Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said on Sunday that it has stepped up preparations for the withdrawal of 2,000 soldiers by June 30 from Somalia. Mohammed El-Amine Souef, special representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission for Somalia and head of ATMIS, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from the western Region have tasked the atomic energy council to increase efforts in popularizing the Atomic Energy Act (2008) and the policies of 2022 to the local populace. The Atomic Energy Act 2008 was designed to regulate the peaceful applications of ionising radiation; …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judicial Service Commission has appointed at least 42 judicial officers to serve in different capacities such as Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars, and Chief Magistrates. In a press statement by the Judicial Service Commission, they say at their 59th sitting they had been able to …

Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have arrested a man in Luuka District for illegal possession of military hardware. Asad Kiisa, a resident of Buwamwa village, in Nawampiti sub-county was found with a pair of UPDF uniforms, one pair of military boots, and an unspecified number of bullets. His …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan investigators on Saturday exhumed 22 more bodies from a suspected cult grave in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi, a government official said. Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha said so far 201 bodies have been exhumed since the discovery of the mass graves on a …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Sulait Hamis Ssentongo, has been sworn in as the regional Khadi for the Greater Masaka. He will head the Muslim community on behalf of the Kibuli-based faction. He was inaugurated by the Supreme Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Shabban Ggalabuzi at the Masaka City main Mosque …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo has asked the government to introduce coffee to the farmers in Northern Uganda in memory of Col (Rtd) Charles P. Okello Engola, the former Minister of State for Labor, Employment, and Industrial Relations. Dollo was on Saturday speaking at the burial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC Assistant Head Coach Charles Ssenyange has challenged strikers to be clinical with chances in the box if they are to remain in the title race. Ssenyange who stood in for the suspended Interim Coach Jackson Mayanja was speaking after his team’s draw with …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Msgr. Lawrence Mukasa, the Bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Kasana-Luwero will be consecrated on August 5. The announcement was made by Rev. Fr. Cyril Kasigwa, the Chancellor of Kasana-Luwero Diocese. “Dear Friends, it is officially confirmed that the Episcopal Consecration of our Bishop-Elect, Lawrence …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda Bishops’ Fellowship has advised the government to reintroduce army chaplains. Army chaplains are non-combatants who attend to the spiritual needs of the soldiers. They are supposed to provide for the spiritual well-being of soldiers and their families and also offer moral guidance among …