Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Namisindwa District are currently holding a 25-year-old man known only as Pyusi on allegations of cutting and injuring his Kenyan counterpart for dancing with his girlfriend at a funeral. Pyusi, a resident of Manyali village in Bukokho Parish, reportedly attacked Toney Kisebe, a …

ACCRA, Ghana | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) on Sunday opened its sixth mid-year coordination meeting in Accra, the capital of Ghana, calling for the peace and solidarity of the continent. The meeting on the theme of “Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century” brought together the AU, …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Masindi have arrested 69 recruits for allegedly presenting fake academic documents during the just concluded recruitment exercise. The recruits were arrested on Saturday after they reported for training at the Kabalye police training school in Masindi district. They reported at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | James Onyutta, Managing Director, of FINCA Uganda, gathering data about customer preferences, market trends, and industry dynamics, can help businesses make decisions based on facts rather than assumptions or intuition. “Using research has opened our eyes to many opportunities and helped us solve numerous business …

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES | TASS | US President Joe Biden confirmed that he would address the nation on the subject of withdrawal from the US presidential race on Wednesday. “Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET [midnight GMT], I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, …

But there is a wide range of cognitive performance within each chronotype ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | A person’s chronotype defines what time of the day a person is most active based on their sleeping patterns. For example, are you the type of person who wakes up early and is most active …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan police on Tuesday closed off several key roads leading to the country’s parliamentary building where protesters were planning to march to express their displeasure at what they call rampant corruption in the government. Public vehicles are not allowed on these roads, which are …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenyan authorities on Tuesday heightened security in and around the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in the capital of Nairobi, the country’s main airport, ahead of anti-government protests. Young Kenyan protesters, or Gen-Z, have threatened to disrupt airport operations to protest President William Ruto’s decision …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of members of Uganda Law  Society, an umbrella body that brings together all the lawyers in the country, has been blocked from accessing the Central Police Station in Kampala. The lawyers who were led by the ULS President Bernard Oundo were blocked from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several youthful anti-corruption protesters were on Tuesday arrested from various parts of Kampala during the anti-corruption march to Parliament. While the police had warned against the march, mainly calling for the resignation of the Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among, some brave youth came out …