Arua, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Political Leaders and Educationists in the West Nile are calling for deliberate efforts by the government to ensure regional equity in the enrollment of students to the higher education loan scheme.    The scheme is managed by the Higher Education Students Financing Board-HESFB, a government …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  250 Ugandan youths have completed a program designed to empower youth through the sport of tennis while also providing HIV/AIDS education.   Dubbed the Arthur Ashe Tennis Program, the initiative was implemented by the U.S. Mission in partnership with the Tartan Burners Athletic Club, the Uganda …

Mukono, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has directed security agencies to install security lights along all roads surrounding the Uganda Christian University Campus in Mukono, to curtail attacks against students. The directive followed a request by the UCU guild president Timothy Kadaga on the basis of cumulative cases …

Masaka, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The suspended National Organizing Secretary of the Democratic Party Suleiman Kidandala has insisted on supervising the ongoing elections of party structures further compounding woes that have hit the party in recent months.    Kidandala was suspended by an extra-ordinary meeting of the Democratic Party National …

Mukono, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Christian University-UCU is piloting an online voting application to be used in guild elections across all its campuses.   The university has previously been challenged to involve students from all its sister campuses in deciding their Guild President whose election is conducted at the main …

Mpigi, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mpigi District Councilors are mooting a plan to censure their Chairperson, Peter Claver Mutuluza amidst a row on the composition of the District Service Commission.   The district has been embroiled in a fight over the leadership of the District Service Commission, since the end of …

Las Vegas, United States | AFP |  Tyson Fury reigns again as a heavyweight world champion after battering Deontay Wilder to a stunning seventh-round stoppage in their World Boxing Council title rematch. Fourteen months after their dramatic split-decision draw, Britain’s Fury dominated the American champion — who had blood dripping from …

Rome, Italy | AFP |  Title-chasing Inter Milan’s clash against Sampdoria on Sunday was one of three Serie A football matches postponed over coronavirus fears in northern Italy. Atalanta against Sassuolo and Hellas Verona versus Cagliari in the top flight were also pushed back to avoid the spread of the virus …

Las Vegas, United States | AFP |  Progressive firebrand Bernie Sanders earned a decisive victory Saturday in the Nevada caucuses, solidifying his frontrunner status in the race to choose the Democratic nominee who faces President Donald Trump in November’s election. His win is a substantial accomplishment in a state seen as …

Las Vegas, United States | AFP |  From glitzy Las Vegas casinos to dusty desert crossroads, Nevada Democrats vote Saturday for who should challenge President Donald Trump in November’s election, with leftist firebrand Bernie Sanders riding high in the saddle. The western state, home to three million people, is the third …