Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Africa has reported 11,077,105 COVID-19 cases as of Thursday evening, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union said the COVID-19 death toll across the continent stands at 245,451, and total recoveries at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to carry out a national survey to examine the low uptake of Covid-19 vaccines. Records from the health ministry show that 15,610,547 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered. Of these 13,188,123 doses have been received as the first jab …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday reiterated the government’s keenness on dialogue with all political forces to reach a unified vision to ensure a safe exit from the current political crisis. Al-Burhan on Thursday met at the Republican Palace in Khartoum …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people in Mukono have been charged for fraudulently selling land belonging to the late Sarah Rosemary Mulira. On Monday, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the police arrested the suspects for fraudulent procurement of a certificate of a land title, forgery, uttering a false …

Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown ahead of Friday deadline Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a three-week spending bill to fund the federal government through March 11, just a few hours before the current funding expired on Friday. The bill, already approved by the …

Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kagadi have arrested three people for allegedly killing an LCI chairperson. The suspects are Deo Tumusiime, John Alituha and Patrick Mukonyezi, all residents of Buhumuliro village in Buhumuliro sub county. It is alleged that on Wednesday, the three suspects waylaid Geoffrey Byamukama, …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mityana municipality council meeting on Thursday flopped after councilors protested the continued imprisonment of National Unity Platform-NUP supporters. The angry councilors, the majority from NUP note that a number of people were arrested and imprisoned during the 2021 campaigns and election period on false …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Magistrates Court in Mbale has granted bail to Phillip Monk, the proprietor and Managing Director of Mbale Schools Brass Band who had been remanded to Maluku prisons on charges of offensive communication. Monk was granted a cash bail of two million Shillings when he …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum district security committee has forcefully evicted pastoralists from Orom East sub-county. The operation was in line with the second phase of the eviction code-named Lainisha Kilimo Na Mifungu, which was flagged off by the State Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. David Muhoozi in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Building cohesion and having coherent messages in Parliament is the best way to push the opposition agenda through Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition in the Zambian Parliament Brian Mundubile has told Ugandan legislators. A section of MPs led by the Leader of Opposition, Mathias …