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Indonesia death toll rises to 248 after catastrophic flooding in Sumatra

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Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people in total across the three countries. Rescue workers in Indonesia are continuing to battle to reach victims in several devastated areas submerged by cyclone-driven torrential rain over the past week, as authorities said the death toll has now reached 248 […]

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Trump vows to freeze immigration from “Third World Countries” following Washington, DC shooting 

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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House. The comments mark a further escalation of migration measures Trump has ordered since the shooting on Wednesday that investigators say was carried

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UCC trains Kotido youth in ICT, multimedia skills

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Kotido, Uganda: The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), under the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, is conducting a five-day ICT and multimedia skilling programme in Kotido aimed at empowering youth with practical digital content creation, entrepreneurship and online safety skills. The training, now on day three, will run until Friday. Local multimedia experts Jemba Hosea and

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MTN-SPONSORED KIIRA MOTORS’ GRAND EXPEDITION HITS 3,000KMS MARK

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28.11.2025: Lusaka, Zambia. The “Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition” has officially touched down in Lusaka, Zambia,  marking a defining milestone in a historic 13,000-kilometer journey from the Pearl of Africa to the Cape. Led by Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) in partnership with the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (Office of the President),

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MTN Uganda and WWF announce winners of the Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge

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  MTN Uganda, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has announced the three national winners of the inaugural Pachi Panda Innovation Challenge, following an intensive training programme and final pitch presentations held on Thursday  in Kampala. Introduced to Uganda for the first time in 2025, the Pachi Panda Challenge aims to

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National Guard member dies after shooting in Washington DC

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One of the two members of the National Guard who were shot in Washington DC on Wednesday has died, US President Donald Trump said. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, succumbed to her injuries, President Trump said on Thursday evening. The second National Guard member, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, “is fighting for his life”, he said. Both were shot

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Putin says ready to guarantee no Russian attack on Europe

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Putin branded fears that Moscow is planning to invade another European nation as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘complete nonsense’. President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to guarantee in writing that Russia will not attack another European nation, as he dismissed claims that Moscow intends to invade another country as a “lie” and “complete nonsense”. Speaking

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Guinea-Bissau general sworn in as transitional president after coup

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General Horta Inta-A declares himself the leader of the transitional government. General Horta Inta-A has been sworn in as the transitional president of Guinea-Bissau, one day after army officers announced they had deposed the country’s president, staging the West African nation’s latest military coup. “I have just been sworn in to lead the high command,”

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Uganda Poetry Society Launches The Dr. Ivan Edwards Poetry Award 2026

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The Uganda Poetry Society has announced the initiation of a new literary honor — The Dr. Ivan Edwards Poetry Award. Named after Dr. Ivan Edwards, a notable Ugandan-born American citizen, the award invites Ugandan poets to submit either a two-minute spoken-word video or a 500-word poem under the theme of Unity, according to the Society’s

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Two US National Guard members shot near White House, suspect in custody

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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that an Afghan man who fled the Taliban was the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard soldiers near the White House. Trump called it an “act of terror” and linked the incident to immigration, his domestic troop deployments and the legacy of Afghanistan. US President Donald Trump said

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