About two people died and several were wounded on Monday in an explosion on a bus near Kampala,Ugandan police spokesman Fred Enanga said bomb specialists were sent to Lungala following a deadly explosion in a bus belonging to the firm Swift Safaris around
Police spokesman Fred Enanga said the bombers ordered food and drinks at the bar, before placing a plastic bag under a table, suggesting the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device chance flagging it as an ‘act of domestic terrorism’. The explosion went off moments after they left. President Yoweri Museveni on Twitter said
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP), revealed that the lives, livelihoods and access to food for 22.8 million people will be severely impacted due to the combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan. The FAO in Afghanistan said on Twitter that “Half of Afghanistan’s population face acute
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Company directors at Spain’s largest cement factory on the outskirts of Madrid are considering shutting down production as electricity prices surge across Europe. Luis Herrers, Cementos Portland’s operations director said “Because the cost of electricity has shot up 300 per cent, and above all, we have crossed a red line, which is that our production
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Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned that Sudan is facing the “worst crisis” of its transition to civilian rule, following the removal of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir more than two years ago. “The essence of this crisis … is the inability to reach a consensus on a national project among the revolutionary and change forces,”
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Inflation is about to ripple through the tax code—and the nation’s hodgepodge of tax provisions means some people will be hurt and some won’t. Every year, the tax code requires the IRS to adjust dozens of provisions for inflation based on changes in consumer prices. The agency is likely to announce the 2022 figures in
The plans, some of which are still in progress and not finalized, are aimed at averting a potential surge in delinquencies when payments resume in February, which the Biden administration announced in August. The Education Department is eyeing proposals that would give borrowers new flexibility as they face student loan bills for the first time
Data from the Annual Crime Report, 2020, shows that 440 people were killed as a result of aggravated domestic violence. Murder as a result of domestic violence was highest in Amuru District, followed by Mubende, Ntungamo, Kakumiro, and Kisoro districts.
The UK has announced an extra £29m of humanitarian aid to people affected by the deepening conflict in northern Ethiopia, as the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, reviews what kind of further pressure can be placed on the new Ethiopian government to open up badly needed humanitarian corridors. The UK has provided more than £75m to alleviate
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Europe in two weeks, this will be the second overseas trip of Biden’s presidency and comes as he attempts to take action to address the threats of global climate change. The White House said in a statement on Thursday, with the global climate crisis
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