Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is holding 15 Eritrean nationals who were arrested in Tororo for illegally entering into the country. The 15 Eritreans were arrested on Tuesday by personnel of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces while entering the country through porous routes. The 15 include 11 …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has dropped murder charges against Father Richard Mugisha of Bisanje Catholic Parish, Masaka Diocese. His lawyer Alexander Lule on Tuesday returned to Masaka police station to follow up on Mugisha’s bond when he was told that the DPP dropped …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) director, Dickens Kamugisha says they are being targeted for their work on land rights and environment. He says while the organization is operating within the law, some individuals in government are working hard to silence it from raising …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has dismissed requests by the Opposition to have the House intervene in the continued denial of bail to MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya representing Kawempe North and his Makindye West counterpart, Allan Ssewanyana. The two are facing several charges, including murder, …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | A senior official of the African Union Commission on Tuesday urged European Union member countries against a policy of not accepting COVID-19 vaccine certificates from the continent. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union …

Johannesburg, S.A | Xinhua | South Africa’s Pietermaritzburg high court on Tuesday dismissed former president Jacob Zuma’s petition seeking to remove state prosecutor Billy Downer from his corruption trial. This judgment means that his corruption trial would begin on April 11, next year at the same court. Zuma’s legal team filed …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran denounced as “political” the recent human rights report on Iran by the United Nations, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. “Iran constantly moves towards enhancement and betterment of human rights, and this is based on religious guidelines, not international obligations or political reports,” Kazem Gharibabadi, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati Limited (UBL) today launched the first of its kind, e-commerce platform in the steel manufacturing sector (shop.ugandabaati.co.ug) that will enable customers shop, place an order and pay for their preferred roof sheets from anywhere and at any time. In a bid to improve …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The roads committee of Masaka city has called for a special inquiry into the management and allocation of public properties in the area. The inquiry was mooted during a city roads committee meeting that was convened to review expenditure reports and consider priority projects to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has backtracked on a directive that only science students should report for physical classes next month. Last week, Vice-Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe said that in a bid to limit student numbers as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19, students studying humanities …