The UK, long famed for exporting its values of liberty, is about to cross the Rubicon with the Rwanda Bill COMMENT | GORDON BROWN | Last month, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made an astonishing admission: the United Kingdom would have all but abandoned the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The loss-making trend at the New Vision Printing and Publishing Corporation Ltd, is expected to continue, reflecting the persistent hash market conditions for the media in Uganda. With several media houses still restructuring and reducing staffing levels and remuneration, the terrain seems not smoothing out …

GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | Several injuries were reported Friday after two explosive devices fell on a primary school in Mugunga, a peripheral district of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Xinhua correspondent saw on site. The …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 16 completed infrastructure sub-projects under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP) in the West Nile region have remained unutilized, according to the latest Auditor General’s report for the financial year ended 30th June 2023. The facilities worth 11.6 billion shillings which …

  Lower student-to-teacher ratios often mean teachers can make timely interventions to improve academic performance COMMENT | ZUBAIR SULIMAN | We’re often told that education is the best way out of poverty, but for many in Sub-Saharan Africa, the path out is often broken, especially for those who need an escape …

  To act on climate change, the gap between their short-term debt and long-term investment must be closed COMMENT | ISHAC DIWAN & VERA SONGWE | If developing economies found it hard to manage their debts in 2023, they are likely to face even more formidable challenges this year. Though most …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Education and Conservation Centre (UWECC) wants more partnerships to aid it in nature conservation, centre Executive Director Dr. James Musinguzi says. Meeting members of UMOJA Conservation Trust (UCT),  a local conservation group, UWECC Executive Director Dr James Musinguzi said the work is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeons at Mulago Hospital have decried the high number of people in need of surgery who are referred to the hospital. Dr. Abubaker Bugembe an Ear, Nose, and throat surgeon at Mulago revealed that for the past three years, the ENT …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Were Salim, the 84th Guild President of Makerere University has graduated after 10 years. Papa Were”, as he was popularly known by his hall-mates in Nsibirwa Hall formerly Northcote on Wednesday graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Medicine. He enrolled at Makerere University in 2013 …

Ukraine sought to prove that the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic are terrorist organizations, and Russia gave them funding and weapons THE HAGUE | TASS | The UN International Court of Justice has found most of Ukraine’s complaints against Russia in a lawsuit over potential violations of …