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Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)
Idi Amin was the Ugandan military dictator and President from 1971 to 1979.  During his reign Amin’s military forces are estimated to have killed 500,000 people and exiled roughly 70,000 non-Ugandan nationals (mostly Indians) from
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DEAR MR. BIDEN: NO BLACK WOMAN V.P., NO BLACK VOTE - Los Angeles Sentinel
For the past several weeks living rooms, barber shops, zoom calls and social media have been bombarded with polls, debates and even arguments, all asking the questions “Who Is The Best Choice For Vice President?” The selections may vary drastically depending on what part of the country you live
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Uganda: We Didn't Take Shs40m, NRM Lawmakers Claim
Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo and Kumi Municipality MP Monica Amoding last week during a press conference said they had been informed by their friends that money was being dished out but that they had failed to access the venues where the distribution was taking
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Kanye Meets With Trump Adviser Jared Kushner As Black Voters Ignore Him | The Urban Daily
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Leader of Opposition appoints DPP ‘shadow cabinet’ in Parliament
Malawi’s opposition leader Kondwani Nankhumwa has appointed a ‘shadow cabinet’ in Parliament, which the Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara communicated to the House on Friday, July 9, 2021. In her communication to the House, the Speaker wrote: “Honourable Members, I wish to inform the
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Online distancing: Uganda prez right to block Twitter user - Court
A High Court in the Ugandan capital Kampala earlier this week ruled that the president had the right to decide who follows him on social media platform
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Uganda: I Need Only 30 Ministers, 150 MPs in Government - Bobi Wine
[Monitor] On Monday Derrick Wandera interviewed the National Unity Platform presidential flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, about his 2021 presidential bid and his plan if he is elected president. Below are excerpts.
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Uganda: COVID-19 Disrupts 2021 Elections Plan
All planned Election Commission (EC) activities between March and May 2020, including elections for Special Interest Groups (SIG), have been suspended until further
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Cornel West almost convinced Tucker Carlson to embrace democratic socialism in now-viral video - TheGrio
In a now-viral video from 2018, Fox News host Tucker Carlson is shown agreeing with points of democratic socialism in... View Article The post Cornel West almost convinced Tucker Carlson to embrace democratic socialism in now-viral video appeared first on TheGrio.
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Uganda: Main Opposition Leaders Unite, Call for Peaceful Protests
Uganda's top opposition leaders — Robert Kyagulanyi of the People Power Movement and Kizza Besigye of the People's Government — announced Monday they are joining forces to demonstrate against President Yoweri
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Uganda: Body of Ugandan Business Man Shot in Rwanda Repatriated
Ugandan authorities in the border district of Kabale have appealed to their counterparts in Rwanda to consider other punishments instead of shooting and killing Ugandans suspected of smuggling goods into their
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Ugandan Police Drop Charges Against Omah Lay, Ms Tems
[Premium Times] A Ugandan musician also Tweeted that the Nigerians have been freed.
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Uganda: Over 137,000 Television Sets Needed for Museveni Distance Learning
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Kamala Harris Takes the Spotlight, a Moment for Her and History
As a barrier-breaking candidate, and as the running mate to a 77-year-old, Ms. Harris arrives at the Democratic convention carrying an extraordinary set of hopes and expectations from party members.
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EUROPEAN UNION WARNS OF SANCTIONS OVER UGANDAN ELECTION RIGHTS VIOLATIONS – The Wilmington Journal
As Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni bore down on rights groups and the opposition, the European Union (EU) Parliament responded with the threat of sanctions against Ugandan individuals and organizations they hold responsible for abuses during [...]
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Sudan: Museveni's Powerful Sudan Fixer Dies After Contracting Coronavirus
Ms Gadaheldam has been an almost permanent fixture on the sides of President Museveni in regional meetings to deal with relations with Sudan under former President Omar-al-Bashir and current military leader Gen Abdel Fatah
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Uganda: Polls - Museveni Deploys Spies to Stop Violence
[Monitor] President Museveni has said security agencies, especially the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), are set to deal with anyone who will cause violence in Kampala and other parts of the country during the election period.
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Uganda: Besigye, Bobi Wine Campaign Leaves Protestors Puzzled
Edward Mutegaya, a boda boda rider in Magere says he doesn't support the protest because of the toll COVID-19 lockdown is having on the
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Uganda: Cabinet Rejects Dead Year, Opts to Buy 10m Radio Sets
Other ministers, however, rejected Mr Kutesa's suggestion and asked Mr Matia Kasaija of Finance to look for funds in the 2020/21 budget for buying radios and TV sets for the 15 million
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Uganda: Sakwa - Victim's Family Disowns Apology
On Friday, a group of youth armed with placards and claiming to be family members of the deceased, Charles Isanga told journalists that they had forgiven the embattled
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Uganda
The National Resistance Army (NRA), an anti-Obote group led by Yoweri Museveni, kept fighting after it had been excluded from the new regime. It seized Kampala on Jan. 29, 1986, and Museveni was declared president. Museveni has transformed the ruins of Idi Amin and Milton Obotes Uganda into an
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Uganda: House Approves Shs33.3 Billion Supplementary
Parliament — Barely two months after Parliament passed a Shs932b supplementary budget, another Shs33.3b was yesterday provided for the government by three ministries before the end of Financial Year
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Uganda: Lecturers Announce Strike Over Pay
Speaking on behalf of the forum for academic staff in public universities, the chairperson of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), Mr Deus Kamunyu, told journalists in Kampala yesterday that they have resolved to call for a nationwide strike protesting the unfair distribution of
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Kanye West Thanks Candace Owens For ‘Democratic Plantation’ Book After Their ‘Blexit’ Beef
Kanye West's pledge of allegiance to Candace Owens and her new book about the "Democrat Plantation" is definitely worth taking a knee over.
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#Election2020 – Obama: 'Our country's future hangs on this election' | The Atlanta Voice
Former President Barack Obama on Monday issued his first wave of 2020 down-ballot endorsements and backed more than 100 Democratic candidates with the goal of helping Democrats keep control of the House of Representatives, win a majority of the Senate and win at the state level ahead of
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Sept. 22 is National Voter’s Registration Day: Kern County Democrats Launches Campaign to Engage African-American Voters, All of Kern County
The Kern County Democratic Central Committee — the county’s local voice for the Democratic party — is joining forces with African-American community leaders and so-cial media influencers to encourage Kern County residents to register to vote and update their voter registration as we celebrate
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Uganda: MPs Query Nytil Masks Contract
Members of Parliament have questioned how textile firm Nytil was awarded a contract to produce and supply facial masks across the
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Uganda: Sand Mining Resumes On L.victoria Shores
Sand mining has resumed on the shores of Lake Victoria despite the recent presidential directive to the Minister of Water and Environment to clear all wetlands, riverbanks and lakeshores of
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Patterson: PNP will bounce back - Won’t back Phillips replacement as Golding hints at leadership ambitions
Though badly bruised from its pummelling at the polls on September 3, the People’s National Party (PNP) will recover from its worst electoral beating in 40 years, elder statesman P.J. Patterson has said. But the former prime minister and party...
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Oped: When Ed Buck Goes on Trial, So Does White Privilege | Afro
By Jasmyne Cannick It’s hard to believe that nearly four years have passed since the first Black death at Ed Buck’s home, but Buck and his white privilege are finally set to go on trial on July 13. It was no surprise when the first Black lifeless body lay dead in Ed Buck’s living room
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