2015-04-01 Uganda Health

New Vision   

Reconsider the HIV message   
Barbados Advocate
In recent weeks I have been in settings where the topic of HIV/AIDS arose, and the general consensus coming from those addressing those audiences is that the message of HIV/AIDS is getting old and we have to find new ways of reaching persons. If you had ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Science

American Register   

Researchers Use Tampons to Detect Waste Water Pollution Level   
American Register
Up till now it was thought th at tampons just serve as a feminine hygiene product that absorbs blood during menstruation but now a new study shows that tampons can do much more than that. They can help identify the pollution areas in rivers and streams that ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Sports

Soccer Laduma   

Pirates Legend Expresses Confidence In Bucs   
Soccer Laduma
Former Orlando Pirates defender and 1995 CAF Champions League winner, Edward “Magents” Motale has expressed confidence in Pirates' mental strength ahead of their first away leg match against URA in the CAF Confederation Cup. CAF Hopes on ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Entertainment

Okayafrica   

Lupita Nyong'o Is Filming Disney's 'Queen Of Katwe' Chess Biopic In Uganda ...   
Okayafrica
Lupita Nyong'o is currently in Uganda to begin work on her next project, Disney's Queen of Katwe. The film will tell the story of Ugandan chess wunderkind Phiona Mutesi, whose rise to prominence in the international chess circuit was documented in a 2011 ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Technology

Massive Easter Discount: Microsoft Lumia 530 Available For $29 In Australia ...   
International Business Times AU
Australians looking to buy a budget-friendly Lumia handset should look no further as there is a massive discount on the Microsoft Lumia 530. Apparently, a local retailer Big W is gearing up to sell the device at a cheap rate of $29 in Australia. It is worth noting ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Business

New York Post   

Doomed passengers' final moments surface in chilling video   
New York Post
A cellphone video from the doomed Germanwings flight shows that helpless passengers knew they were flying toward their deaths — and many could be heard screaming “Oh my God!” in the final seconds, according to French and German reports Tuesday.
Germanwings plane crash: Video from inside cabin reportedly shows ...   ABC Online
Lufthansa knew that pilot of doomed plane had depression   Irish Independent
Video 'shows cabin chaos' in seconds before Germanwings Alps crash —reports   GMA News

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New Vision   

20MW of solar energy to be added to national grid   
New Vision
Principal Financial Analyst Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) Vianney Mutyaba speaking to journalists on the tariff rates during the Electricity Regulatory Authority tariff review presentation to the media at the ERA headquarters Kampala on March 30, 2015.
Weak shilling to cause hike in electricity tariffs   NTV Uganda

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NDTV   

Publicly traded companies race to appoint women director on board ahead of ...   
Economic Times
MUMBAI: India's publicly traded companies are scrambling to comply with the market regulator's order that mandates at least one woman director on their boards, the deadline for which ends on April 1. A large numbers of companies are appointing wives of ...

2015-04-01 Uganda World

New York Post   

Doomed passengers' final moments surface in chilling video   
New York Post
A cellphone video from the doomed Germanwings flight shows that helpless passengers knew they were flying toward their deaths — and many could be heard screaming “Oh my God!” in the final seconds, according to French and German reports Tuesday.
Germanwings plane crash: Video from inside cabin reportedly shows ...   ABC Online
Lufthansa knew that pilot of doomed plane had depression   Irish Independent
Video 'shows cabin chaos' in seconds before Germanwings Alps crash —reports   GMA News

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Stuff.co.nz   

Istanbul police kill hostage-takers after nine-hour standoff   
Stuff.co.nz
An ambulance arrives at Justice Palace in Istanbul March 31, 2015. A Turkish prosecutor was critically injured and two of his captors were killed on Tuesday, after security forces stormed the courthouse where a far-left group had taken the prosecutor hostage, ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Africa

Independent Online   

Zuma applauds Nigeria on polls   
Independent Online
Cape Town - South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday congratulated the incoming president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, following the general elections in that country. Current Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday conceded ...

2015-04-01 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Legal fraternity, parliamentarians mourn Joan Kagezi   
NTV Uganda
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions spoke highly of Kagezi, saying she contributed greatly during her time there. The manner in which the senior principal state attorney Joan Kagezi was killed, by two men riding on a motorcycle, has raised questions about ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Health

New Vision   

HIV transmission to babies drops to 8000 annually   
New Vision
KAMPALA - Uganda has recorded gains in reducing the number of babies born with HIV from 28,000 in 2011 to less than 8,000 by the end of 2013, a status report of the Uganda AIDS Commission shows. Dr Christine Ondoa, the director general of AIDS ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Science

Los Angeles Times   

A steady stream of comet dust may have 'painted' Mercury black   
Los Angeles Times
The mystery of Mercury's excessively dark surface may have just been solved. A team of researchers working at Brown University say the planet's inky appearance may be the result of a near constant rain of impacts from tiny specks of cometary dust that ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Sports

SuperSport   

Ssentongo out of Pirates clash   
SuperSport
URA face the daunting task of overturning a 2-1 deficit against Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Orlando Pirates without their top marksman Robert Ssentongo. The two meet at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole in the second leg of the Caf ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Entertainment

Indie Wire (blog)   

Lupita Nyong'o Arrives in Uganda to Begin Production on Mira Nair's 'Queen of ...   
Indie Wire (blog)
It appears this will be Lupita Nyong'o's next film after all (after "Star Wars," which will be out later this year). The actress has arrived in Uganda to begin production on director Mira Nair's adaptation of the book "The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Technology

Market Business News   

Sony launches Spotify-powered music streaming app   
Market Business News
Sony has officially launched its new Playstation Music app. The Japanese tech giant teamed up with Spotify to make a music streaming service available on the PS4, PS3, and Xperia mobile devices across 41 markets. The streaming service, powered by ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Business

Business Recorder   

Ugandan shilling strengthens on dollar inflows from charities   
Reuters Africa
KAMPALA, March 30 (Reuters) - The Ugandan shilling strengthened slightly on Monday, buoyed by slackening dollar demand and inflows of hard currency from non-governmental organisations. At 1005 GMT commercial banks quoted the shilling at ...

2015-03-31 Uganda World

Al-Arabiya   

Swedish PM signals improved ties with Saudi Arabia   
Al-Arabiya
Ties appeared to have thawed between the two countries after Saudi Arabia decided last week to send its envoy back to Sweden. (File Photo: AFP). Text size A A A. By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 31 March 2015. Sweden's prime minister signaled ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Africa

BBC News   

Police investigates prosecutor murder   
New Vision
The lead prosecutor in the 2010 Kyadondo Rugby Club and the Ethiopian Village Restaurant in Kampala, Joan Kagezi Monday evening shot dead in what police called an assassination. Below is Inspector of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura's official statement.
Uganda prosecutor in 2010 al-Shabab bombings case shot dead   Deutsche Welle
Uganda: Prosecutor Is Fatally Shot   New York Times
Gunmen Kill Ugandan Prosecutor   Wall Street Journal
The Guardian   
Mail & Guardian Africa   
Channel News Asia   
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Daily Times   

International Observers Laud Polls   
Daily Times
Foreign Observers who monitored last Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections have lauded the exercise. The ECOWAS Observer Mission (EOM) described it is acceptable meeting the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration ...

2015-03-31 Uganda Uganda

BBC News   

Police investigates prosecutor murder   
New Vision
The lead prosecutor in the 2010 Kyadondo Rugby Club and the Ethiopian Village Restaurant in Kampala, Joan Kagezi Monday evening shot dead in what police called an assassination. Below is Inspector of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura's official statement.
Uganda prosecutor in 2010 al-Shabab bombings case shot dead   Deutsche Welle
Uganda: Prosecutor Is Fatally Shot   New York Times
Gunmen Kill Ugandan Prosecutor   Wall Street Journal
The Guardian   
Mail & Guardian Africa   
Channel News Asia   
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Kyadondo bomb trial attorney shot in suspected assassination attempt   
New Vision
Shocking news coming in is that Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi has been shot in what is believed to be an assasination attempt at her home in Najjera, according to assistant police spokesperson Polly Namaye. Police boss AIGP Kale Kayihura is ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Health

The Phnom Penh Post   

Event sickens hundreds; food-poisoning blamed   
The Phnom Penh Post
Ingredients thought to have caused a mass outbreak of food poisoning on Saturday at a Siem Reap province event organised by the NGO World Vision were seized yesterday and sent to Phnom Penh to undergo tests. A crowd of more than 700 people, mainly ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Science

What a mosquito, a potter in SA, and a Ugandan peasant have in common   
NTV Uganda (blog)
In the past few days, as we were outraged at the racist Chinese restaurant in Nairobi that did not allow in Africans after 5pm, a wonderful story broke. It did not break, really, because mainstream media largely ignored it. It emerged that researchers at the ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Sports

Yahoo Eurosport UK   

Starc: Our plan of fast yorker for McCullum worked   
Times of India
MELBOURNE: Not for once did Australia budge. As the World Cup reached the business end, they stuck to the five-pacer theory and that's what won them the tournament in the end. "It's the pacers who have won us the World Cup. They have been outstanding ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Entertainment

Irish Examiner   

Jeremy Clarkson exit not fatal to 'Top Gear', says Chris Evans   
Irish Examiner
Axing Jeremy Clarkson as host of Top Gear is not a “fatal blow” for the show, Chris Evans has said, as he again ruled himself out from taking over. The BBC Radio 2 DJ, who remains among bookmakers' favourites to take Clarkson's place on the show despite ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Technology

India Today   

Microsoft acquires LiveLoop   
India Today
Microsoft has been on a sort of a race to acquire start-ups in the recent past. Its latest acquisition is LiveLoop. LiveLoop is a program which aids in converting PowerPoint presentations into a URL format. With this, anyone can check the URL, and PowerPoint ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Business

Uganda clamps down harder on typhoid spread   
East African Business Week
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ministry of Health has beefed up prevention, control and management systems in the wake of the typhoid outbreak in Kampala and some surrounding districts. Some Ush 4 billion ($1.3 million) is being spent to counter further spread ...

2015-03-30 Uganda World

National Post   

Air Canada passengers feared for their lives when plane crash landed in Halifax   
National Post
As it circled Halifax in a snowstorm late on Saturday night, Air Canada flight 624 from Toronto was running out of fuel. If ground visibility did not improve soon, passengers were told, it would have to redirect to Moncton. But after about half an hour, the pilots ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Africa

Osun Defender   

Presidential Poll: Shocker! Buhari floors Jonathan in Obanikoro, Bode George ...   
Osun Defender
Main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari casts his ballot at a polling station in the “Gidan Niyam Sakin Yara A ward” at Daura in Katsina State on March 28, 2015. Voting began in Nigeria's general election ...

2015-03-30 Uganda Uganda

Otunnu maneuver leaves UPC in deadlock   
Independent
Far from resolving the impasse over the party operations, out-going UPC President Olara Otunnu's March 4 announcement that he will not be seeking re-election has created a new deadlock. Despite Otunnu's announcement, however, UPC party activities ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Health

Catholic church to build more Uganda Martyrs shrines   
NTV Uganda
The government has also promised to support the church in its bid to develop national martyrdom sites. The catholic church has resolved to build other shrines to honour the Uganda martyrs. The government has also promised to support the church in its bid to ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Science

RTCC   

US set for Paris climate pledge as UN deadline draws near   
RTCC
Developed countries have less than 48 hours to meet a deadline to reveal what levels of greenhouse gas reductions they would be willing to accept under a UN deal. The submissions are seen as a critical step on the path towards a universal carbon cutting ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Sports

Eurosport.com AU   

Steel all smiles after solid outing at World Cross Country Championships   
Eurosport.com AU
Steel all smiles after solid outing at World Cross Country Championships Gemma Steel admitted she had plenty to smile about after coming home as the highest placed Brit in 18th in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang. The 29-year-old ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Entertainment

USA TODAY   

All the items Lady Gaga's crossed off her bucket list   
USA TODAY
Lady Gaga , aka Stefani Germanotta and the future Mrs. Taylor Kinney , turns 29 today. And we can't let the day go by without acknowledging all the accomplishments she's packed into 29 years. Here are a few things Gaga's already crossed off her bucket list, ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Technology

REM   

WhatsApp PC Calling vs WhatsApp Mobile download update for Windows, iOS   
REM
There is nothing too different about the Web version, except for a few features that it lacks from the Mobile version. Let us take a look at the similarities of the two first. Private Conversations: The process of starting conversations on WhatsApp Mobile and ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Business

New Vision   

Access to finance biggest obstacle for MSMES   
New Vision
Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives Amelia Anne Kyambadde (2nd right), Private Sector Foundation Uganda Executive Director Gideon Badagawa (right) and his vice Gudula Naiga Basaza (3rd right) inspecting a stall during the Official opening of ...

2015-03-29 Uganda World

The Hindu   

National mourning for Lee Kuan Yew   
Business Standard
The government has declared national mourning today as a mark of respect to the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. The national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the country and there is no official entertainment today as Lee's ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Africa

Deutsche Welle   

Nigeria election extended to second day after technical problems and violence   
Deutsche Welle
Following glitches in new election technology, many Nigerians will return to the polls for a second day to cast their vote. The presidential election has also been marred by an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants. Nigerian election. Borno state Governor ...

2015-03-29 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

No cause for alarm - Gen Kayihura   
New Vision
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gen. Kale Kayihura has called for calm following reports of a planned terrorist attack on Kampala. "Do not fear, go out, shop, enjoy and don't panic. Terrorists always want to create fear and panic which is their major weapon ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Health

Huffington Post   

No, Ebola Is Not Mutating Into A 'Supervirus'   
Huffington Post
The Ebola virus that is causing the current outbreak in West Africa is not mutating as quickly as earlier reports had suggested, a new study finds. This finding helps allay fears that the virus could change into a more infectious or deadly form, the researchers ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Science

New Vision   

Uganda launches work plan on climate change deal   
New Vision
The minister of environment Ephraim Kamuntu has launched a national framework tool which will be used in coming up with a work plan on actions and strategies to minimize global warming. The work plan is also expected to contribute to the global deal on ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Sports

Goal.com   

Enyeama to miss South Africa clash   
Goal.com
Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama is out of their friendly match with South Africa on Sunday after he picked up an injury during Thursday's training session. Enyeama earned his record-equalling 100th cap on Wednesday in the Super Eagles' 1-0 home defeat ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Entertainment

BBC News   

Without Zayn, One Direction becomes four goofy white guys shouting   
DAWN.com
I'M a fan of One Direction's music. It's very efficient pop music that doubles as ecstatic, funny, and emotionally complex arena rock. Becoming a fan of One Direction's music has inadvertently and perhaps inevitably drawn my focus toward the individual ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Technology

Kansas City Star   

Facebook, Twitter Up Offerings   
Investor's Business Daily
9 At its developers conference, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) unveiled its Messenger Platform and said businesses and consumers will be able to chat via Messenger. The company also hinted at a '15 release for its Oculus virtual reality headset. Twitter ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Business

TODAYonline   

President Xi says China should not focus on growth rate only   
Daily Mail
BOAO, China, March 28 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the country should not focus on its economic growth rate only, reiterating China's push for a more sustainable, higher-quality expansion. Chinese leaders have announced ...

2015-03-28 Uganda World

The Straits Times   

Indonesians mourn loss of close friend Lee Kuan Yew   
The Straits Times
Mr Lee's friendship with Mr Suharto helped Singapore and Indonesia to forge close ties. Even after Mr Suharto resigned from office in 1998, Mr Lee remained a good friend. Mr Lee with a Bird of Paradise during a visit to a bird park with Mr Suharto on Sept 9, ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

Presidential Poll: Variables That May Affect Exercise   
The Guardian Nigeria
AS Nigerians go to the polls today to elect their president and members of the National Assembly for the next four years, certain variables may make or mar the elections, considering the tensed political atmosphere in the country. Despite assurances by ...

2015-03-28 Uganda Uganda

PC Tech Magazine   

Let's Build Our Own Local Weather Apps   
PC Tech Magazine
YOU would think that for a country that has declared itself to be agricultural for the last hundred or so years, Uganda would put much, much more by weather forecasts and other tools for reading and ordering life by this most important of phenomena.
Uganda media to boost president's coverage   Peninsula On-line
Safety improvements for Uganda's boda boda taxis   BBC News
Photographers to Market Kampala   AllAfrica.com
The Observer   
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New Vision   

Sh700m dorm commissioned as Namilyango College marks 113 years   
New Vision
The headteacher of Namilyango College, Gerald Muguluma (right) and Bishop Christopher Kakooza opening the new dormitory. (Photo credit: Francis Emorut). mail. img. newvision. mail; img. By Francis Emorut MUKONO - The Bishop of Lugazi Diocese, ...

2015-03-27 Uganda Health

New Vision   

Korea pledges sh25b to reduce maternal mortality   
New Vision
(L-R) Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) representative Jun Young Suk, Ambassador of Korea Park Jong Dae and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Uganda Aida Girma during the signing of agreement between the ...

2015-03-27 Uganda Science

Bangkok Post   

Antarctic icepack has thinned by almost 20 percent   
Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON - The ice floating around Antarctica has thinned by nearly 20 percent, according to research, depleting the bulwark that prevents the permanent collapse of glaciers covering the southern continent. Penguins are seen gathering on a floating ...

2015-03-27 Uganda Sports

New Vision   

Sam Ssimbwa sacked as SC Villa coach   
New Vision
Sports Club Villa have sacked their head coach Sam Ssimbwa after five months on the job. Club president Emmanuel Misagga confirmed the decision saying that the team faced a number of technical and administrative issues during Ssimbwa tenure.
SC Villa parts ways with Coach Sam Ssimbwa   Kawowo Sports

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Daily Sun   

Enyeama out of South Africa clash   
Daily Sun
The Nigeria captain, who recently notched up 100 games for the Super Eagles had been ruled out due to a backache. Enyeama was in goal for Nigeria on Wednesday when they lost 0-1 to the Cranes of Uganda in an international friendly, which marked his ...

2015-03-27 Uganda Entertainment

The Observer (blog)   

Movie review: Focus will leave you quite focused   
The Observer (blog)
Will Smith hasn't had a very good 2014 in the movies he was cast in. Even his son had a backlash from critics, yet his wife, Jada Smith, was receiving rave reviews from her role in the series Gotham, where she puts up one hell of a performance. Well, the man ...