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UN NEWS Center Antimicrobials have been a driver of unprecedented medical and societal advances, but their overuse has resulted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, with the World Health Organization (WHO ) reporting new surveillance data on Monday which reveals widespread resistance to some of the world’s most common infections, including E. coli and pneumonia. “The report confirms the serious situation of antibiotic resistance worldwide,” Dr. Marc Sprenger, director of WHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance Secretariat, said at the launch of the agency’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System ( GLASS ) The most commonly reported resistant bacteria were Escherichia coli , Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus…

Hunger continues to intensify in conflict zones, UN agencies report to Security Council 29 January 2018 – Source UN. Food insecurity – or lack of access to enough food – continues to worsen in places torn by conflict, United Nations agencies reported Monday, listing Yemen, South Sudan and Syria among the countries most affected by acute hunger. Highlighting the extremely critical importance of humanitarian support for affected communities, the report was generated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP ) as part of bi-annual briefings to the UN Security Council on food security. Conflict…

By Kasigwa Rose Government need to revise budgets for the refugees hosting district especially for Koboko district. The district chairperson Koboko, Hassan Nyinya  says that the influx of refugees especially from south Sudan Continue mounting pressure on the resources like health facilities, water points, and the environment at large. Hassan Nyinya says that Government need to work together with her neighbor south Sudan to ensure that peace is restored and refugees stop flocking the country. From 2017, Uganda has continued to respond to the refugee influx from South Sudan, with 227,224 new arrivals between 1 January and 30 April. 2017. In April…

Source BBC. President Donald Trump has hit back at Jay-Z after the rapper called him a “superbug” and attacked his treatment of minorities. In a tweet, Mr Trump said “black unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!”. African-American unemployment stands at 6.8%, a record low. But critics say economic growth began under President Obama and unemployment remains far higher among the black population than the white. Appearing on CNN’s The Van Jones Show, Jay-Z said focusing on unemployment rates was “missing the point”. “It’s not about money at the end of the day…money doesn’t…

Science and Technology budget faces a drastic cut. By Adiga Julius. The budget committee of parliament chaired by Amos Lugolobi has vowed not to approve, the allocation of 50 billion shillings for the ministry of Science Technology, and Innovation for the financial 2018/2019, If the sector does not come up with clear operational guiltiness on how the money is going to be spent. This after the chairperson on the sectoral committee on science and technology, Robert Kaferoo Sekitoleko, said that the President had ordered 50 billion shillings for the innovation fund, but the money was not allocated to (STI) sector,…

Source UN News Center . Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations in Afghanistan have strongly condemned Saturday’s massive vehicle bomb attack on a busy street near Government buildings in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which reportedly left scores dead and wounded. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the deadly incident, in which the attackers reportedly used a vehicle painted to look like an ambulance, including bearing the distinctive medical emblem, what the UN Assistance Mission in the country, known as UNAMA, flagged as a “clear violation of international humanitarian law.” In a statement from his Spokesman, Mr. Guterres said that…

By URN. The Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation General Caleb Akandwanaho has called for a review of the program in order to make it more significant for the country. The program, which runs under the National Agricultural Advisory Services-NAADS, is used for community mobilization, distribution of agricultural inputs, and facilitation of agricultural production chains across the country. It’s implemented by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces – UPDF, as one of the strategies to eradicate poverty and facilitate the growth of household income through agriculture. General Akandwanaho also known as Salim Saleh says that although Operation Wealth Creation has registered…

Uganda Faces Sanctions Over Defaulting on Contributions By Adiga Julius Uganda risks being locked out of international conferences, over failure to contribute to its obligations to global organizations. According to Rose Mutonyi, the chairperson of Parliament’s committee on foreign affairs, a deficit in the 2018/2019 financial year budget to cater for subscription to the international organisations could dent Uganda’s credentials. While submitting the budget framework of ministry of foreign affairs before Parliament’s committee on budget chaired by Amos Lugoloobi, Hon Mutonyi disclosed that the total annual budgetary requirement for international organizations in the next financial year is 21.5 billion shillings,…

Source Reuters. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. “I‘m looking forward to it, actually,” Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said of an interview with Mueller, a former FBI director. “I would do it under oath. Although Trump has pledged cooperation with Mueller’s probe before, Trump made his assertion as the White House and allies in Congress have stepped up attacks on the investigation’s credibility and Trump himself has…

By URN. The former speakers of the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA have cautioned the newly elected EALA legislators to avoid carrying the individual positions of their countries to the assembly but instead focus on the bigger issues of the East African Community. Abdi Abdirahin, the former speaker of the second EALA Assembly and Dan Kidega, the speaker of the 3rd assembly made the appeal while addressing the members of the fourth assembly in Kampala on Wednesday. Kidega said there is need for the lawmakers to avoid pushing positions of their individual countries, saying they represent the people of east Africa.…

Two legislators from West Nile have termed the upcoming celebrations to mark the 32nd anniversary of the National Resistance Army/Movement victory as a mockery to region that they say is poverty stricken. Obongi county MP Kaps Fungaroo says that holding the celebrations in Arua is a mockery to the region which he says is second to Busoga in high levels of poverty in Uganda. Fungaroo says people are still perishing in poverty, no electricity, famine is still killing people and worst of all even those who participated in liberating the country are suffering. MP for Ayivu county Bernard Atiku says…

Source BBC. Tim Cook is the latest high-profile figure to voice concern about social networks Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said he does not want his nephew to be on a social network. His comments come as a survey suggests the wider British public is becoming increasingly distrustful of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The platforms have all acknowledged problems in recent days. One expert suggested technology companies should face tougher regulations despite their efforts to resist the prospect. Age limits At a coding-related event at Harlow college, in Essex, Mr Cook told a Guardian reporter: “I don’t have a…

MEDIA RELEASE MINSTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ________________________________________________ Kampala: 1/22/2018 UGANDA AND TANZANIA OPENS TALKS ON JOINT BORDER REDEMARCATION/REAFFIRMATION Officials from the Government of the Republic of Uganda and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania have opened talks aimed at reaffirming the borders of Uganda and Tanzania. The meeting was opened this morning by H.E. Richard Kabonero, High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda to the United Republic of Tanzania at LAICO Lake Victoria Hotel in Entebbe. Ambassador Kabonero is also the leader of the Uganda delegation while the Tanzanian delegation is led by Mr. Suleiman A. Saleh, Assistant…

By URN. The United States Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac has described as disturbing and upsetting, disparaging comments about immigrants from Africa, made by President Donald Trump. President Donald Trump recently made vulgar and disparaging remarks about immigration from countries in Africa and Haiti and said the U.S. should welcome more immigration from countries like Norway. He was speaking during an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers. The meeting was discussing protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump reportedly…

Source UN News Center. The United Nations should change the way it does business in high-security risk peacekeeping operations, as the UN flag no longer offers ‘natural’ protection to mission personnel, according to a new report, which calls for better training for ‘blue helmets,’ more technology and greater freedom to respond to the threat posed by armed groups. “Unfortunately, hostile forces do not understand a language other than force,” warns the report, titled Improving Security of United Nations Peacekeepers, arguing that projecting strength is more secure for uniformed and civilian personnel than risk-averse approaches. Since 1948, more than 3,500 personnel…