Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | No new countries have achieved measles elimination target, just a month to the end of the year. This is according to the World Health Organization-WHO. By the end of 2020, 81 countries had succeeded in sustaining their measles elimination status despite the pandemic. WHO reports …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The insecurity in the Eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could hinder the tarmacking of 223-kilometre roads. In June, President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi launched the tarmacking of 997 kilometre Mpondwe-Beni road, 181 Kilometre Goli-Beni road and 89 Kilometre Bunagana-Rutchuru-Goma …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has fulfilled his pledge of Shs100 million to the Church of Uganda. This is part of his contribution to the Church House campaign dubbed Love Gift which is aimed at clearing a Shs60 billion debt owed to Equity Bank. …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bomb explosion has killed one person on the spot and injured four others critically in Kapeeka trading center, Nakaseke district. The incident occurred at around 9:00am in Kapeeka central ward, Kapeeka town council. Moses Ssenfuma, the LC3 chairperson of Kapeeka sub-county says that the …

Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people including a village chairperson are in custody at Katakwi police station on accusations of collaborating with rustlers to raid livestock in Katakwi and neighbouring Karamoja districts. The five were picked up on Wednesday from Ajeluk village, Olela parish, Katakwi sub county, and Ngariam county …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Experts from the member states of the East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday began a two-day meeting aimed at identifying investment incentives for antibiotics production in the region. Jean Baptiste Havugimana, the EAC director of Productive Sectors, told the meeting in Tanzania’s northern city …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed a resolution approving the degazettement of 70 acres of a forest reserve at Laroo-Pece in Gulu city. The degazetting of the forest reserve will pave way for the development and expansion of Gulu University. This followed a presentation of a report from …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Google on Wednesday lost its appeal against a 2.4-billion-euro (2.76 billion U.S. dollars) fine imposed by the European Commission in 2017 after it had found the U.S.-based company had indeed broken antitrust laws. The European Union’s (EU) General Court upheld the Commission’s decision that Google breached …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ismail Lukoda Ssekandi, a resident of Lutembe village in Wakiso district, has opened a case file at the Criminal Investigations Directorate accusing police operatives of kidnapping him for five days after he refused to sell his boss’ land. Ssekandi who is the caretaker of 56 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV activists have made an outcry about shortages of an expensive HIV drug, raltegravir, which is recommended for decreasing the amount of HIV in the blood. Raltegravir is used by people living with HIV that are on third-line treatment. It is administered as a tablet, …