DRC expects mpox vaccines on Sept 5

By REUTERS Democratic Republic of Congo expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday, the head of the country’s mpox outbreak response said on Wednesday. Congo is the epicentre of an mpox outbreak that the World Health Organisation declared to be a global public health emergency last…

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Uganda police change tune on Bobi Wine’s injury

Police in Uganda have recanted their earlier statement concerning the suspected shooting of opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. In a change of tune, police spokesman Rusoke Kituuma on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, told the press that they were in the process of conducting fresh investigations surrounding the incident,…

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Bobi Wine stable after violent clash with Uganda police

By David Vosh Ajuna Ugandan opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, is recovering at the St Francis Nsambya Hospital following a violent altercation with security officers on Tuesday in Wakiso District, a party lawyer said early Wednesday. Bobi Wine sustained injuries when a teargas canister was fired at…

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