patrol on Oliver Plunkett Street saw an
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The Dutch data protection watchdog said on Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a EUR290 million (USD324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers. The regulator said the transfers were a “serious violation” of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as they failed to appropriately
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