Bujumbura, Burundi | AFP |  Burundi’s newly elected president Evariste Ndayishimiye will be sworn in on Thursday, after the sudden death of his predecessor who left him an isolated nation in political and economic turmoil. Ndayishimiye was elected in May in a vote disputed by the opposition, and was meant to …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu University acting Secretary Asaph Adedua faces dismissal following a petition to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-PAC in regard to the institution’s recruitment exercise during the COVID-19 lockdown. Following the lockdown declared by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to tame the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the …

Rome, Italy | AFP |  Gennaro Gattuso hailed the ‘God of football’ after he lifted his first coaching trophy as Napoli beat Juventus 4-2 on penalties to win the Italian Cup for the sixth time on Wednesday. The final had ended 0-0 in an empty Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Paulo Dybala …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The number of male absentee candidates that register for technical and business programmes examinations is on the rise. This is according to the Uganda Business and Technical Board (UBTEB). According to results released on Wednesday at the examination body’s secretariat located in Ntinda, a total …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  Reigning world 100m champion Christian Coleman was provisionally suspended on Wednesday over a missed drugs test, putting him at risk of a two-year ban that would rule him out of next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The American sprinter is “suspended temporarily from participating in any …

Paris, France | AFP |  When human contact needs to be kept to a minimum, robots can save lives and factories. But when the coronavirus crisis is over, will they amplify job losses? It may be a mechanised arm pulling beers in a Seville bar, a dog-like dispenser of hand sanitiser …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Finance has allocated 400 million shillings to Amuru district to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in the district.   The allocation comes at a time when the district taskforce had for long been crying for more funds from the central government.   Geoffrey …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Medical teams at lower level health centres in Masaka district are at risk of contracting the contagious Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) due to the absence of safety gear.   The lower health centres have registered an increase in the number of patients in recent weeks, due to …

Paris, France | AFP |  Half a year after protests which Iran has now acknowledged claimed more than 200 lives, rights groups fear the real toll from the crackdown was far higher and that nobody will be brought to justice. Protests erupted across Iran from November 15-19 after a sudden fuel …

Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-PAC on Tuesday tasked officials from Moroto Regional Referral Hospital to account for 603.4 million shillings that was irregularly spent on salaries, non-budgeted items among others. Led by the Hospital Director Dr Benedicto Watmon, the officials were appearing before the committee to answer …