Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police’s Anti-Kidnap Response Unit – AKRU has arrested three women and a man in response to three kidnaps registered in Kampala four days ago. AKRU’s response was attracted by kidnaps involving two children aged five and seven weeks in areas of Mpererwe, Kanyanya and …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Following the looming food security threat posed by the desert locusts which have already invaded Uganda through the northeastern region, the Ministry Of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has put the entire country on standby.      Solomon Kalema, the Senior Knowledge Management Officer at …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanzi says that mischarge of expenditure is partly caused by insufficient funding for expenditure on different activities. This is carried in his written response to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- Central Government in regard to the audit report on the …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the United Nations has warned.   The observation came just a day after swarms crossed into Uganda, through the North-Eastern Districts of Amudat and …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Twenty Ugandan nationals are facing deportation for illegal entry into Zimbabwe while en-route to South Africa.    The Ugandans including a five year old were arrested along Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city-Victoria Falls road by Zimbabwe Police as reported by CITE, a Zimbabwe news outlet. …

Sofia, Bulgaria | AFP |  Single mother-of-two Sara Faizi from Afghanistan faced a dead end when she arrived in Bulgaria in 2018: the former bank branch operations manager needed a job but neither spoke the local language nor had any contacts. An energetic Bulgarian, Iva Gumnishka, 25, and her social enterprise …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police officers have lost trust in Exodus SACCO, the new Board Chairperson, Senior Commissioner of Police, Wilson Omoding has revealed. He explains that this is exhibited by the rate at which subscribers rush to withdraw their savings from the scheme. At least 32, 000 police …

Arua, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Arua district has received 30,000 dozes of Anthrax and Black Quarter vaccines to manage the threat of the diseases in refugee settlements in Odupi, Omugo, Uriama, parts of Rhino Camp and refugee hosting communities. The vaccines valued at Shillings 90 million were donated by Food …

Monrovia, Liberia | AFP |  Liberians have faced long queues at petrol pumps for nearly two weeks as sloppy bookkeeping and poor port infrastructure have triggered economically damaging fuel shortages. Incorrect fuel-reserve figures in the impoverished West African country partly led to the shortage, which has dragged on since late January, …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University guild polls hang in balance following a directive by the acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Umar Kakumba staying all electoral activities pending a review of the contested electoral reforms. He issued the directive following concerns by the Guild Speaker, Ezra Byakutangaza about the pending polls. …