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2021-05-11 20:39:15 Uganda: U.S.$12.3 Billion Budget Passed
‍[Monitor] Parliament has approved a Shs44.7 trillion budget for the approaching financial year 2021/2022, following one month's debate on ammendments by the parliamentary committee.
The new budget is down from this financial year's Shs45.6 trillion, with a difference of Shs900 billion.
The Budget was approved on Friday evening after presentation of the Budget committee report by the chairman, Mr Amos Lugoloobi.
"The Committee has established that there is a notable decrease in the resource envelope by Shs879.4 billi
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2021-05-11 20:39:10 Uganda: 40 Arrested As Security Surround Bobi, Besigye Homes
‍[Monitor] At least 41 people who were allegedly planning to disrupt President Museveni's inauguration ceremony have been arrested, the army has said, as a preventive measure to ensure that the veteran leader swears in for his sixth elective term in office.
National army deputy spokesperson, Col Deo Akiiki told journalists in Kampala that they (security agencies) have continued "to effect several detection, deterrent and preventive security measures to ensure no one hell bent to disrupt the Wednesday function succeed
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2021-05-11 17:21:32 West Africa: ECOWAS Fixes Covid-19 Tests At U.S.$50
‍[Daily Trust] The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has fixed the cost of COVID-19 testing, whether PCR or otherwise, at $50 at all points of entry from May 17, 2021.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this in Abuja yesterday at the briefing of the committee.
He said this was part of measures to ease travel and trade among ECOWAS members' citizens traveling within the sub-region.
He said some returning foreign p
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2021-05-11 17:15:18 Kenya Suspends Somalia Flights for Three Months
‍[East African] Kenya on Monday suspended flights from Somalia in the latest show that relations between the two sides have not thawed as announced last week.
A Notice to Airmen (Notam) on Monday indicated that flights departing for or arriving from Somalia will not be allowed for three months from May 11 to August 9 this year. Only humanitarian deliveries and medical evacuation flights will be allowed into the country, according to a notice by the aviation regulator, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA).
The Authori
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2021-05-11 16:51:15 South Africa: Our Research Shows Gaps in Diabetes Management Programme
‍[The Conversation Africa] Diabetes is currently the ninth most common cause of death in the world. Around 420 million people or 6% of the world's population is affected. This number is expected to rise beyond half a billion by the end of the decade with the biggest increase occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
Most people with the condition have type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes is the result of excess body weight and physical inactivity.
In South Africa, diabetes affects approximately 4.5 million people. The proport
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2021-05-11 16:48:10 Zimbabwe: NGO Files Bid for Chief Justice Malaba Ouster
‍[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has filed an urgent chamber application seeking an order for Chief Justice Malaba to resign by 15 May 2021.
This comes after the Zanu PF led government railroaded its legislators to pass the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2 into law whose effect was to increase the retirement age of serving judges.
Critics insist the law, signed into an Act at breakneck speed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week, was tailored to elongate Malaba's tenure as head of th
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2021-05-11 16:15:06 Africa: Surge in India's Covid-19 Infections a Warning to the Continent - WHO
‍[East African] The spike in India's Covid-19 infections and deaths is a wake-up call for African countries not to let their guard down, the continent's health bodies have warned.
According to both Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (AfricaCDC) and World Health Organisation, Africa region (WHO-Afro), the continent has to act now, collectively and decisively, to avoid being in a similar situation.
With Africa-bound Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII) delayed for the foreseeable futu
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2021-05-11 15:33:05 Nigeria: Kano State Created a Budget Line for Epidemic Preparedness
‍[Nigeria Health Watch] The health security of a nation comprises the activities that lessen adverse public health incidents and ensures a healthy and productive population. It is vital to developing strong and resilient health systems that can prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, wherever they occur. Nigeria has experienced outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Lassa fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, Ebola, COVID-19 and resurgences of yellow fever and monkeypox. The Ebola outbreak in the West African Dem
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2021-05-11 15:27:05 Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Nears 125,000 Across Continent
‍[allAfrica] As of May 11, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,641,049 while over 13,443,942 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.
Reported deaths in Africa reached 124,745 and 4,158,698  people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases -  1,597,724 - and 54,825  people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( 513,922 ), Tunisia (321,837), Ethiopia ( 263,120 ), Egypt ( 238,560 ), Libya (180,226) and Nigeria (165,468).
For the la
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2021-05-11 14:51:09 Africa: Countries Must Embrace the Concept of Good Food As Good Medicine
‍[The Conversation Africa] Fresh impetus is being directed into identifying and advocating for scientific priorities in the area of food security and nutrition across Africa, with a particular focus on health implications.
At the centre of these efforts is a a five-year project initiated by the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Africa, a partnership between the African Academy of Sciences and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD. This project aims to identify the continent's most urgent research and development questions
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