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Uganda arrests street vendors defying virus lockdown | Africanews

Uganda has not announced any social protection plan for its poor and those rendered jobless by the new measures. Activists have accused the government of botching its response to the pandemic

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James, Charles A. (1922- )

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In May 2012, one of the Lords Resistance Armys top military strategists and commander, Caesar Acellam, was captured by Ugandan soldiers near the Central African Republics border with Congo. Although Acellam is not one of those indicted along with Joseph Kony for crimes against humanity, his capture

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Uganda: Adolescents in Eastern Uganda Risk Becoming Obese, New Study Suggests

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