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The African states under African Union (AU) have vowed to deploy more foreign troops in Somalia. But the Al Shabaab rebels fighting the foreign sponsored government of Somalia vows to ‘clash’ foreign troops. Currently it is only Uganda and Burundi that have deployed troops in Somalia. The African states say they want to deploy more […]
Renowned African Musicians have lashed out a scathing attack on the leaders of Africa for their failure to pay reasonable attention to the health challenges that the continent faces and thus causing a lot of pain and agony to millions of women and children that are negatively affected by Africa’s crippled health state most. This […]
According to the recent study published in the Public Library of Science medical journal, it estimates that in Africa 85% of maternal, newborn and under-age-5 deaths could be prevented if African countries took good interventions to curtail maternal and infant mortality. This means that each year about 4 million of African women, new borns and […]
Women rights activists from across Africa have appealed to the international community to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe to allow people in the southern African nation to enjoy better lives. The USA and a host of other western countries slapped sanction on Zimbabwe citing several abuses by President Robert Mugabe leader of ANU-PF whom they accused […]
The South African Music legend Yvonne Chaka had hundreds Ugandans grooving along with her when she put up a spirited performance during the Hakuna Wakati Abuja 15% Sasa concert. The Concert which was themed “Africa wins every time you keep your promise” was aimed at creating awareness and reminding African leaders of their promise that […]
With an 8.9% budget allocation to the health sector, according to the 2010 Africa Health Financing Scorecard, Uganda is ranked 28th out of the 53 countries in Africa. The scorecard is a summary of findings on the 2009/2010 Abuja commitment of African Heads of State and governments to allocate 15% of their domestic budgets to […]
The President of Libya, Col. Muammar Gaddaffi has pledged to support Uganda to drill her oil, develop infrastructure, provide good health care and improve education. Gaddaffi is among over 40 African heads of state attending an African Union Summit in Kampala. The conference is running mainly on combating terrorism, corruption, dictatorship, promoting gender equality, creating […]