Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ambushes on vehicles for civilians between Nimule at the border with Uganda and the South Sudan capital Juba have dominated reports from that region, with several Ugandans and Sudanese traveling to and from Uganda being casualties. The situation is no better in several towns south …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) has appointed Thadeus Musoke Nagenda as their acting chairperson The development comes following the death of Everest Kayondo in June this year. Kayondo who led the association for close to 16 years succumbed to COVID-19. In a press conference …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Serum Institute, the official manufacturer of the Covishield brand of Astrazeneca vaccine has confirmed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the products they alerted them about in July and August were indeed falsified. In its latest statement, WHO says that the fake vaccines were …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Military planes evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan started taking off from Kabul airport on Tuesday morning, after the airport runway and tarmac were cleared of crowds, media reports said. The airport was shut down on Monday after crowds of people surged onto the runways, leading to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lady Justice Jeanne Rwakakooko of Fort Portal High court has asked the Electoral Commission to hire external lawyers to represent the commission in the ongoing election petitions. On Monday, the EC representative lawyer Samuel Kiriaghe prayed to court to re-schedule some of the petitions on …

Les Cayes, Haiti | Xinhua | The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday climbed to 1,419, authorities announced on Monday. The 7.2-magnitude quake also left at least 6,900 people injured and destroyed over 37,000 homes, according to the country’s civil protection agency. The agency said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has arrested sixteen suspected members of criminal gangs who have been terrorizing residents in the Kampala city suburbs of Makerere-Kikoni and Kasubi. The suspects were picked in an intelligence-led operation conducted by joint Wandegeya and Old Kampala Police Divisions in Makerere-Kikoni and Kasubi …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday stood by his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan while acknowledging Kabul’s collapse to the Taliban came much sooner than Washington had anticipated. “I stand squarely behind my decision,” said Biden in a televised speech from the White House. …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Soroti has arrested Moses Okiring Ebaku, the suspected mastermind of the missing Emyooga money in Gweri County. Okiring was arrested on Sunday night from his hideout in Oderai cell, Soroti city. Patrick Oumu, the Resident District Commissioner said Okiring was first sighted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports and the Health Ministry have clashed over who should be vaccinated in the education sector as the country looks at reopening of educational institutions. In a press release issued yesterday, the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni …