Vienna, Austria | AFP |  Every morning Abulrahman leaves his normal primary school lessons in Vienna and joins about 20 other children for three hours to learn to read, write and speak German. Only when his level is deemed good enough will the eight year-old, who arrived from Yemen in July, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Performance of schools in Kampala improved in the 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations compared to the previous year. More schools in Kampala and Wakiso had more of their candidates score aggregate 4. Schools like Kabojja Junior School where parents last year petitioned UNEB citing under marking had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-CAA has said the first phase of expanding Entebbe International Airport is currently at 60 percent level of completion. Uganda secured a loan of $325 million from Exim Bank of China, with $ 200 million earmarked to finance the first phase …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Luweero Chief Magistrate is stuck with 30 land cases after he failed to visit disputed land sites. In 2007, the Chief Justice issued practice notice directing that before land cases are disposed of, magistrates and judges must visit the land to undertake an in-depth …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Three Ugandans have been arrested in Rwanda.  Gordon Tugumisirize, Zabulon Komunda and Marvelous Naturinda residents of Bwaya village in Buramba parish, Kabale District were arrested on Thursday while in Kivuye market in Burera District, Northern Province.  Jasper Twinamatsiko, a relative to the victims says that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda Christian University (UCU) Canons defeated City Oilers 78-73 in game six of the National Basketball League finals. The UCU Canons who had initially trailed 3-1 in the best of seven finals on Friday night levelled the series 3-3 in a tooth and nail game …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Most of the pupils in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations took to cramming their classwork to reproduce in examinations than understanding, UNEB results show.  This was clear as pupils excelled in questions that asked for direct answers and were therefore easy to cram than questions …

Athens, Greece | AFP |  Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar will hold talks in Athens on Friday, days ahead of a peace conference in Berlin which he and the head of Tripoli’s UN-recognised government Fayez al-Sarraj are expected to attend. The talks come as world powers step up efforts for a …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate two allies for the board of the Federal Reserve, which the US president has repeatedly accused of not doing enough for the economy. Trump had originally tweeted in July he would nominate Christopher Waller, a director of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda is in final stages of negotiating with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the 10 billion dollars plunder case. In 2005, the United Nation’s International Court of Justice ruled that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is responsible for …