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Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?
By Dorcas Wangira,
934, March 1, 2021 (EAT)
The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...
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Bobi Wine withdraws Uganda election result challenge
By Reuters,
1519, February 22, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was withdrawing a court case challenging presidential election results that handed victory to in...
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Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign
By Guest Writer,
1342, February 21, 2021 (EAT)
By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...
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Exiled in Kenya, Stella Nyanzi continues to speak out
By VOA,
906, February 19, 2021 (EAT)
As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...
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PROFILE: Nerima Wako taking the leap for youth to take part in politics, governance
By Guest Writer,
1300, February 11, 2021 (EAT)
By Patience Nyange Nerima Wako is the Executive Director of Siasa Place, an organisation she founded in 2015 to create an enabling environment for ...
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Ugandan Gov’t restores social media sites except Facebook
By VOA,
900, February 11, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan authorities restored access to the internet Wednesday, a month after blocking it ahead of the January 14 elections. Also Read: Facebook rem...
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African grey parrots, body parts being sold at ‘fetish’ voodoo markets in Togo
By Citizen Reporter,
847, February 11, 2021 (EAT)
World Animal Protection has revealed that endangered African grey parrots and their body parts are being sold at ‘fetish’ voodoo markets in Togo, ...
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Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government
By Guest Writer,
954, February 10, 2021 (EAT)
By Tessa Knight On January 8, 2020, Facebook removed 32 pages, 220 user accounts, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram profiles working to promote Ugandan ...
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Bobi Wine challenges election result in court
By Reuters,
1603, February 1, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory...
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Uganda ends house arrest of defeated opposition leader Bobi Wine
By Reuters,
1243, January 26, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan troops have withdrawn from around the home of opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, ending his house arrest since a Jan. 14 election won b...
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Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine’s house arrest is illegal, orders police to vacate the compound
By Reuters,
1310, January 25, 2021 (EAT)
A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a mid-month preside...
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Thai woman sentenced to 43 years in jail for insulting monarchy
By Reuters,
1719, January 19, 2021 (EAT)
A Thai woman has been sentenced to over 43 years in jail for sharing online posts criticising the royal family, her lawyer said on Tuesday. The sen...
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Bobi Wine, still under house arrest, says no food left for relative’s baby
By Citizen Reporter,
1551, January 19, 2021 (EAT)
Besieged opposition leader Bobi Wine has revealed that he has been under house arrest with an 18 month-old-baby whose food has run out. Taking to T...
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Bobi Wine says troops raided party HQs as staff planned legal challenge
By Reuters,
642, January 19, 2021 (EAT)
Bobi Wine, leader of Uganda’s main opposition party, said troops raided its headquarters on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to Pr...
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OPINION: For Uganda, stability without legitimacy cannot last
By Guest Writer,
604, January 19, 2021 (EAT)
By the Kofi Annan Foundation On Saturday, Uganda’s electoral commission announced that 76-year-old incumbent President Yoweri Museveni won a sixt...
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‘False information!’ Facebook flags Uhuru’s message congratulating Museveni for his win
By Ian Omondi,
1758, January 17, 2021 (EAT)
A congratulatory message by President Uhuru Kenyatta to his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni posted on State House Kenya’s Facebook page was on S...
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Meet Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi, the force behind Bobi Wine
By Waihiga Mwaura,
1650, January 17, 2021 (EAT)
I first saw Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi in person one day before the 2021 Ugandan General election. She stepped out of their Magere home alongside he...
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Yoweri Museveni declared winner of Uganda’s presidential poll
By Reuters,
1717, January 16, 2021 (EAT)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged wides...
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Ugandan military surrounds Bobi Wine’s home as vote counting continues
By Edwin Obuya,
1820, January 15, 2021 (EAT)
The military has once again surrounded the home of Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine has alleged massive ...
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Giants fall as vote counting continues in Uganda
By Edwin Obuya,
1756, January 15, 2021 (EAT)
Uganda's Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi is among 10 senior government officials who have fallen by the wayside in the just concluded Uganda e...
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