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August 7, 2020 • Administrator

KIU Business Desk: Pharmacies in Sub-Saharan Africa Dramatically Increase Price of Hydroxychloroquine

Pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies in Sub-Saharan Africa have dramatically increased the price of hydroxychloroquine, a drug believed to be a cure for COVID-19, according t...

August 7, 2020 • Administrator

COVID-19 Updates: Uganda Registers One Additional COVID-19 Death Bringing Total Deaths to 6

Uganda has registered its sixth COVID-19 death, after one person died on the evening of August 6 at Mulago National Referral Hospital.The dead person was a 70-year old Ugandan, ...

August 7, 2020 • Administrator

KIU International Desk: 41 Million People To Go Hungry in East Africa due to COVID-19

By Rogers Wanambwa KIU, Main Campus - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the World Food Programme (WFP) estimate that 41 million East Africans ...

August 7, 2020 • Administrator

KIU Trivia: August 7 in the Present and the Past

Whatcâ¬âcs Happening Today?Republic Day (Ivory Coast). This is the National Day of Ivory Coast and it commemorates full independence from France on this day in 1960. In 1946 wi...

August 6, 2020 • Administrator

KIU International Desk: Scientists Discover Parasite Resistant to Major Anti-Malarial Drug in Rwanda

Scientists have detected the emergence and spread of malaria parasites capable of resisting artemisinin, an anti-malarial drug recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)...

August 6, 2020 • Administrator

KIU Business Desk: Finance Minister Kasaija Orders BoU to Fasttrack Establishment of Islamic banking

The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has ordered the Bank of Uganda (BoU), to fast track the establishment of Islamic banking in Uganda, Daily Monitor reports.Quoting Kasaija, ...

August 6, 2020 • Administrator

COVID-19 Updates: 10 new Cases Confirmed on Tests Done on August 5

10 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed from the 3,577 samples tested on August 5, the Ministry of Health has announced in a statement.Of the 10 cases, 7 were alerts and conta...

August 6, 2020 • Administrator

KIU Trivia: August 6 in the Present and the Past

Whatcâ¬âcs Happening Today?Independence Day (Jamaica). Jamaica celebrate their independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. The Colony of Jamaica gained its independence from ...

August 5, 2020 • Administrator

KIU BOOK CLUB: The Looting Machine by Tom Burgis

By Rogers Wanambwa KIU Main Campus - Have you ever wondered why countries, especially African countries with so much resource wealth, continue to feature on the poorest countrie...

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