Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati on Tuesday accused Ethiopia of shirking its obligations toward the Nile Basin countries. “Ethiopia has no political will to reach any deal about the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),” said Abdel-Ati …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has disowned Emmanuel Muwema, a health worker who was arrested over the weekend for staging a street bash in violation of the COVID-preventive measures. Muwema was picked up together with two others for holding a street bash along Iganga road in …

Kaberamaido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Okile sub county in Kaberamaido district are searching for the body of a 14-year- old boy they suspect to be a victim of a crocodile attack. The teenager only identified as Okello disappeared when he went fishing at Okile landing site on Sunday …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A vehicle has plunged into Kazinga channel in Katungura at the border between Kasese and Rubirizi district. The Toyota Probox vehicle registration number UBD 512Y was from Rubirizi crossing to Kasese district when it plunged into the channel on Tuesday afternoon. Currently, both vehicles and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Education has spent huge sums of money in contracts to print learning materials after failing to procure a printing press for the National Curriculum Development Centre, URN has learnt. Contract reports on the COVID-19 emergency education response posted on the Ministry of Finance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of private health service providers came under fire from the Covid-19 taskforce of Parliament for holding the bodies of Covid-19 victims and patients over unpaid bills. Several families whose relatives have succumbed to Covid-19 have failed to pick their bodies from private facilities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political wing of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has criticized the government for the delayed disbursement of the COVID-19 relief to city residents and ongoing process to identify the beneficiaries. When the government announced plans to provide the COVID-19 relief fund, the Office of the …

Interleukin-6 receptor blockers join corticosteroids on list of effective treatments for severe coronavirus. Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for people with severe COVID-19, urging the producers to join efforts to rapidly increase the access to the drugs. The WHO said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has released funds for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22, with focus on the health sector and the fight against Covid-19. The release amounting to 5.673 Trillion Shillings represents 25% of the approved government budget minus external financing, appropriation in aid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have eulogized the former Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Aggrey Awori as one of the vibrant legislators. Awori, 82 died on Monday at a private hospital in Naalya, Kampala. During the sixth Parliament (2001 to 2006), he was …