Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE has faulted Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA officials for spending Shillings 27 billion on legal fees in the 2016/2017 financial year. According to the Committee, the Shillings 27 billion was above the Shillings 16.3 billion budgeted for …

Athens, Greece | AFP |   Greeks head to the polls on Sunday in a snap ballot that could bring an end to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s leftist government. Here are five things to know about the vote, the third in Greece since May following European and local elections. – Greeks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police Force (UPF) has announced recruitment of 4,500 Probation Police Constables ahead of the 2021 general elections. Police had previously indicated that it would be recruiting about 10,000 constables to fill the vacuum created by police constables who have deserted, retired, killed and died …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament is among the list of government entities that owe Kampala Capital City Authority–KCCA Shillings 16billion in ground rent and property rates for the 2016/2017 financial year.  The others are Uganda Police Force headquarters, National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC among others. The acting KCCA Executive Director, …

Dublin, Ireland | AFP |  When the other new members of the European Parliament take their seats in Strasbourg on Tuesday, Barry Andrews will be sitting at home, unable to attend because of Brexit. Basking in the sun in Dublin, the 52-year-old Irish politician is on an unwanted holiday as he …

Paris, France | AFP |  A welcome temperature drop came to western parts of Europe on Sunday, after almost a week-long heatwave, but hundreds of Spanish firefighters and soldiers continued to battle three major blazes. France too had to contend with fire in the south of the country — and some …

The oil and gas sector continues to interest different players hoping to make some money out of it. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | At one of the events organised by the Petroleum Authority of Uganda and National Environment Management Authority, a big crowd of 8, 000 people attended to …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Sudanese protest leaders called for a one-day nationwide “civil disobedience” campaign on July 14, in an announcement on Monday a day after they organised mass protests against the ruling generals that rocked the country. The move, which aims to increase pressure on the ruling generals …

Baghdad, Iraq | AFP |  Iraq is establishing a financial “loophole” to continue buying vital gas and electricity from Iran despite US sanctions, AFP has learned, mirroring a European mechanism that came into effect Friday. The “special purpose vehicle” (SPV) would allow Iraq to pay for imported Iranian energy in …

Nouakchott, Mauritania | AFP |  Ex-general Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was declared the official winner Monday of presidential elections in Mauritania that opposition candidates claim were unfair. The Constitutional Council, the final authority on Mauritania’s founding law, rejected an opposition challenge and confirmed the CENI electoral commission’s announcement that Ghazouani had …