London, UK | PREMIERLEAGUE | Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta congratulated Manchester City on becoming the 2022/23 Premier League champions after his side’s 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest guaranteed the Spaniard’s former club a seventh title. “It’s a really sad day and there are a lot of difficult emotions,” Arteta said in …
Read More »Buganda Land Board, FIDA-Uganda to help vulnerable women acquire land titles
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Land Board (BLB) and FIDA Uganda are joining hands to help women in the central region acquire full rights to their land. The two entities announced as they unveiled a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together. The programme is set to begin rolling …
Read More »Congolese president opens Chinese-built road project
Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso on Saturday attended a ceremony for the opening of a road construction project launched by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) in the country’s northern province of Sangha. During the ceremony, Jean-Jacques Bouy, minister of …
Read More »EACJ President launches Sourcebook on Good Governance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Court of Justice (EACJ) President, Hon. Justice Nestor Kayobera on Monday launched the Sourcebook on Good Governance and Rule of Law in East African Community & the Litigators’ Manual. During the launch of the two resource texts which happened at the EAC Headquarters, …
Read More »China-Africa expo to drive economic reform, promote industrialization in Ethiopia: official
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The upcoming China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo will be an impetus for strengthening Ethiopia-China economic ties and advance the East African country’s strive for industrialization, an Ethiopian official has said. Deputy Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) Daniel Teressa said Ethiopia envisaged to take …
Read More »Rwanda, Uganda in 400MW energy deal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power trading between Rwanda and Uganda could start soon, Rwanda Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) has revealed. EDCL is a subsidiary of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) mandated to increase investment in the development of new energy generation projects, develop appropriate transmission infrastructure, and execute energy …
Read More »Defeat against Leipzig leaves Bayern in deep frustration
Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Things might not yet entirely be lost for Bayern Munich as title rival Borussia Dortmund has to win its Sunday game against Augsburg to outpace the reigning German champion on the final meters of the 2022-2023 season. But while thousands of frustrated fans left the Munich …
Read More »UN appeals funding to help people fleeing Sudan to Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) appealed for additional funding to address the needs of people crossing into Ethiopia due to the ongoing security situation in Sudan. The UNOCHA, in its latest situation update issued Friday, said some 85,0000 people …
Read More »Every U.S. president since Reagan has mishandled classified documents: report
New York, USA | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are just the latest in a four-decade-long chain of recent presidents who have mishandled classified documents during their tenure, New York Post has reported. Every U.S. administration since President Ronald Reagan has in some form fumbled …
Read More »South African economist hails BRICS cooperation for mutual benefit
Johannesburg, SA | Xinhua | Through its many initiatives, BRICS countries seeks to improve the world’s financial architecture and systems of trade and investment so as to strengthen economic performances of countries in the Global South, said Kenneth Creamer, a senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. BRICS is the …
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