New research says patients with ‘persistent’ Covid have slim recovery chances

New research says patients with ‘persistent’ Covid have slim recovery chances

One British study suggested almost a third of those reporting symptoms at 12 weeks recovered after 12 months. Others, particularly among patients who had been hospitalized, show far lower rates of recovery.

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Kenyan president’s key American ‘saleswoman’, Ambassador Meg Whitman, quits to signal imminent hard times for Nairobi

Kenyan president’s key American ‘saleswoman’, Ambassador Meg Whitman, quits to signal imminent hard times for Nairobi

Former US Ambassador to Kenya Smith Hempstone (1989-1993) was a darling of the opposition due to his open and strong support, both materially and politically, to the democratic movements at the time in Kenya.

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Climate change: World meets in Baku as Uganda grapples with scourge of environmental refugees

Climate change: World meets in Baku as Uganda grapples with scourge of environmental refugees

A time or temporal dimension of the environment does exist so that we can talk of four dimensions of the environment (the ecological-biological, the socioeconomic, the sociocultural and the temporal). However, the dimensions are not mutually exclusive but are mutually inclusive. Some causes of refugee migrations are a result of interactions of the phenomena occurring in the dimensions of the environment.

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Nairobi’s vehicles with modified with ramps and swivel seats are a relief for disabled commuters

Nairobi’s vehicles with modified with ramps and swivel seats are a relief for disabled commuters

Users can book rides through the Ace Mobility app. Drivers are trained as caregivers, ensuring they understand how to provide respectful and appropriate assistance to passengers with disabilities.

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Reporter’s diary: Tossed between wars, South Sudanese are soothed by hope amidst misery

Reporter’s diary: Tossed between wars, South Sudanese are soothed by hope amidst misery

Over the past 18 months, I have interviewed dozens of returnees like Gatdet who have fled the bruising battle between Sudan’s army and the South Sudanese returnee from Sudan speaks with a medical worker at a transit centre in the town of Malakal. More than 600,000 South Sudanese have returned home since Sudan’s conflict erupted last year.

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Is Uganda a failed state? President Museveni, its high priest of interest politics thinks so, blames it on allegiance on ethnonationalism

Is Uganda a failed state? President Museveni, its high priest of interest politics thinks so, blames it on allegiance on ethnonationalism

In the recent past, we heard of some workers of State House forging the president’s signature, defrauding the country and even appointing and disappointing people using the forged president’s signature. seem people think this an indication of state failure. To be useful institutions must work and succeed each other sustainably. Let me say something about the ecology of institutions.

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South Sudan and Kenya presidents direct mediators in stalled peace talks to resolve outstanding issues

South Sudan and Kenya presidents direct mediators in stalled peace talks to resolve outstanding issues

South Sudan is going through an economic crisis that has seen civil servants go unpaid for almost one year, after oil exports were disrupted by a damaged pipeline in war-torn neighbouring Sudan.

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Lightening kills 14 refugees attending church service in northern Uganda, police say

Lightening kills 14 refugees attending church service in northern Uganda, police say

Friends and family are mourning 14 people killed in a lightning strike in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. The victims, who were buried on Sunday, had been attending a prayer service in a makeshift metallic structure when lighting struck. Credit: AP

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Museveni’s neoliberalism fantasy simply means transactionalism that explains how Uganda is a structured society of slaves and masters

Museveni’s neoliberalism fantasy simply means transactionalism that explains how Uganda is a structured society of slaves and masters

In Uganda, investment in education, health and agriculture – the social areas – has plummeted over the decades, thanks to transactional leadership and transactional politics. There is nothing transformational about these multi-pronged phenomena.

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Kenya Evans Chebet peeped seconds to finish line by Dutch Nageeye in New York City Marathon

Kenya Evans Chebet peeped seconds to finish line by Dutch Nageeye in New York City Marathon

Tamirat Tola, the men’s defending champion and Paris Olympic gold medallist, finished fourth, right behind Albert Korir.

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