14:27 pm | World's oldest captive white rhino dies
The world's oldest captive white rhino, South African-born Sana, has died at the age of 55, the French zoo that she called home for the last 26 years has said.
Born in 1964 in the Umfolozi National Park in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, the southern white rhino was transported to Europe seven years later as a zoo attraction.
Sana lived in several parks in Germany before arriving in 1993 at Planete Sauvage, a zoo in western France near the city of Nantes that had opened the previous year.
The life expectancy of white rhinos in the wild is about 50 years, according to the Save the Rhino advocacy group.
Sana required special care in her later years, the park said in a statement.
Notably, she was no longer able to roll in the mud, a popular and crucial pastime that helps rhinos regulate their body temperature, prevent sunburn and ward off pesky insects.
"Once a week, they coated her in green clay to help her skin stay hydrated and to stave off infections," the park said.
In this file photo taken on October 14, 2017, Sana, a female white rhino strolls through its enclosure at the La Planete Sauvage zoological park in Port-Saint-Pere, western France. AFP
13:46 pm | Two killed in road accident
Two people have been killed and ten others injured in an accident that occurred at Myanzi trading centre along the Mubende highway.
A truck heading to Kampala from Mubende lost control, swerved off the road and rammed into a house and a carpentry workshop where the deceased worked. Eyewitnesses said the driver of the truck registration number ZF 1245 was trying to overtake another truck when he lost control, knocked another vehicle and went off the road.
12:16 pm | Winnie Byanyima sworn in
Winnie Byanyima has been sworn in as UNAIDS Executive Director by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during an oath ceremony at the UN in New York.
11:49 am | Kenya and Somalia agree to normalise relations
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to "normalise" relations and start reissuing travel visas to each other's citizens after a long-running dispute over marine borders strained ties between the neighbours.
The agreement, announced by Kenya's presidency followed a meeting in Nairobi between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
The East African leaders "reaffirmed the invaluable relations that exist between Kenya and Somalia and agreed to explore avenues of strengthening bilateral and diplomatic ties" between them, a statement from Kenyatta's office said.
Kenyatta and Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo, were seen smiling and shaking hands in photographs posted by the Kenyan presidency on Twitter.
PHOTO: State House Kenya
10:59 am | Milk prices drop drastically
Dairy farmers across the country are complaining of low milk prices resulting from increased production. In Uganda, milk prices usually rise during the dry season and drop when the rains set in. In some areas, the farm gate price of milk is as low as sh300, down from sh1, 000 per litre.
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10:20 am | Good morning!
A very good morning everyone. Glad you could join us again on this brilliant Friday as we chart our way through the day's major events.
