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Kasese: 8,000 runners converge as Rwenzori Marathon enters global race calendar
KASESE — About 8,000 runners are expected to take to the roads…
Vinka answers critics with debut concert at Cricket Oval
KAMPALA — Ugandan singer Veronica Nakiyingi, popularly known as Vinka, answered months…
Former Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Speaker Isaac Kalembe laid to rest
HOIMA — The Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom on Friday laid to rest Owek. Isaac…
Angélique Kidjo makes history with Hollywood Walk of Fame star
LOS ANGELES — Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo has become the…
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Jozan school director’s wife jailed for life over pupil’s murder
SOROTI, Uganda — The wife of the director of Jozan Nursery and Primary School has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of five-year-old pupil Joan Faith Apio, while her husband and brother-in-law have been handed prison terms of 35 and 45 years respectively. Ariokot Susan Vivian Okedi was sentenced on Thursday by the High Court in Soroti after she, her husband Okedi Joseph and his brother, Obotol John Bosco, were convicted over the murder of the Primary One pupil. Resident Judge Justice Boniface Wamala handed down the sentences after finding the three family members responsible for Apio’s death.…
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Angélique Kidjo makes history with Hollywood Walk of Fame star
LOS ANGELES — Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo has become the first Black African and first African musician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Beninese singer was honoured Tuesday with the 2,854th star in the Recording category at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard, marking a major milestone in her more than four-decade career. Kidjo, whose music blends West African rhythms with sounds from around the world, used the ceremony to emphasise Africa's foundational role in global music. “Without us, there’s no music possible on this planet,” she said. Actor Willem Dafoe, who joined the celebration, described…
