Butiaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families in two villages in Butiaba Town council in Buliisa district are living in fear of being evicted forcefully from their ancestral land. The affected families are from Watembo and Boma villages in Butiaba town council. The scared residents are facing …

  ✳ Egypt 2 Morocco 1 AET ✳ Senegal 3 Eq Guinea 1 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Egypt booked their place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Morocco at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. Captain Mohamed …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | At 11am on January 22 2022,  Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba boarded Uganda Airlines aircraft Kob en-route to Rwanda’s capital Kigali on a mission handed to him by his father Gen Yoweri Museveni. One hour later, the General was received by the Spy chief of Rwanda defense forces …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Chinese medical doctors at a local hospital in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, have performed successful surgery on a Rwandan man injured in a car accident, using a flashlight for illumination after surgical lights malfunctioned. “Last week on Friday, I was riding a bicycle and all …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua |  Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves fell a record 49 billion shillings (about 428 million U.S. dollars) this week as the shilling hit a new low amid strong dollar demand from importers. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said in its weekly update of the financial markets …

✳ Gambia 0 Cameroon 2 ✳ Burkina Faso 1 Tunisia 0 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT |   The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are through to the semi final stage at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021. Cameroon stopped Gambia 2-0 in a quarter final match played this evening …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3,500 flood victims in Buliisa district are languishing in poverty almost two years after they were displaced from their homes by floods triggered by the rising water levels in Lake Albert The most affected people are from the landing sites of Wanseko, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has received a consignment of ten automated COVID-19 testing equipment on Friday which they say will help them cut down on the time they spend analyzing results and their final release. Currently, people testing through the government labs have to …

✳ Gambia v Cameroon 7pm ✳ Burkina Faso v Tunisia 10pm Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Debutants Gambia face hosts Cameroon in an unprecedented quarterfinal that promises a lot of excitement on Saturday in Douala. The Scorpions challenge the Indomitable Lions for the quarterfinal clash of the ongoing TotalEnergies …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The body of the former Governor of the Bank of Uganda Gideon Nkojo is still in the United States and yet to get to the final resting place over unclear circumstances. Nkojo died in November 2020 in Maryland Virginia after being ill. Family members …