Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In my 31 years as a driver, I have never seen anything like this…” This was John Lubowa’s first remark as he sat down to narrate the truck drivers’ current ordeal as they transport goods across the East African region during the coronavirus crisis.   Lubowa …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Premier League football is set to return on June 17 after a three-month coronavirus-enforced absence. Nothing realistically will stop Liverpool from being crowned English champions for the first time in 30 years. But there are a whole host of other issues to sort out, including …

Lamwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Sergeant Joseph Otema, the Officer in Charge of Madi Opei Police Post in Lamwo district is locked up for violating the ban on public transport as part of the COVID-19 preventive measures. He was locked up together with five others at Madi Opei Police Post …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Fitness coach and mentor Wayne Richardson has had his hands full dealing with footballers’ mental health issues in a period of unprecedented uncertainty during the coronavirus lockdown. Richardson and his staff have spoken to about 150 players, from professionals all the way down to the …

New York, United States | AFP |  Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and he said he’s emerging “extremely inspired” ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. A key EDM architect who’s heavily influenced the pop of recent decades, the 52-year-old Grammy-winning French …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has said that the government does not have a provision for any fiscal stimulus for businesses that have been affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several economists and players within the private sector have been calling upon the …

Kikube, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The bodies of two suspected nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo who were shot dead on Lake Albert have been handed over to the DRC government.  The two; Opio Ozelle and Singa Kowe were killed in a fire exchange with Uganda Peoples Defense Forces …

Thoreau, United States | AFP |  Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used by her …

 Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Security agencies have engaged in running battles with traders in Masaka Municipality over a  decision to close all general merchandise shops despite President Museveni’s clearance. Several traders had reopened their shops in response to a move by President Yoweri Museveni to ease COVID-19 restrictions with …

Minneapolis, United States | AFP |  Authorities in Minneapolis and its sister city St. Paul got reinforcements from the National Guard on Thursday as they girded for fresh protests and violence over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man. After stores were looted and burned overnight Wednesday in Minneapolis, …