Stress causes immune cells to stop moving, preventing them from protecting against diseases Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | Australian researchers have discovered that signals produced by nerves in response to stress can stop immune cells from fighting pathogens or tumours. The study led by Professor of University of Melbourne and Laboratory Head …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Travelers in Eastern Uganda have accused taxi operators of charging them exorbitantly and violating the Covid-19 standard operating procedures. In March last year, President Yoweri Museveni banned the use of public transport following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. The ban was lifted in June but …

Climatic shocks have worsened poverty, food insecurity, and income losses to smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The livestock sector across the East and Horn of Africa has experienced a slump in productivity due to climatic shocks including frequent droughts, experts said at a virtual …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have deployed in Pabbo township in Amuru district to guard a road contractor following uproar for compensation by residents. It comes a day after Amuru Resident District Commissioner-RDC, Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Thomson Obong, Town Clerk Lilly Laker and LC 3 chairperson, Christopher …

Biden’s first 100 days have been an all-out aggressive assault on America Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Nearing 100 days in office, U.S. President Joe Biden is tasked with handling a crisis on the U.S. southern border that shows no signs of abating. Migrants are illegally pouring over the U.S. southern …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Kalangwa, the Kayunga district National Resistance Movement-NRM chairperson is being accused by residents of Nansololo B village in Namasagali sub county in Kamuli district for releasing his cattle to graze in their gardens. Kalangwa owns about 300-acres of land in the same village. However, residents …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of qualified personnel is hindering the growth of the tourism sector in the country despite the fact that Uganda is renowned for hosting a hospitable population. Players in the tourism and hospitality industry say this is one of the reasons Uganda’s uniqueness has remained unknown …

Unscrupulous individuals are conniving with truck drivers to siphon fuel from trucks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The China Railway Seventh Group Company limited which is undertaking major construction works in the Albertine graben is losing 162 million shillings per month due to fuel theft. The firm was contracted by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has revealed that it will go ahead and hear election petitions ex parte if any person whose victory is being challenged refuses to file a response to the case against them. Jameson Karemani, the Judiciary Public Relations Officer revealed this to Uganda Radio Network …

Uganda Police Force in the run-up to the 2021 general elections recruited 50,000 SPCs to complement its work of law enforcement on a 3-month contract Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is fear among people in different areas of Karamoja as disbanded Special Police Constables (SPCs) continue using police uniforms, almost a …