The Independent (2023-12-08). Impassable roads stall eviction of Balaalo in Amuru. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru District is grappling with poor state of roads which has stalled the eviction of the migrant cattle keepers in the District. The District security team had identified government land at Lakang Sub County for a temporary holding ground of the animals . The roads measuring about 70 …

The Independent (2023-12-08). Luwero town council disowns protesting mortuary attendants. independent.co.ug Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luwero town council has suspended the involvement of a mortuary attendant and a casual laborer in handling the burials of unclaimed bodies due to their demonstration over unpaid allowances. George Kallibala, a mortuary attendant, and Rogers Bulime Kakumba, a casual laborer at Luwero Hospital, protested by dumping two decomposing …

The Independent (2023-12-08). Henok Teferra Shawl is new Managing Director for Boeing Africa. independent.co.ug Based in Addis Ababa, Teferra Shawl positioned to strengthen Boeing operations and relationships across the African continent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Boeing has appointed Henok Teferra Shawl as the new managing director for Boeing Africa to strengthen the company's operations and relationships across the African continent. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Henok …

The Independent (2023-12-08). Uganda MPs in Kigali for EAC games. independent.co.ug Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan legislators have vowed to defend their title at the East African Community — EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games, scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from December 8th to 19th, 2023. Flagged off Thursday at Parliament by Speaker Anita Among, a contingent of approximately 100 participants will compete across various …

Ashley Dawson (2023-12-08). Carbon-Trading Plans Are Thinly Veiled Land Grabs That Displace People Globally. truthout.org While King Charles was being wined and dined during his recent state visit to the country, Kenyan authorities were brutally evicting up to 700 Ogiek Indigenous people from their ancestral homes in the Mau Forest. This is just one in a long string of violent evictions that the Ogiek have had to endure, usually leading to the theft of their land by the government and the subsequent logging of the… |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-08). Palestinian Resistance Forces Joint Statement. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: While the struggle for liberation continues within Palestinian territory, let the international community do its part to delegitimize the Zionist entity, end apartheid and stop the genocide. International Appeal to Invoke the Genocide and Apartheid Conventions to Protect the Palestinian People Free Palestine — from the River to the Sea! Five Palestinian forces…

The Independent (2023-12-08). Private Sector Foundation and Uganda Baati sign MOU to enhance climate resilience. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A transformative memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been formalized between Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and Uganda Baati Limited under the Uganda Baati Safal Foundation, marking the commencement of the tree-planting initiative. This agreement was signed during the PSFU's 27th Annual General Meeting at Kampala Serena Hotel and …

The Independent (2023-12-08). Medical bureau explain why not-for-profit hospitals charge exorbitant fees. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) has spoken out on concerns by the public that Private-not-for-profit-PNFP health facilities continue charging patients highly for services despite receiving an annual grant from the government. Dr Tonny Tumwesigye, the Executive Director of the bureau says the majority of these hospitals were initially …

The Independent (2023-12-08). Mining of lithium to start soon in Ntungamo. independent.co.ug Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has okayed the mining of lithium in Ntungamo district to allow for the manufacture of electric car batteries. Museveni gave the green light while meeting a group of investors from Strand Hanson Limited, a London-based company at State House Entebbe. During the meeting, the President …

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2023-12-08). Reportan más de 12.000 personas muertas por conflicto en Sudán. telesurtv.net El ente alertó también que 6.6 millones de personas se han visto obligadas a abandonar sus hogares, la mitad de ellas son niños.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-12-08). Presidente de Portugal formaliza cese del Gobierno de António Costa. telesurtv.net Costa dijo en declaraciones a los periodistas que ahora es momento de esperar a la justicia y que después verá si todavía hay espacio para la política en su futuro.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-12-08). Seychelles declara emergencia tras explosión que dejó 66 heridos. telesurtv.net "Los daños son enormes y muchas familias han abandonado sus hogares", afirmó el mandatario Wavel Ramkalawan.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-12-08). Niños piden durante COP28 ser centro de la acción climática. telesurtv.net Intervienen en la cumbre de ONU menores de edad de naciones latinoamericanas y africanas muy afectadas por la crisis climática.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-12-08). Sunday 12/31: 2023 Freedom''s Eve – Historic Stockton African Kwanzaa connection to our Cushite Empire. indybay.org Historic Stockton Waterfront Community…

Gerard Boyce (2023-11-29). A Nuclear Assault on South Africa's Freedoms. counterpunch.org Attempts are underway to suppress and even demonize anti-nuclear protesters in South Africa. (Photo of 2016 Johannesburg protest by Linda Pentz Gunter) A considerable number of pro-nuclear articles penned by supposedly impartial nuclear experts or professed nuclear industry lobbyists have appeared in the South African media of late. The flurry of pro-nuclear activity has been

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo, LA Progressive. (2023-11-29). How Gaza War Galvanizes Global Indigenous Solidarity Movement. popularresistance.org For decades, the struggle for national liberation in Palestine was rightly understood to be part and parcel of a global struggle for liberation, mainly in the Global South. | And since national liberation movements were, per definition, the struggle for Indigenous people to assert their collective rights for freedom, equality, and justice, the Palestinian struggle was positioned as part of this global Indigenous movement. | Alas, the collapse of the Soviet Union; the growing dominance of the United States and its allies; and the return of Western colonialism in the form of neocolonialism to Africa, the Middle Eas…

People's Dispatch. (2023-11-29). Anti-Arab And Islamophobic Hate Crimes On The Rise In The US. popularresistance.org This Saturday, three young Palestinian men, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali, and Kenan Abdulhamid were shot in Vermont. The three men, all college students, were shot at four times by 48-year-old Jason J. Eaton. They were speaking Arabic and two of them were wearing Palestinian keffiyehs. All three of the shooting victims are 20 years old. | This comes shortly after three separate videos went viral of former State Department official Stuart Seldowitz harassing an Egyptian halal cart worker with vile Islamophobic and racist remarks. "Did you rape your daughter like Mohammed d…

Vijay Prashad (2023-11-29). A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine. dissidentvoice.org Tagreed Darghouth (Lebanon), from the series The Tree Within, a Palestinian Olive Tree, 2018. Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by …

The Independent (2023-11-29). Huawei hosts 2023 Africa 5G Summit. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa 5G Summit, a prominent event within the sixth Southern Africa Mobile Broadband (MBB) VIP Salon, underscored the pivotal role of 5G in shaping Africa's business landscape. Hosted by Huawei and held during AfricaCom, the continent's largest technology conference, the summit convened industry leaders, government regulators, and representatives from various …

Judy Albert, MD, Claire Cohen, MD, Ed Grystar, Ana Malinow, MD. Martha Schmidt, Kay Tillow (2023-11-29). National Single Payer, a Health Care Justice Organization in the U.S., Denounces Targeting of Hospitals in the Gaza Strip and U.S. Complicity in Genocide. counterpunch.org As a national, grassroots, social justice organization that organizes locally in the struggle for national single payer health care in the U.S., united by the common principles that health care is a human right, must be free from corporate profit, and must be achieved through national legislation, the Steering Committee of National Single Payerfeels it is

The Independent (2023-11-29). Nawangwe pardons students suspended for protesting eviction of businesses. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe has pardoned three students who were suspended for protesting the eviction of small businesses at the university. In 2022, Makerere University Council ordered all businesses to vacate campus premises, a decision that was recently implemented. The businesses included photocopy and stationery shops, food …

kwjorinoco (2023-11-29). Israel and Hamas Extend Ceasefire for 2 More Days. orinocotribune.com The Palestinian resistance movement in the Gaza Strip announced Monday that the four-day truce and hostage-for-prisoner exchange agreement with Israel, which began on Friday, will be extended by two more days. | "The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces that it has been agreed with the brothers in Qatar and Egypt to extend the temporary humanitarian truce for two more days under the same conditions as the previous truce," the group reported in a statement released through Telegram. | At the same time, Qatar, a country that acts as a mediator, indicated that Israel and Hamas will extend the humanitarian tru…

The Independent (2023-11-28). Stress Clinic entertainment show set for Nov 29 at UMA showground. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stress Clinic, an entertainment project will officially kick off on November 29 at the Uganda Manufacturers Association base in Lugogo, some 4km from Kampala City Centre, the organisers said on Monday. Winnie Nwagi and Maddox Sematimba are some of the big artists that will entertain the audience. …