Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to one thousand four hundred (1396) girls aged between 15-19 years in Kabale district were impregnated between July 2023-June 2024. According to Monica Muhumuza Nzeirwe, Kabale District Senior Probation officer, among the impregnated include four girls who are aged below the age of 15. …

ATLANTA | Xinhua | Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez scored second-half goals as defending champions Argentina began their Copa America defense with 2-0 victory over Canada here on Thursday. Alvarez sent an angled finish into the far corner before Martinez put the result beyond doubt by slotting home after Lionel …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yosam Odur Ebii, the paramount chief (Won- Nyaci) of Lango under Lango Cultural Foundation has appointed new members of the Electoral Commission. The members will spearhead the election of a new Won-Nyaci in November. The five-member commission will be chaired by the deputy Awitong of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new HIV prevention study has found that twice-a-year injections of a new antiviral drug, called lenacapavir, completely protected women from contracting HIV. Findings of the the PURPOSE 1 HIV prevention study among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Uganda was released …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court  has remanded two Journalists to Luzira Prison on charges of publishing information without a valid broadcasting License. Dickson Ashley  Mubiru  the Managing Director Grace Publications, Alirabaki Ssengoba a News Writer at Grape Vine Media were arraigned before the Court …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda has extended the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women (GROW) project to benefit women entrepreneurs in the Karamoja sub-region. The GROW project running for five years and implemented by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development was launched in …

LOS ANGELES,Carlifornia | Xinhua | A nationwide movement to ban smartphone use in U.S. schools is gaining traction, as the nation’s second-largest school district has approved a “phone-free” policy during school days to support students’ academic success and well-being. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted on Tuesday to …

Kikuube, Uganda | Xinhua | The Chinese oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in Uganda is holding a two-day medical camp in the country’s western district of Kikuube, where hundreds of local residents are being provided with free medical services and treatments. A statement by CNOOC Uganda Limited …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from the Acholi Sub-region have asked entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda to tap business opportunities ahead of the regional Parliamentary sitting in Gulu City. Parliament is set to hold outreach sittings covering the four traditional regions of Uganda which include; the North, Eastern, Western, …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unending insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced the UPDF to further develop their maritime capacity by equipping the team with sea vessel navigation. The first cohort of the twenty men of the UPDF who were trained for six months were passed …