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Coca-Cola Uganda Quenches Runners’ Thirst with Shs 173M Splash for 2025 Tusker Lite Mount Rwenzori Marathon
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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June 25, 2025
By David Mwanje In a refreshing stride toward community vitality and sports tourism, Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) has once again cemented its role as the official hydration partner for the fourth edition of the Tusker Lite Mount Rwenzori...
Seven books by Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
Scroll.in
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Zohran Mamdani is all set to win the New York Democratic mayoral primary polls. The 33-year-old soared to popularity with his social media campaigns that were earnest and spoke directly to New Yorkers about what he intended to do if he were to be...
Equity Bank Uganda empowers refugees through financial inclusion
Observer
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June 25, 2025
Equity Bank Uganda has reiterated its commitment to supporting refugees through innovative financial services and social protection programs, with a focus on fostering dignity, independence and self-reliance. The promise was made recently during...
Uganda Supreme Court moves ahead (slowly) on LGBTQI+ rights cases
Erasing 76 Crimes
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June 15, 2025
Two appeals seek to block anti-gay law and authorize name ‘Sexual Minorities Uganda’ Ugandan LGBTQ rights activists at Ugandan Supreme Court in April 2025. (Photo courtesy of SMUG via X/Twitter) Perhaps the Supreme Court of Uganda is familiar with...
NYC mayoral nominee’s anti-Israel views, political rise closely tied to Palestinian activist Sarsour
Just the News
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June 25, 2025
The Democrat nominee to be the next mayor of New York City has had a years-long and close affiliation with Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, whose views on Israel have stirred years of controversy and accusations of anti-Zionism. Zohran...
NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary: All about Zohran Mamdani’s educational qualifications
The Times of India
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Who says you’ve got a shot to make history only if/when you come out of Ivy League Schools!Zohran Kwame Mamdani sure is clearly going against the current and proving otherwise!Mamdani is making history, paving the path for the same since the last...
On Election Day, Immigrant Communities Split on Mamdani and Cuomo
Documented - New York
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June 24, 2025
Cristian Zumba could have voted in the presidential election last fall, but he chose not to. The 21-year-old college student and U.S. citizen said that he couldn’t get behind any of the candidates. As a child of immigrants, he said his parents...
Presidency: 80-year-old Uganda’s Museveni to seek re-election
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 24, 2025
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will seek reelection for another term in polls due early next year to extend his nearly four-decade rule, according to a senior official from the ruling party. Although he was widely expected to run for office...
Study: Intravenous rehydration ‘safe’ for severely malnourished children
Medical News
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June 24, 2025
Children with critical levels of malnutrition can be safely rehydrated intravenously, according to a new study that calls for a review of the existing global treatment guidelines. Specialists in child health say decades-old guidelines which advise...
Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda renews hydration partnership for the 2025 Rwenzori Marathon
Independent (Uganda)
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June 24, 2025
Officials confirmed that CCBU will be sponsoring Shs 173 million in this year’s hydration effort to the marathon Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) is going the distance in its partnership with the Tusker Lite...
Mahmood Mamdani education and career path: How Zohran Mamdani’s father built a legacy of revolution through ideas and exile
The Times of India
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As Zohran Mamdani positions himself for one of the most consequential roles in American municipal governance, the mayoralty of New York City, his political philosophy is being examined not only for its content but also for the intellectual...
80-Year-Old Museveni To Seek Re-Election As Uganda President
African Examiner
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June 24, 2025
Posted by African Examiner Latest Headlines, News Around Africa Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s ruling party said Tuesday that the country’s long-running president Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election in polls due early...
80-year-old Uganda's Museveni will seek re-election, says party
Punch
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June 24, 2025
Uganda’s ruling party said Tuesday that the country’s long-running president Yoweri Museveni will seek re-election in polls due early next year. The 80-year-old had been widely expected to try and extend his almost four-decade rule over the east...
Mira Nair education and career path: How Zohran Mamdani’s mother shaped her own revolution—on screen and beyond
The Times of India
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As Zohran Mamdani clinches the Democratic nomination for New York City’s mayoral race, all eyes are on the 33-year-old progressive politician. But behind his headline-making political journey lies a rich lineage shaped by two formidable...
AU delegation, immigration chief discuss transitioning to digital ID system
Eye Radio
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June 24, 2025
Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 8 hours ago Ambassador Churchill Major General Elia Costa, Director General for Civil Registration, Nationality, and Passport and Ewumbue-Monono, Permanent Representative to AU - Photo credit: courtesy A...
Chimpanzees and Children Share a Curiosity for Social Drama
Neuroscience News - Texas
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June 24, 2025
Summary: A new study shows that both chimpanzees and young children are drawn to watching social interactions, sometimes even at a cost. When given a choice between viewing videos of social behavior or solo individuals, both species consistently...
The need for gender equity in urban bureaucracy
The Hindu
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June 24, 2025
India is in the midst of a profound urban transformation. By 2050, over 800 million people, about half the population, will live in cities, making India the largest driver of global urban growth. As cities expand spatially, economically and...
UNICEF seeks urgent funding as over 136,000 flee DRC to Burundi, Uganda
Independent (Uganda)
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June 24, 2025
Refugees in Uganda KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, seeking refuge in neighboring Burundi and Uganda, the United Nations Children’s...
The climate crisis has a gender
The Times of India
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June 24, 2025
Climate change may be global, but it is not gender-neutral. And the faces most affected are not the ones most heard. Floods, droughts, wildfires, storms – climate disasters are growing in frequency and ferocity. But behind the statistics and...
Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren’t from
The Conversation
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June 24, 2025
For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so. A divided Supreme Court decided on...