Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alcohol industry leaders have blamed the recent surge in alcohol abuse partly on the increasing availability of cheaper and more potent products, which younger persons are accessing easily. A study by scientists led by Dr Leon Matagi from the School of Psychology, and Dr …

Emerging technologies like cloud services are accompanied by risk of sophisticated attacks like email phishing, malware, identity theft and data intrusion Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The risk of cyber attack among large and small business entities in Africa escalated at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when remote working gained …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A a flash of lightning has claimed the lives of five family members in Alebtong district. The dead are Peter Owaa, Vicky Odongo and Desmond Owaa, both adults. The others are Raphael Elem and Silver Acur, all children below ten years of age. With the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police cyber unit under the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID has warned institutions and organisations against relying on outsiders to manage their electronic data management systems. Assistant Superintendent of Police-ASP Charles Twine, the CID spokesperson cited an example of Kyambogo University, whose system was hacked …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspects arrested in relation to the new spate of killings in the Masaka sub-region have pinned the security personnel for torturing them from the military detention where they were taken shortly after their arrest. The group was detained at Kasijjagirwa mechanized brigade based in Masaka. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government will no longer give what it is calling discretionary tax relief measures to sectors or enterprises in a financial crisis as has been the case, like under the current Covid-19 pandemic. The announcement comes as entrepreneurs continue to call on the government to …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Magistrate court in Mpigi has remanded a 36 year old man for the alleged murder of a Catholic priest in Gomba district. Vincent Katumba was on Wednesday remanded by Grade One Magistrate Maureen Mukoya. Dressed in a black jacket and a pair of blue …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The majority of ambushes on Ugandan truckers in South Sudan have occurred on vehicles that do not respect arrangements on the movement of convoys. Government records show that 14 Ugandans were killed in South Sudan between May and August 2021. They include; Ali Mark Sony, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has expressed concern over the continued absence of a malaria vaccine despite years of research into the disease control and prevention. Speaking at a meeting organized by Harvard University on Wednesday where China and Sri Lanka shared best practices on how they have …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | Although the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, the massacre of civilians by the U.S. military and its allies in Afghanistan in the past 20 years must be investigated thoroughly, and the murderers brought to justice, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang …