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    World Conflicts may have killed 5 mn children in Africa: study – The Independent Uganda:

    Injury, disease, and hunger caused by armed conflict in Africa may have killed as many as five million children under five from 1995 to 2015, said a study Friday. Of these, about three million were infants aged 12 months or younger.... Read more via The Independent Uganda: –...
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    Metro S.African farmers ‘furious’ over Trump land reform tweet – The Independent Uganda

    South African farmers have demanded Donald Trump “leave us the hell alone” after the US president criticised the country’s land reform plans, accusing him of trying to deflect attention from his own scandals. “The people were furious about … Read more via The Independent Uganda: –...
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    Sports Lewandowski breaks silence on wish to leave Bayern Munich – The Independent Uganda

    Bayern Munich’s star striker Robert Lewandowski has broken his silence about wanting to leave the Bundesliga giants in May, but insists he is ready to win titles again this season with the Bavarians. “In April, May, almost everyone took a shot … read more via The Independent Uganda: –...
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    World WHO worried Ebola can ‘transmit freely’ in DR Congo – The Independent Uganda:

    Raging conflict is hampering efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO chief warned Tuesday, urging a ceasefire to stop the virus from transmitting freely. As the death toll in the outbreak declared on August … Read more via The Independent Uganda: –...
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    Business Afreximbank, AfDB seals pact for grant to support African factoring firms – The Independent Uganda News

    Abuja, Nigeria | ISAAC KHISA | The cairo-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has entered into an agreement under which the African … Read more via The Independent Uganda: – https://ift.tt/2NrJaYb Get more: Nigeria Business News
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    Sports Nigeria to bring back stranded football fans from Russia – The Independent Uganda News

    Nigeria’s government has stepped in to repatriate scores of its nationals who were tricked into buying football World Cup passes to travel to Russia, the president’s spokesman said on Monday. Some of the visitors spent days sleeping at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport while others … read more via...
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    World Five charity workers gang-raped in India – The Independent Uganda News

    New Delhi, India | AFP | Five women working for a charity in remote eastern India were abducted and gang-raped at gunpoint, police said Friday, in the latest horrific sex assault in the country. The women said in their complaint they were performing a play to raise … Read more via The...
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    Business Rwanda’s coffee enters West Africa market – The Independent Uganda News

    Rwanda’s coffee will soon be on shelves across the greater West Africa following launch of a new coffee brand by Rwanda Farmers Coffee Company (RFCC) targeting the market of almost 200 million people. The unveiling ... Read more via The Independent Uganda: – https://ift.tt/2JZnhkR Get more...
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    Metro TECH: World’s smallest mobile phone is smaller than a USB drive – The Independent Uganda:

    In an age when phablets and big screen smartphones are more popular than ever, one manufacturer is swimming against the tide by trying to make its mobile phones as tiny as possible. Their latest achievement, a phone that’s smaller than the average human … via The Independent Uganda: –...
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    World Russia warns US not to get involved in Iran – The Independent Uganda:

    Putin (left) and Lavrov (right) Moscow, Russia | AFP | Moscow on Thursday warned Washington against interfering in Iran’s “internal affairs” after US President Donald Trump pledged to help Iranians “take back” their government following protests. The White House said it was weighing sanctions...
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    Metro Teenager sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing her newborn baby – The Independent Uganda:

    Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The High Court in Kampala Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old girl to 12 years imprisonment for murdering her one-month-old baby. Justice Moses Kazibwe convicted Florence Gelaki on her own plea of guilty, after she accepted having drowned her baby Elvis Sande in a...
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