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Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Uganda?
Code example
# If you'd like to do a POST request then call endpoint:
http://localhost:8070/api/v1/article/getArticles
Body:
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
# If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
http://localhost:8070/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FUganda&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
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"body": "In an increasingly tense political climate, the opposition has repeatedly alleged that Sall intends to override the constitution.\n\nSenegal's president has rejected claims that it would be unconstitutional for him to seek a controversial third mandate, again refusing to confirm whether he plans to do so in an interview published Monday.\n\nThe opposition claims that Senegal's constitution prohibits Macky Sall -- who was elected in 2012 and again in 2019 -- from running again in the next election, scheduled for February 2024.\n\nIn an increasingly tense political climate, the opposition has repeatedly alleged that Sall intends to override the constitution to do so.\n\nSenegal's constitution was revised in 2016 to shorten presidential terms to five years from seven. It states that \"no one can exercise more than two consecutive terms\".\n\nBut, in an interview with French magazine L'Express posted online Monday, Sall argued that when the Constitutional Council was consulted before the revision, it considered his first term to be outside the scope of the reform.\n\n\"Legally speaking, the debate has been settled for a long time,\" he said in the interview.\n\n\"Now, should I run for a third term or not? It's a political debate, I admit it.\"\n\nSall continued: \"I have not yet given my answer. I have an agenda, a job to do. When the time comes, I will make my position known, first to my supporters, then to the Senegalese people.\"\n\nHe also spoke about his main political opponent, Ousmane Sonko, who is currently facing two court cases that could threaten his eligibility for the election.\n\nSonko claims the charges are part of a plot to torpedo his chances.\n\nIn 2021, the firebrand politician was summoned to court in an alleged rape case, triggering the most serious riots in years in Senegal, a country reputed to be a rare island of stability in troubled West Africa.\n\nAt least a dozen people were killed at the time.\n\nLast week, a defamation trial against Sonko led to clashes between his supporters and security forces.\n\nSall accused Sonko of \"manipulating\" the streets.\n\n\"An individual cannot block the capital, Dakar, on the sole pretext that he is summoned to court,\" Sall said.\n\n\"If Senegal was not a genuine democracy, believe me, his fate would have been settled long ago.\"\n\nWhen asked about the possibility of further unrest, the president warned: \"One thing is certain: those who think they can intimidate the government and block justice are deluding themselves.\"",
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"title": "Are North Koreans sneaking into Africa as Chinese workers?",
"body": "But reports in Algeria had cited several Chinese companies working in the construction business of employing North Koreans especially in Douera region where at least 170 North Koreans were hired to put up apartment buildings by Chinese companies ZCIGC Zhenjiang and Oran-Pekin Construction, Zhongma International, Sarl 3 Construction Engineering de Dongyang in Bir el-Djir in Oran. None of these firms responded to email inquiries on how they recruit foreign labour.",
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"title": "Gomba school reopens week after fatal truck crash",
"body": "\"I request the parents to bring back their children because lessons have already resumed,\" he added.\n\nMr Wilberforce Ssekasiko, the school director of studies, said out of 800 students, only 300 had reported by Monday afternoon.\n\n\"In Senior Four only 30 students out of 109 have reported so far. For now, all Senior Four students are studying together due to limited space. When all students turn up, we will be forced to roof one of the rooms to accommodate all of them,\" he noted.\n\nSome of the injured students who spoke to Monitor said they had to report back to school to resume lessons so that they can compete favorably with students in other schools who have been studying.\n\n\"Construction works at the damaged buildings are currently ongoing, however the school still needs items like computers and desks,\" according to Mr Ssekasiko.\n\nSome old students have started extending assistance to their former school.\n\nMs Betty Ssentamu, a former Gomba District Woman MP aspirant and one of the old students contributed 10 bags of cement to enable the school administration reconstruct the damaged structures.",
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"body": "Smooth political transitions like in Tanzania and South Africa, he noted, were only possible because their popular leaders - Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Nelson Mandela - had set up structures that enable the party to still hold together when they left.\n\n\"It would be a mistake to try and find a replacement like him (President Kagame); every generation needs a leader who can deal with the challenges at hand. Nyerere and Mandela put in place (party) systems that are not perfect but at least protected the country from disintegrating after they left. They built effective party structures that made it impossible for the subsequent leaders to destroy the country. They also empowered the ruling party to deal with dissent,\" he said.",
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"title": "UPDF eulogises Col Richard Kiwanuka as distinguished officer",
"body": "The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, said the late Colonel Kiwanuka was a hero who served his country for 42 years of distinguished service.\n\nThe Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) is mourning its distinguished officer Col Richard Ssemboga Kiwanuka who died last week.\n\nIn the message of condolence read on his behalf by the Chief of Production and Welfare, Maj Gen Sam Kiwanuka, the Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, said the late Colonel Kiwanuka was a hero who served his country for 42 years of distinguished service.\n\n\"We are saddened by the death of our officer with wide experience spanning 42 years. I urge the mourners to emulate the deceased's patriotic and selfless service to Uganda,\" read the CDF's message in part.\n\nOn his part as a chief mourner, Maj Gen Sam Kiwanuka told the congregation that the big number of mourners that turned up to pay their last respect to Col Kiwanuka was a testimony to the realization and achievement of the deceased as an individual and people's appreciation and acknowledgment of his contribution to the socio-economic transformation of Uganda.\n\n\"Soldiers were not buried like this before, they would either die in exile, rot off in prisons or die in the bushes as insurgents fight a sitting government. All this changed in 1986 after the sacrifice of the Kiwanuka's and their likes in NRA. This is part of the fundamental change,\" Maj Gen Kiwanuka explained.\n\nCol Kiwanuka who had an illustrious service in the army joined the liberation struggle on April 1, 1981 from Kufu, his home area. As a recruit who had wide knowledge on the area of operation, he would be sent to coordinate mobilizers for recruits, logistics and Intelligence collection. He later served as a platoon commander in Matayo Kyaligonza Mwanga unit also known as 'Black bomber'.\n\nMs Namawejje, the 80-year-old mother to the deceased thanked the UPDF for sending off her son decently.\n\n\"I was devastated with the news of my son death, but my spirit has been strengthened by your large presence and active participation in his decent send off. I'm now strong.\"\n\nThe children of the deceased led by Mirab Nambogga also thanked the UPDF for not abandoning their father during the time of need.\n\n\"We remain children of UPDF even after our Father's demise.\"\n\nCol Richard Kiwanuka, together with his brother Col James Kasule and their sister Damalie Nakibirige all children of Namawejje Rosemary joined the liberation struggle in its infancy. Damalie passed on earlier leaving the two brothers in service. Kiwanuka was the first to join this inspiring his two siblings.\n\nThe late Kiwanuka was laid to rest on Saturday, March 18 at his ancestral home in Kufu, Nakaseke District.",
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"title": "Russia opens criminal probe into ICC after Putin arrest warrant",
"body": "The ICC March 17 announced an arrest warrant for Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.\n\nThe Kremlin has hit back at the International Criminal Court [ICC] with a probe of its own, targeting officials of the global judicial organ, after it issued warrants of arrest against Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.\n\nOn Monday, Russia's Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against ICC prosecutor Karim Khan and other ICC judges.\n\nThe move signals defiance of the warrant of arrest issued three days ago against Putin and his children's commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crimes in Ukraine.\n\n\"The Russian Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan, judges of the International Criminal Court Tomoko Akane, Rosario Salvatore Aitala and Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez,\" the Committee said.\n\nAccording to the Committee, the case against the prosecutor was opened \"on charges of criminal prosecution of an innocent person with illegal charges of committing a grave crime.\"\n\n\"The criminal case is knowingly unlawful since there are no grounds for bringing them to criminal responsibility,\" the Investigative Committee stressed.\n\nIt added that in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons dated December 14, 1973, heads of state enjoy absolute immunity from the jurisdiction of foreign states.\n\nSpeaking at the Interior Ministry's Board, President Putin said attempts to influence Russian society from within were one of the enemy's key activities.\n\n\"Certainly, any attempts of adversaries and their agents on the territory of our country aimed at rocking our society must be harshly suppressed. This activity is one of the key areas of the enemy's work against Russia,\" President Putin said.\n\nThe ICC's move obliges the court's 123 member states to arrest President Putin and extradite him to The Hague for trial if he sets foot on their territory.\n\nHe is set to visit South Africa in August for the BRICS Summit and the expectation is that the Southern African country will effect the arrest.\n\nUkraine says more than 16,000 children have been illegally transferred to Russia or Russian-occupied territories since the war started nearly 13 months ago.\n\nRussia has publicly said it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia in what it presents as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and abandoned children in the conflict zone.\n\nPresident Vladimir Putin said Monday that deepening ties between Russia and Africa was a key goal for the Kremlin, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on the continent.\n\nHe added that Russia would continue supplying the continent with grain if Moscow exits a landmark agreement with Ukraine to allow exports from the country's Black Sea ports.\n\n\"Let me emphasise that our country has always given -- and will continue to give -- priority to cooperation with African states,\" Putin said in a televised address at a conference on Russian-African relations.\n\nPutin's comments come as Moscow is seeking deeper political, economic and military ties in Africa and Asia as Russia becomes increasingly isolated on the international stage over the conflict in Ukraine.\n\nRussia, a key arms exporter to Africa, is making forays into the continent including through mining projects granted to the Wagner private paramilitary group.\n\nTurkey announced this weekend the extension of the deal that has allowed Ukraine to export grain following Russia's offensive, but Moscow has said it only agreed to a 60-day extension, not 120 days.\n\nPutin said on Monday Russia would continue to deliver grain, regardless of the status of the deal.\n\n\"If we decide not to extend this deal after 60 days, then we are ready to supply free of charge the volumes that were sent to the countries most in need in Africa,\" he said during a televised address.\n\nThe deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations in July 2022 -- and signed by Kyiv and Moscow -- had allowed for the safe passage of exports. It was extended for 120 days in November- Additional reporting by AFP",
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