2015-01-21 Uganda Health

BBC News   

Genetics Underpinning Antimalarial Drug Resistance are Revealed   
Infection Control Today
The largest genome-wide association study to date of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum unveils a complex genetic architecture that enables the parasite to develop resistance to the most effective antimalarial drug, artemisinin. The results could help ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Science

CBS News   

Using X-rays, scientists read ancient, volcano-charred scrolls   
Los Angeles Times
Talk about reading between the lines! Scientists wielding X-rays say they can, for the first time, read words inside the charred, rolled-up scrolls that survived the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius nearly two millenniums ago. The findings, described in the ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Sports

Goal.com   

Gabon - Congo Preview: Malonga demands intensity to keep Afcon hopes alive   
Goal.com
Congo forward Dominique Malonga has called on his team-mates to play with the same spirit as they did against Equatorial Guinea in their second Africa Cup of Nations match with Gabon on Wednesday. Claude Le Roy's men fell behind in the tournament ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Entertainment

Channel News Asia   

Pope Francis confirms visit   
The Observer
It's official. Pope Francis is coming to Uganda later this year, the Catholic Church here and the Vatican have confirmed. Excited by the news, the outgoing parish priest of Uganda Martyrs' Namugongo shrine described Uganda as “unique.” Fr Emmanuel ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Technology

Newsweek   

Google aboard as Musk`s SpaceX gets $1 bn in funding   
Zee News
New York: The private space exploration firm SpaceX said Tuesday it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk`s plan to build a satellite Internet network. The latest round of funding comes from Google and the financial firm ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Business

Mweheire brings Wall Street vigour to Stanbic   
The Observer (blog)
It is quite tempting to assume Patrick Mweheire, the first Ugandan chief executive officer of Stanbic bank Uganda, was simply born brilliant. That however much you want to relate your story to his, he perhaps belongs to a lofty space, forever elevated, and not ...

2015-01-21 Uganda World

The Straits Times   

Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead hostage crisis response   
The Straits Times
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the tomb of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan 20, 2015. Abe demanded in a press conference in Jerusalem before heading to the ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Africa

IBNLive   

Boko Haram claims Baga attack, threatens Nigeria's neighbours   
IBNLive
Kano: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed a massive attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened Niger, Chad and Cameroon in a video published online. "We killed the people of Baga. We indeed killed them, as our Lord ...

2015-01-21 Uganda Uganda

Irish Independent   

Rebel leader arrives at The Hague   
Irish Independent
A commander from a fearsome Ugandan rebel group known for abducting and torturing children was taken into custody at the International Criminal Court. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Dominic Ongwen, who ...