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Air Algerie plane with over 110 on board missing over Mali2 hours ago

AN Air Algerie plane with more than 110 people on board including French and Spanish nationals went missing during a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers....

Opposition MPs want select committee to probe Rwenzori attacks3 hours ago

Wafula Oguttu has said that there is a crisis in Rwenzori region which needs urgent attention.....

Govt asked to compensate Opit Shooting victims3 hours ago

Parliament has asked where one person was government to compensate families of the February 7, 2014 shooting at Opit trading....

National

Second foreign tourist shot dead in Mombasa1 hour ago

A foreign female tourist was shot dead in Kenya's port city of Mombasa on Thursday, the second such killing there this month, police said...

Mother abandons two weeks baby in hospital2 hours ago

The administrators of St. Francis Naggalama hospital in Mukono District are stranded by a three-weeks baby girl who was abandoned by her mother a week ago....

Business

Gov’t risks losing billions through advances to foreign companies 4 hours ago

A new wave of ethical and professional misconduct has hit Uganda’s construction industry, exposing government to risks of losing billions of funds as contractors connive with employees of banks and i....

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ADB cautions African States against international borrowing 6 hours ago

The African Development Bank (ADB) has cautioned African countries against high borrowing rates on the international market saying it could push them back to the 'debt disgrace.'... ..

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Sport

Commonwealth Games open in colourful, moving ceremony13 hours ago

Queen Elizabeth II has opened the 20th Commonwealth Games after a moving and colourful ceremony at Celtic Park.....

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Chesang sets new junior record 8 hours ago

Uganda’s Stella Chesang finished fourth at the IAAF World Junior championships with a new national junior record at the IAAF World Junior championships taking place in Eugene.....

Uganda begins quest for Commonwealth glory 22 hours ago

UGANDA’S quest for medals at the 20th Commonwealth Games starts off with a badminton encounter against Kenya. The two nations clash in one of the opening fixtures of the mixed group encounters....

Kickboxing: Apolot to defend against Nassimbwa 13 hours ago

Motor mouth kickboxer Moses Golola elevated the game of kickboxing four years ago.....

Entertainment And Lifestyle

Juliana's son Keron wrote his last words11 hours ago

In an emotional speech, the father of Juliana's son said their son died in his arms, and had scribbled his last words.....

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MP Akena in a war of two women 1 day ago

Betty Amongi, the MP for Oyam County South has a pending case at Kira Road Police Station of threatening violence (G.E.F 029/2014) against another woman....

Juliana Kanyomozi son’s body flown back 1 day ago

The casket bearing the body of local musician Juliana Kanyomozi’s son was flown back home on Tuesday evening.....

‘I cannot ask sex workers to quit’ 1 day ago

A woman who describes herself as the "ssenga (counselor) of sex workers" says she cannot ask prostitutes to quit the trade.....

Opinion / Columnists

Vision 2040 is a reality for Uganda's strategic plans

Vision 2040 is a reality for Uganda's strategic plans By John Vianney Ahumuza Uganda has adopted a series of national development programmes aimed at transforming the economy. Previous plans have

The Origins of War

The 59 skeletons were found in 1964, lying together in a gravesite beside the Nile near what is now the Egyptian-Sudanese border. They died between 13,000 and 14,000 years ago, and some of them seeme

Make voting compulsory

Uganda is going to the presidential and parliamentary polls in 2016 to exercise their democratic duty in choosing their leaders.

Delay of Capitation grant release very risky

Due to the problems Universal Primary Education (UPE) is facing, some critics would suggest scrapping it since its implementation has become more tedious and expensive than planned. Under the UPE pr

World

Israeli shelling kills at least 15 in UN Gaza shelter - health ministry 44 minutes ago

At least 15 people were killed and many wounded on Thursday when Israeli forces shelled a U.N.-run school sheltering Palestinian refugees in northern Gaza

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Science & technology

Nokia reports renaissance 8 hours ago

Finnish telecom equipment group Nokia jumped back into profit in the second quarter, it reported on Thursday, boosted by restructuring after it lost its leading position in handsets and sold its phon....

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LG Electronics profit surges 165% 9 hours ago

LG Electronics posted a 165 percent surge in second-quarter net profit Thursday from a year ago, on solid TV sales and a dramatic turnaround in its long-troubled mobile unit.... ..

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