Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has made tentative adjustments in the school calendar to enable learners to complete their respective syllabi before being promoted to the next classes. The adjustment comes days after the government announced a 42-day closure of schools to control COVID-19 …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is struggling with space for coronavirus patients as numbers continue to surge. The facility was designated to handle patients from across the Kigezi region as the government decentralized COVID-19 case treatment services. Dr Sophie Namasopo, the hospital director says that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has acknowledged that security forces made mistakes leading to the death of several Ugandans during the November 2020 protests ahead of the general election. He made the revelation during the 32nd Heroes Day anniversary ceremony at Kololo Independence grounds held under …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament-LOP, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba lashed out at the National Resistance Movement-NRM parliamentary caucus for supporting the expansion of the cabinet other than addressing priority areas in the country. Last week, the NRM parliamentary caucus approved the proposal by President Yoweri …

UN vowed to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by achieving 95 percent diagnosed among all people living with HIV, 95 percent on antiretroviral therapy among diagnosed, and 95 percent virally suppressed among treated United Nations | Xinhua | The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a political declaration, in which …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Transsion Holdings, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, has outpaced Samsung in the African market as it leads with a combined unit share of 44.3 percent, according to the latest study by a global research firm released in Nairobi on Tuesday. The International Data Corporation (IDC) said Transsion, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Bank in its new report has urged Uganda to promote green growth to beat the economic vulnerabilities caused by the devastating impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The bank in its 17th Uganda Economic Update, published on Tuesday, said lockdown measures pushed many businesses …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bussi Island in Bussi sub-county, Wakiso district are living in fear over the increasing number of hippos roaming around the island. They claim that the hippos come during day and night and move in a group with their young ones as they feed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-two people have appeared before the Makindye based Uganda People’s Defense Forces-General Court Martial on charges of unlawful possession of ammunition. The suspects are Yasin Ssekitoleko alias Machete, Robert Christopher Rugumayo, Ronald Mayiga, Muhydin Kakooza, Patrick Mwase, Simon Kijambo, Abdu Matovu, Richard Nyombi, Olivia Lutaaya, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber has extended the deadline for Dominic Ongwen to file the notice of appeal and the appeal brief against the sentence of the Trial Chamber IX. ICC sentenced the former Sinia brigade commander under the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA on May …