Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The world is not a safe place for the girl child according to a new report released by the United Nations International Children’sEmergency Fund-UNICEF, Plant International and UN Women ahead of the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The report titled, ‘A …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Local Governments Amendment Bill, 2019, which requires mayor of Cities, Municipalities, Divisions and Town Council chairpersons to have an advanced level certificate of Education or its equivalent. In the past, only LC V chairpersons were required to have a minimum education …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  An office attendant attached to the Judiciary Accounts division has told Members of Parliament how her supervisors sent her to pick cash in the financial year 2017/2018.  Juliet Kusiima who testified before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- Central Government on Tuesday said that she was …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  All is set for the election of the pioneer speaker and Deputy Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA at city hall this morning. This stems from the KCCA Amendment Act 2019, which introduced the positions of speaker and deputy speaker at the Authority and the …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  After six weeks in hiding, Bukuya Police Station commander, Francis Obbo, has been detained on allegations of killing a 13-year-old boy in Kassanda District. Obbo allegedly shot dead Patrick Manihiro, during an operation against stray dogs. Obbo immediately dumped his gun at his station and …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  California declared a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus Wednesday as a cruise ship was held off the coast over fears of a new outbreak. Separately, the federal government said it was going to buy 500 million respirators to stockpile for use by …

Washington, United States | AFP |  For a candidate left for dead just weeks ago, Joe Biden has scored a dramatic comeback in the Democratic White House race, capped by victories over chief rival Bernie Sanders in a majority of the 14 states contested on Super Tuesday. After going zero for …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he travelled …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The DRC has discharged the last Ebola patient from a treatment center located in  the North Eastern town of Beni according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Thishis comes after more than a year after an Ebola outbreak was declared in DRC in August 2018. …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP |  The United States has been “undiplomatic” in its role facilitating talks between three countries on the Nile River over a giant dam, Ethiopia said on Tuesday, but promised to continue negotiations. The US has been enabling talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Grand …