Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | The Zambian government on Tuesday bowed to pressure and suspended the importation of onions and potatoes following an outcry from farmers. Green Mbozi, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, said the government has decided to suspend the importation of onions and potatoes until further …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 residents of Katenju village in Kyasimbi parish, Nabigasa sub county, Kyotera district are living in fear of eviction from their homes. Emmanuel Bafiirawala, the LC I chairperson of Katenju village says a local businesswoman, Prossy Namirembe has served the residents with eviction …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO)’s approval to grant six African countries the technology to manufacture mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccines would boost international efforts to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, Egyptian experts and officials said. On Friday, WHO announced that Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was panic in a taxi travelling to Sembabule from Kampala on Tuesday afternoon following the death of a female passenger. The 22-year-old Rose Nampiima reportedly boarded the taxi from New Taxi park in Kampala while feeling unwell. Elly Mutumba, the driver of the taxi …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of the Iteso Cultural Union John Francis Okuma has written to the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) to allow the embattled council chairperson, Paul Sande Emolot to oversee the office of Emorimor. Emolot and more than 100 members of ICU …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has allowed Apama Mayo Boroa to withdraw his appeal challenging the dismissal of a petition he filed against Terego East Member of Parliament and State Minister for Lands, Obiga Kania. The Court of Appeal registrar Lillian Bucyana endorsed the move at …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced “the first tranche” of sanctions against Russia after Moscow deployed troops in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed two decrees, recognizing “the Lugansk People’s Republic” and “the Donetsk People’s Republic” as “independent and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition says that the involvement of Bardege-Layibi Division MP, Martin Ojara Mapenduzi in the ongoing probe into the conduct of Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake is of huge concern. Since the beginning of the 11th Parliament, Mapenduzi, an independent legislator …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drugs Authority-NDA has embarked on training extension workers and livestock farmers in the Rwenzori region on rational use of drugs following farmers’ complaints about drug resistance. The training comes at a time when livestock farmers in Kabarole district are troubled by the continued …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited-UEGCL has taken over the management of the 50MW Namanve thermal plant from Jacobsen Uganda power plant company limited. In 2007, the government and Jacobsen entered a build, own, operate and transfer-BOOT agreement to establish the heavy fuel …