Retracing how Banyarwanda arrived in Uganda as refugees, turned it into their ‘colony’ with Museveni as president

Retracing how Banyarwanda arrived in Uganda as refugees, turned it into their ‘colony’ with Museveni as president

The exodus of Banyarwanda continued through the 1930s and 1940s but this time as economic immigrants. They were coming in search of economic survival by way of casual labour and settled in Buganda, Ankole, Busoga, Kigezi, Tooro and Bunyoro. They worked on fields of agriculture, construction, local government, industries, ginning, cattle herding, forestry, fishing, Kilembe Copper Mines, sugar and cotton plantations in Busoga, etc.

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How doctors kill hundreds of cancer patients every year with chemotherapy overdoses

How doctors kill hundreds of cancer patients every year with chemotherapy overdoses

British and European Union drug authorities have recommended the testing since 2020. A small but growing number of US hospital systems, professional groups and health advocates, including the American Cancer Society, also endorse routine testing.

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Togo’s opposition calls for protests to stop president from signing off on a new constitution

Togo’s opposition calls for protests to stop president from signing off on a new constitution

The new constitution also increases presidential terms from five to six years. The almost 20-years that Gnassingbe has served in office, after taking over from his father, would not count toward that tally.
The opposition and the clergy say the legislation is an effort by Gnassingbe to prolong his rule. Some have promised to stop it from becoming law by calling on the people to rise up and protest.

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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels expand territory under their control as UN warns security in eastern DRC is worsening

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels expand territory under their control as UN warns security in eastern DRC is worsening

Last month, the United States told Rwanda and Congo that they “must walk back from the brink of war,” the sharpest warning yet of a looming conflict.

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Results: Opposition figure who became Senegal’s president-elect won over 54 per cent of the vote

Results: Opposition figure who became Senegal’s president-elect won over 54 per cent of the vote

President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s release from prison followed a political amnesty granted just in time for the balloting. He was little known until popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was barred from running due to a prior conviction, chose Faye to run in his place.

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Confusion over the new stock symbol leads to fleeting windfall Trump’s media company ticker

Confusion over the new stock symbol leads to fleeting windfall Trump’s media company ticker

Several people complained on social media about briefly seeing the value of their DJT stock holdings on Charles Schwab platforms inflated to figures more in line with what they would be worth if the shares traded at the level of the Dow Jones Transportation Average.

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Trump resorts to selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as a pitch for his campaign

Trump resorts to selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as a pitch for his campaign

Besides a King James Version translation, it includes copies of the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of the famous Greenwood song.

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UN: 783 million people face chronic hunger yet the world wastes 19 per cent of its food

UN: 783 million people face chronic hunger yet the world wastes 19 per cent of its food

Researchers analysed country data on households, food service and retailers. They found that each person wastes about 79 kilogrammes (about 174 pounds) of food annually, equal to at least one billion meals wasted worldwide daily.

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US Marine Corps Gen Michael Langley: Terrorism, poverty, food insecurity, climate change and migration shatter African lives

US Marine Corps Gen Michael Langley: Terrorism, poverty, food insecurity, climate change and migration shatter African lives

Africom espouses the 3D approach: diplomacy, development and defence professionals, to ensure a synchronised whole-of-government effect.

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White-led South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance party ready for a coalition with ANC

White-led South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance party ready for a coalition with ANC

The DA has banded together with smaller parties to try to capture the more than 50 per cent of the vote needed to take power. They include the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party, long a bitter rival of the ANC, as well as Freedom Front Plus, which appeals to rural white South Africans who feel politically marginalised since the fall of apartheid, and Action SA, which has built a platform on a tough anti-immigration stance and appeals to working- and middle-class voters.

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