Paris, France | AFP |  The arrest of Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key fugitives wanted over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in a suburb of Paris has raised some difficult questions for France. Those committed to getting justice for the genocide victims want to know how fugitives such as Kabuga …

Mpigi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health authorities in Mpigi District are mooting for the elevation of Nakasongola health centre IV to a hospital status to improve service delivery.  The Health Center receives an average of 800 patients every month. It also attends to accident victims along the Kampala-Masaka Highway.   It …

Rukiga, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Rukiga district Authorities are perturbed by locals who are turning their homes into bars to beat the restrictions imposed to control the spread of coronavirus disease -COVID-19. Authorities say that after stopping people from gathering in bars as well as walking at night, bar owners …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  UNAIDS Executive Director Engineer Winnie Byanyima has advised that COVID-19 vaccines must be free to all races in case Scientists discover one. She says World leaders must unite behind the development what she has called “a people vaccine”  Byanyima in a message ahead of the …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Hoima Municipality are abandoning hand washing.  Frequent hand washing is being implemented world over as a basic protective measure against the new coronavirus disease. According to the World Health Organisation, washing hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court has ruled that lawyers who obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Rwanda are not eligible to enroll as an Advocate in Uganda.    Justice Esta Nambayo’s ruling stems from an application filed by Andrew Bataamwe in 2019. Bataamwe obtained his Bachelors …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Africa Climate week meeting which was to be held in Kampala Uganda has been pushed to 2021 over coronavirus pandemic.  The meeting which normally attracts African environmentalist and Climate Change expert should have taken place between 20-24th April but it was called off in …

Berlin, Germany | AFP |  A long simmering row between the leaders of Germany’s far-right AfD party and its radical fringe has boiled over, sapping their strength as Chancellor Angela Merkel climbs in the polls. As voters look for steady leadership amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Alternative for Germany party, which …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  All truck drivers employed in Uganda will have to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19. This is according to new operating procedures released on Saturday.  As part of the new measures, transport or logistic companies will have to test all their drivers within the country and …

Crema, Italy | AFP |  Neither the northern Italian chill nor the unfamiliar language has deterred a young Cuban doctor who for the past two months has been helping in the fight against coronavirus in Europe, thousands of miles from home. Roberto Arias Hernandez, one of Cuba’s so-called “Army of White …