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The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Anita Among, speaker of Uganda’s parliament, and two MPs for alleged corruption. A statement said they stole from the country’s poorest communities and would be subject to travel bans and asset freezes. The British Foreign Office said the two former ministers, Mary Goretti …

According to French media, at least five people died crossing the English Channel just hours after the UK approved the migrant deportation bill. “The bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France,” according to the Voix du Nord newspaper. The rescue operation is ongoing and helicopters and boats …

As of this Friday, March 29, in the United Kingdom, army soldiers are allowed to grow beards and wear them, even during service or a ceremony. This ends a ban dating back more than 100 years, reports The Telegraph. The move comes as the army faces increasing difficulties in recruiting …

King Charles III, the 75-year-old British monarch, is suffering from cancer after waiting more than fifty years to accede to the throne. The disease has forced him to withdraw from public life for an indefinite period. Having acceded to the throne on the death of his mother on September 8, …

A two-year-old toddler starved to death next to his dead father days after he suffered a heart attack in the United Kingdom. “The bodies were discovered by the social worker who used a key from the owner to enter the house as she had had no response after several days,” …

Charles III and his wife Camilla will pay a state visit to Kenya from October 31 to November 3 as his first trip to a Commonwealth country since his coronation, the Buckingham Palace announced. The visit, at the invitation of Kenyan President William Ruto, will be an opportunity to “celebrate …

The famous Nigeria artist Tiwa Savage has been invited in the United Kingdom as King Charles III will be crowned on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London. Tiwa Savage will represent Africa at the great coronation ceremony of King Charles III scheduled for May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey …

British parliamentarians have tabled amendments to a bill on health, currently under consideration, with the aim of combating smoking. Among them, writing “Smoking kills” directly on cigarettes, inside packages, reports The Guardian. “Smoking is the leading cause of premature death in England, killing 74,600 people in 2019,” wrote on Twitter …

The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it is mutating and so could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme said. The coronavirus has killed 2.35 million people and turned normal life …

The United Kingdom has sent an emergency medical team to Eswatini to help the southern African country deal with a surge in coronavirus cases. The kingdom, formerly known as Swaziland, has a population of a million and seen around 500 people die from the virus. “Earlier last year the local …