Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 girls leave Uganda each day for domestic work in the Arab World, an official from the Internal Affairs Ministry has revealed. Agnes Igoye, the Deputy Coordinator for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons in the Internal Affairs Ministry, says that although several …

Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on Saturday announced that it had authorized the use of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The latest vaccine approval was based on the “safety, quality and efficacy data” submitted to …

Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Wembley beckons for Gareth Southgate’s side after a devastating spell at the start of the second half in Rome earned England their most emphatic win at a EURO, and ended Ukraine’s hopes of reaching the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-finals. Having brought in Jadon Sancho and …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | Zambia has held a grand funeral for the country’s first President Kenneth Kaunda. Held at the Show Grounds, a venue for holding agricultural and commercial shows in Lusaka, the country’s capital, the state funeral attracted hundreds of people, including leaders from different parts of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | June has so far been the worst month for Uganda in as far as the coronavirus pandemic concerned. It has been characterized by surging cases, a new total lockdown, skyrocketing deaths, oxygen shortages, lack of beds for critical patients as well as an upsurge in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala resident’s willingness to have a Coronavirus vaccine is increasing, according to a new report on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines. A COVID-19 vaccine is the key to beating the virus that has so far killed close to two thousand Ugandans. A survey conducted …

Gen. Katumba Attack: rights defenders demand incident report into killing of suspects Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights defenders have tasked investigators of the June 1st, 2021 attempted assassination of Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala to produce a report detailing how security gunned down two prime suspects. Four assailants riding …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Saturday the 3rd of July Naval Base in Gargoub on Egypt’s northwest coast, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement. Covering an area of 10 million square meters along the Mediterranean, the new base is considered Egypt’s largest naval …

  Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran will increase its oil production to pre-sanctions level “as soon as possible,” the country’s Minister of Oil Bijan Zanganeh said Friday, official news agency IRNA reported. “Whenever the sanctions are lifted, we will return to the market in the shortest possible time and …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Budaka District COVID-19 Taskforce has raised a red flag over reports that relatives of COVID-19 victims are exhuming their bodies at night to accord them “befitting burials”. Local leaders in Budaka town council and Kachomo Sub County claim that some residents exhume the bodies …