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Idi Amin's 'economic war' victimised Uganda's Africans and Asians alike

Fifty years ago – in early August 1972 – President Idi Amin summarily decreed the expulsion of Uganda’s “Asian” (that is, Indian and Pakistani) community. Over 50,000 people were given a scant three months to tie up their affairs and leave the country. There was a scramble to secure new…

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Brit dad dies after jumping in to try and save his son when he fell in River Nile

Robert Kaweesi was said to be with his wife, Justine Katantazi, and their family at a lodge near Pakwach, Uganda, when the incident happened and he jumped into the water to save his son

Daily Mirror

Newly-wed dad dies trying to save his son from the River Nile

Robert Kaweesi, 48, disappeared after jumping into the river in Uganda

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Students cheer as online translation tools add more African languages

Ugandan IT student Andrew Njuki spent years hunched over English-language textbooks, often grappling with material that would have been easier to grasp in his mother tongue Luganda.

Reuters

Cowadunga! Rotten eggs and manure halt crop-raiding elephants in East Africa

A foul-smelling liquid concocted from rotten eggs, cow dung and other natural ingredients is helping to save farmers’ crops from hungry elephants in Uganda and Kenya.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda suspends LGBT charity in ‘clear witch hunt rooted in homophobia’

Gay relationships in the country are punishable by a life sentence in prison

The Independent UK

Finding Home review – Idi Amin’s expulsions remembered

Fifty years on, these specially commissioned pieces movingly and unflinchingly reflect the experiences of Ugandan refugees in Britain

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How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin

50 years on, Ugandan Asians who fled the brutality of dictator Idi Amin remember how they arrived with £55, a suitcase and the hope of a new life in the United Kingdom

Daily Mirror

Uganda suspends operations of charity championing LGBT rights

The Ugandan government has suspended the operations of a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) that advocates for the rights of sexual minorities, accusing it of working in the East African country illegally, according to a senior official.

Reuters

Remembering an expulsion, remaking opportunity

Though the expulsion of Ugandan Asians in the 1970s was a dark event, the ‘Commonwealth Advantage’ must be revived

The Hindu

Ugandan online TV bridges information gap for the deaf

When Susan Mujawa Ananda heard a deaf man had been shot and wounded in Uganda for breaking a curfew during the pandemic his family said he knew nothing about, she resolved to set up an online television channel for deaf people.

Reuters

US envoy: Africa trip isn't to compete with Russia, China

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is heading to Africa, saying she is going to focus on how the United State can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete with China and Russia

The Independent UK

At least 24 people dead as flash flooding hits eastern Uganda

More than 5,600 displaced and 400,000 left without clean water after heavy rain causes two rivers to burst banks

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Metcalf focused on New Zealand after England’s netballers see off Uganda

There is history between the sides after the Kiwis knocked the Roses out of the World Cup at the semi-final stage in 2019.

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England overcome Uganda to maintain winning start at Commonwealth Games

The England Roses made it four wins from four at the Commonwealth Games with a 56-35 victory against a feisty Uganda in Birmingham

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Fitzpatrick sisters help lift each other to dais

After a lifetime standing by each other, sisters Sulu and Theresa Fitzpatrick are helping each other through the hard times and the good at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Inverse

Is the Marburg virus a threat? It might be more widespread than we think

According to virologists, the virus is probably more widespread than we think it is. Improving diagnosis can help detect it more quickly and efficiently.

The Conversation

Change of guard in Kenya: the 5 reasons neighbours watch every step

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the 9 August polls – has been a key figure in east Africa. Over the last nine years, he has tried to create markets and address issues like peace, malaria and climate change. Within the East African Community,…

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African activist arrested and deported

Bosco Kaweesi, a prominent voice of the African community, accused of overstaying, human trafficking

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Russia and the West are vying for influence in Africa and Ukraine is a big reason why

Russia's foreign minister and France's president are visiting this week along with visits by U.S. officials in what some say is the most intense competition for influence there since the Cold War.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘New Cold War’: Russia and West Vie for Influence in Africa

Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting…

France 24

A 'new Cold War' as Russia, France, US compete for influence in Africa

The Independent UK

'New Cold War': Russia and West vie for influence in Africa

The Conversation

How conflicts intertwined over time and destabilised the DRC – and the region

The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the world has ever witnessed. One report estimates the death toll at 5.4 million while a more conservative count puts it at one million dead. Much of the conflict is centred in North Kivu and…

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Russia's Lavrov urges UN reforms to raise Africa's voice

Russia’s foreign minister said his country supports reforming the U.N. Security Council to give a more powerful role to developing nations, including African countries

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