2014-11-22 Uganda Health

  The Guardian   

Uganda jails five over FGM  The Guardian
FGM tools. Ugandan law makes it a crime to not only carry out FGM or participate in any event leading to its practice, but also to discriminate against a woman who has not undergone it. Photograph: Liba Taylor/Corbis. Agence France-Presse in Kampala.
Uganda Jails Five for Genital Mutilation of Girls   Outlook

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1.8 billion reasons for RH  Manila Standard Today
A few days back, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), launched the State of the World Population Report 2014 entitled, “The Power of 1.8 Billion: Adolescents, Youth, and the Transformation of the Future” with very interesting insights on harnessing ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Science

  AL.com   

Science this week: Curiosity's Martian 'walkabout,' kids are pretty tough, possible ...  AL.com
This small ridge seems to resist wind erosion better than the surrounding rocks near the base of Mount Sharp on Mars, and NASA's Curiosity rover was studying why this week. (NASA photo). Print · Lee Roop | lroop@al.com By Lee Roop | lroop@al.com AL.
Mars Curiosity Rover could solve mystery of planet thanks to pink cliffs   Telegraph.co.uk
Martian developments on Mars and Earth   spectroscopyNOW.com
NASA rover to probe mysterious 'pink cliffs' to grasp Mars formation   RT
PerfScience   
SpaceFlight Insider   
Sky News   
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  Tech Times   

Newly Discovered 'Stargazing' Shrimp Always Looks to the Heavens  Tech Times
Stargazing shrimp have been discovered, looking like aliens underwater - how could they be looking everywhere at once? (Photo : Guido Zsilavecz). A "stargazer shrimp" that always looks to the skies, through striped eyes like marbles has been discovered by ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Sports

  SuperSport   

League Action Back As URA Take On Vipers  The Observer
Hardly 48 hours after Uganda's disappointing failure to qualify for the 2015 Nations Cup, local league action resumes with a series of intriguing ties even though the morale among players and fans may still be low, writes Elly Kyeyune. The highlight of the ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Entertainment

The Guardian   

Bill Cosby receives standing ovation at Florida show   
The Guardian
Bill Cosby performs at the King Center in Melbourne, Florida. Photograph: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images. Reuters in Melbourne and Los Angeles. Friday 21 November 2014 22.22 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Technology

  PC Tech Magazine   

MTN deploys Ericsson to supports its mobile money services  PC Tech Magazine
Ericsson says that the new system will enable the operator to quickly introduce relevant, new and differentiated mobile financial services offerings for its seven million mobile money users and 50,000 agents. The vendor added that the new platform will also ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Business

  RT   

Banking breeds cheating for financial gain - Swiss researchers  RT
Society expects bank employees to be honest when entrusting them with money. However, new research involving bankers suggests they are more likely than other professionals to be dishonest if they are reminded about their professional role. When bank ...

2014-11-22 Uganda World

RT   

Biden criticises Russia over lack of ceasefire in Ukraine   
Herald Scotland
US vice president Joe Biden has criticised Russia for its role in eastern Ukraine, urging Moscow to uphold a ceasefire in the war-torn region as he visited Kiev. US vice president Joe Biden has criticised Russia for its role in eastern Ukraine, urging Moscow to ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Africa

New Zimbabwe.com   

Zambia ruling party suspends acting president   
New Zimbabwe.com
ZAMBIA'S Zambia's governing Patriotic Front party on Friday suspended Guy Scott from the party, weeks after he took over as interim president of the country following the death of Michael Sata last month. Scott will however remain acting president of the ...

2014-11-22 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Uganda to probe police, army over missing ivory   
Newstime Africa
KAMPALA (AA) – A government inspector said Friday that her office planned to investigate police and army personnel over the recent disappearance of 1,355kg of ivory – estimated to be worth some $1.1 million – from the country's wildlife authority.
Uganda suspends wildlife chief after huge ivory theft   Daily Mail
UWA boss suspended over ivory scam   New Vision

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African leaders move to pass anti-gay laws that could sentence people to life in ...   
The Globe and Mail
Two African countries have recently moved to implement anti-gay laws that could sentence people found guilty of “homosexual acts” with life in prison. The president of Gambia has signed a bill into law that calls for life imprisonment for some homosexual acts, ...