Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Flying Squad unit has rescued Hilda Driwalo, a mobile money agent and student of Kampala International University and arrested six suspects in connection to her kidnap. According to the police, the suspects kidnapped Driwalo from Entebbe on Friday last week after inviting …

Enanga explains that adultery is not a criminal offence  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A  Police officer at the rank of Inspector of Police is in trouble for arresting a couple engaged in adultery, yet it is not a criminal matter. Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson identified the officer …

Younde, Cameroon | Xinhua | Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said on Monday that national football team head coach Antonio Conceicao will not be sacked despite failing to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy. “Every time we have won a trophy, it has …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) is consulting widely on ways of streamlining migration in the region to make it more beneficial to the development of the member countries. The ministers in charge of EAC, internal and labour, directorates of immigration from the region, as …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce (JATT) has again cited wanted Sheikh Sulaiman Nsubuga, as being behind new terror camps in Kalungu and Butambala districts. A team comprised of police crime intelligence, chieftaincy of military intelligence, counter-terrorism and army commandos at the weekend raided Bulo village …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda (BOU) has reported that the economy is estimated to have grown by between 6.5 and 7 percent in 2021, compared to a 1.5 percent contraction in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced parts of the economy to shut down. Deputy Governor  Dr. …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale City Police are holding Wilson Kidasa, a security guard from Alpha Security Services limited accused of shooting dead a student of Busitema University on Sunday evening. Kidasa allegedly shot dead 20-year-old Kelly Tumusiime, a resident of Mivule cell, Namatala ward in Mbale City …

Los Angeles, USA | Xinhua | Mystery film “Death on the Nile” from 20th Century Studios took the top spot at the North American box office on its opening weekend with a three-day estimate of 12.8 million U.S. dollars, according to studio figures released by measurement firm Comscore on Sunday. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Premier League side Express FC has parted ways with head coach Wasswa Bbosa. The development comes less than a year after Bbosa guided Express FC to their first Premier League title in 12 years, and winning the regional CECAFA title. In a statement …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police had to deploy heavily at Tororo district general hospital this morning to contain a charged mob that had stormed the district hospital demanding for a murder suspect being treated there. The mob were relatives of one Elizabeth Alinga a resident of Angorom South …