Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered a piece of ivory weighing 30 Kilograms from three suspected poachers in Elegu Township in Amuru district. The suspected poachers are Muzamil Hamuza, 31, Ali Magidu, 32 and Govile Nuru 44. They were picked up from Loriko West Village in Elegu …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned Bunyangabu district authorities against feeding him on lies especially on issues related to service delivery in the area. He was speaking during commemoration of the International Women’s Day at Rwimi Primary School grounds in Bunyangabu district on Friday. …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea may be preparing for a missile or space launch, US news outlet NPR has reported, based on satellite image analysis of a key facility near Pyongyang. NPR said the images of Sanumdong, one of the facilities Pyongyang has used to produce inter-continental ballistic …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi has advised against the payment of Sh40 billion to 10 companies that supplied grain to the South Sudan Government. Parliament last year approved a request from the government to clear …

Shenzhen, China | AFP | Tech giant Huawei on Thursday opened a legal front in its counter-offensive against US warnings that it could aid Chinese intelligence services, filing suit to overturn a US law that bars federal agencies from buying its products. Huawei said the case was filed in a US …

Grimsby, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday called on the European Union for “one more push” to strike a Brexit compromise deal and told MPs that rejecting the agreement could mean Britain never leaves. “It needs just one more push,” May told an audience of workers …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | As a Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard won almost every trophy bar the Premier League and despite urging Jurgen Klopp’s men to end the club’s 29-year wait for the title this season he admits it will not ease his personal pain. Gerrard, now manager of Scottish …

Algiers, Algeria | AFP | Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday warned of the risk of “chaos”, on the eve of a major planned protest against his bid for a fifth term in office. Bouteflika, 82, uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has proposed heavier fines instead of jail terms for landlords who annoy tenants. The Kingdom says jailing landlords for breaching the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018 will kill the real estate industry. Appearing before the committee on Physical Infrastructure on Thursday, the …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Rights groups have gone on the offensive over the deployment of the military in Nigerian elections as a new polling day looms. With elections due on Saturday for governors in 29 states and local assemblies, campaigners say the military cast a dark shadow over last month’s …