Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Ebau, the LCIII Chairperson of Awaliwal in Soroti district has been remanded over aggravated defilement and human trafficking. Ebau, 38, was re-arrested and arraigned to court on Wednesday. He reappeared before the Soroti Grade One Magistrate, Kibirige Kasujja Apollo, on Friday. It is …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU), in collaboration with partners, celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day with a special outreach event on 28th May, 2024 at Budondo Playground in Jinja. The event aimed to address menstrual health challenges and empower young girls with the knowledge …

MALABO | Xinhua | Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations, China and Equatorial Guinea have supported and helped each other, yielding rich fruits in bilateral cooperation with broad development prospects, said Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. “China has supported Equatorial Guinea in many fields, both economic and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Norwegian Oil for Development Programme (OfD) is ending over thirty years of support to Uganda’s Petroleum sector, that is now ready for take off. Gunnar Sjögren, the Project Director of International Cooperation at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD)  said Uganda’s petroleum sector’s building …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform Party (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has asked party members and opposition politicians to stop trading their political beliefs for money. Kyagulanyi was on Wednesday addressing party supporters at Ntawo playground in Mukono Municipality where he noted …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yasin Ddamulira aka Musubuzi, who has been on the wanted list by Uganda over the 2021 bombing in Kampala has been shot dead by security agencies in Mityana district. According to Col Deo Akiiki the deputy Defence Public Information Officer (DPIO), Ddamulira was on …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | A jury in New York on Thursday found former U.S. President Donald Trump guilty on all charges in the hush money case. Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to hide hush money payment of 130,000 …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero town council have arrested a taxi driver over the death of his girlfriend.   The suspect has been identified as Joel Ssenyonga aged 40 years a resident of Mabbale village and taxi driver in Luwero town. John Ojokuna the Luwero District Police …

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Space Engineer Edgar Mujuni has been named as one of the world’s top 31 Emerging Space Leaders by the International Aeronautical Federation (IAF). Mujuni and 30 other students and young professionals will travel to Milan, Italy in October 2024 to participate in the 75th International Astronautical Congress …

  COMMENT | ABEBE HAILE-GABRIEL | In Africa, rural poverty and hunger are grim companions and often overlap with agricultural employment. Africa is also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and a significant proportion of the rural population engaged in agriculture is especially exposed to these climate impacts. …