Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria on Monday prepared for its first major prosecutions of suspects linked to the Boko Haram conflict in closed-door trials at a military base. The defendants have all been arrested and detained since the start of the Islamist insurgency in the country’s northeast in 2009. The …

Hammanskraal, South Africa | AFP | Time is running out for 95-year-old Phillip Mabelane. For 40 years he has waited to discover the truth of how his son died at the hands of police during South Africa’s apartheid era. Now the reopening of a similar case has given him hope that …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Rebels from a Ugandan-dominated group on Monday attacked a UN military base in DR Congo’s unstable east, killing one peacekeeper and injuring 12 others, the UN mission said. The attack took place in Beni where UN soldiers have been battling the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), …

Cheering by NRM as soldiers bundled MPs from parliament shows missed history lessons COMMENT | Martin M. Lwanga | In all her 54 year history, one fact that remains undeniable is that in Uganda we are low on conflict resolution skills. We also learn little from history. The latest escapade …

Why Ugandans need to build social cohesion in order to craft a national identity and build a nation COMMENT | Reagan Wamajji | Recently, I had the pleasure of interacting with individuals on a rather interesting topic; Social cohesion; crafting a national identity and nation building. I had never taken …

  Rwanda’s major brewer, Brasserie et Limonaderie du Rwanda (Braliwa) is preparing to begin producing Heineken beer brand which is mostly imported. | THE INDEPENDENT | According to one report, since Heineken beer started gaining prominence in the Rwandan market, high possibilities emerged that the drink will be brewed in …

THIS WEEK: Court blocks eviction of Health Ministry Director General Prof. Anthony Mbonye (Pictured) has been acting as the Director General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health since the new cabinet was sworn in last year. Mbonye who replaced Jane Ruth Aceng when she was elevated to a …

THIS WEEK: Deputy CJ Dollo sworn in Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a Sept.30 function held at State House in Entebbe, Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo was sworn in as Deputy Chief Justice (CJ) replacing retiring Justice Stephen Kavuma. While delivering his speech the president urged members of the …

THIS WEEK: Police issues arrest threats on suspended MPs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Criminal Investigations Directorate publicist Vicent Sekatte has said 13 MPs who were thrown out of parliament during a scuffle that took place on Sept.27 could be arrested on sight after they failed to show …

THIS WEEK: Ex Minister Byandala has a case to answer Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former works minister Ibrahim Byandala has been for a year battling cases to do with embezzlement at the anti-corruption court in Kampala. On Oct.02, the Inspectorate of Government’s Director of Legal Affairs Sarah Birungi …