2015-06-23 Uganda Health

BBC News   

Skinny jeans given health warning   
BBC News
Skinny jeans can seriously damage muscles and nerves, doctors have said. A 35-year-old woman had to be cut out of a pair after her calves ballooned in size, they described in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. She had spent hours ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Science

Women and Power: Lily Ajarova, a lady passionate about wildlife   
NTV Uganda
On Women and Power, Lily Ajarova, the Executive Director of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust, shares her thoughts on chimpanzees, Uganda's untapped tourism potential and motherhood.

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Sky News Australia   

US 'climate change deaths to reach 57000'   
Sky News Australia
Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths in the United States from poor air quality by 2100, the Obama administration has argued in a new report that warns of dire effects of global warming. Monday's report underscores the ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Sports

Visa Hitch Deny Ugandan Youngsters UK Youth Football Tourneys   
Kawowo Sports
At least 200 Ugandan young footballers are on the verge of missing key youth European based tournaments set to kick off in July 2015. The saddening development follows the rejection of their visa applications to Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The youth ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Entertainment

Irish Mirror   

'Uganda's ugliest man' becomes dad for the EIGHTH time with his SECOND wife   
Irish Mirror
A man crowned the ugliest man in Uganda has become a dad for the EIGHTH time. Godfrey Baguma, known as Sebabi - which means 'ugliest of them all' - suffers from a rare medical condition giving him his distinctive looks. The 47-year-old married his ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Technology

Bangkok Post   

Sony doubles PlayStation storage in Xbox counter   
Bangkok Post
SAN FRANCISCO - Sony next month will release a new PlayStation 4 with double the storage capacity, countering Microsoft's recent release of a beefed-up version of rival console Xbox One. Sony will release next month a new PlayStation 4 with double the ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Business

Low-cost Fastjet sees more growth in EAC   
East African Business Week
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Fastjet, the low-cost pan-African airline, is embarking on an ambitious strategy at increasing load factor by offering the lowest ticket prices available. “We conducted a string of consumer surveys on the challenges travellers ...

2015-06-23 Uganda World

New Vision   

'I fear they will find me' - acid victim   
New Vision
KUNDUZ - Four years after a militiaman doused Mumtaz with a flesh-searing acid for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, death threats have forced the 20-year-old Afghan into hiding. Her ordeal encapsulates the ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Africa

The Guardian   

Ethiopia's ruling party wins by landslide in general election   
The Guardian
Supporters of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front at a pre-election rally. Photograph: Zacharias Abubeker/AFP/Getty Images. Agence France-Presse in Addis Ababa. Monday 22 June 2015 12.45 EDT Last modified on Monday 22 ...

2015-06-23 Uganda Uganda

Ugandan police issue terror alert   
GlobalPost
KAMPALA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan police on Monday issued a terror alert, warning that Somali militants Al-Shabab are planning to carry out a series of attacks in the ongoing Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Fred Enanga, the police ...