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  1. Uganda internet tax kicks in

    The new tax should not affect medical and educational internet services

  2. Uganda intern doctors escalate strike action over pay

    Medical interns in Uganda join doctors and consultants in a nationwide strike over pay

  3. Uganda hands out Covid-relief cash

    Uganda begins giving free cash to those affected by lockdown measures due to Covid-19.

  4. Uganda faces massive influx of Turkana pastoralists from Kenya in search of pasture.

    Uganda faces massive influx of Turkana pastoralists. Evidence of mass graves in DRC

  5. Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

    Uganda declares end of the Ebola outbreak, after 42 days without any new confirmed cases

  6. Uganda debates anti-LGBTQ+ bill

    The law threatens anyone identifying as LGBTQ+ with 10 years in jail

  7. Uganda bans mass campaign rallies ahead of elections

    Pop star Bobi Wine is seen as a threat to President Museveni's rule.

  8. Uganda Attacks Rebel Bases in Eastern DR Congo

    Ugandan army attacks Allied Defense Forces rebel bases in eastern DR Congo.

  9. Uganda arrests leading human rights lawyer

    Ugandan lawyer Nicholas Opiyo, was detained with three others

  10. Uganda announces early school closure over Ebola fears

    Uganda’s education minister says eight pupils have died from Ebola and 23 cases confirmed

  11. Uganda Airlines flies again

    Uganda's national airline restores its services after eighteen years

  12. UAE firm to manage Tanzania’s main port

    Emirati firm DP World has signed a deal to manage Dar-es-Salaam port for 30 years

  13. Two jailed over Kenyan shopping mall attack

    The men were sentenced to 33 and 18 years for their part in Nairobi’s Westgate mall siege

  14. Two days of high-level talks begin at CHOGM

    Commonwealth heads of state and government begin two days of talks in the Kigali

  15. Twitter’s Ghanaian staff without severance pay

    Former employees say Twitter has gone silent on all negotiations regarding payment.

  16. Twin bombings in Tunisia

    In Tunisia - two suicide bombings and concerns over the health of the president.

  17. Tutankhamun's tomb: crediting the Egyptians who helped discover it

    A UK exhibition highlights Egyptian contribution to the discovery of Tutankhamon's tomb

  18. Turning plastic bottles into face masks

    A South African company finds a way to put used discarded bottles to good use

  19. Tunisian factory in self-isolation to produce Covid-19 protective gear

    150 factory workers chose self-isolation to produce protective gear against the virus

  20. Tunisian activist jailed for eight years

    Prominent Tunisian activist Saadia Mosbah has been sentenced to ​eight years in prison

  21. Tunisia's president tasks a woman to form new government

    Engineer Najla Bouden has been tasked with forming a new government

  22. Tunisia's president strengthens own executive powers

    President Kais Saied announced he will rule by decree and suspend MPs salaries

  23. Tunisia's president sacks 57 judges

    President Kais Saied accused the judges of corruption and protecting terrorists

  24. Tunisia's judges locked out of their offices

    President Kais Saied has dissolved Tunisia's top legal body on Sunday

  25. Tunisia's former president dies in exile

    The ousted ex-President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali died in Saudi Arabia, aged 83

  26. Tunisia suicide bomber detonates near US embassy

    A suicide bomber blew himself up near the US embassy in Tunis

  27. Tunisia prominent critic released from prison

    Tunisian government frees Ahmed Souab, a lawyer who's been serving a five-year jail term

  28. Tunisia President takes over control of the country

    President Saied has sacked the Prime Minister, several ministers and suspended parliament

  29. Tunisia gets a new draft constitution

    A committee hand-picked by the President completes a new draft constitution for Tunisia

  30. Tunisia brought to a standstill by national strike

    The UGTT union called for the public sector strike to protest President Saied’s policies.

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