Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Lands, Housing and Urban Development minister Betty Amongi is facing calls to resign over allegations that she was involved in grabbing land belonging to departed Asians following a string of allegations. Amongi Tuesday finally offered herself before the commission of inquiry into land matters …

Tehran, Iran | AFP |  US President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to pull out of the nuclear deal is an act of “psychological warfare” against Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said. Speaking on state television, Rouhani said he wished to discuss Trump’s decision with the European, Russian and Chinese parties …

  Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  Seventeen people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday, describing the fresh outbreak as a “public health emergency with international impact.” “Twenty-one cases of fever with haemorrhagic indications and 17 deaths” have been …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has issued fresh summons for Lands Minister Betty Amongi after she failed to appear on Monday as requested by Uganda’s Commission of Inquiry into land matters. The Chairperson Land Probe Commission Justice Bamugemeire threatened to order for the arrest of the minister if …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cholera outbreak has hit Uganda’s capital city Kampala. The Ministry of Health has so far confirmed seven cases that are currently undergoing treatment at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital (CUFH), Naguru. Three of these cases are from one family residing in Mpigi District while the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The one-week search for a missing former Monitor Publications senior accountant Abel Katende took a dramatic twist on Sunday when Police found his body in a septic tank at his home in Kasangati, just outside Kampala. His wife Janet Namugenyi Katende and children have now …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has named Fr. Dominic Mwebe as the new Parish Priest for Lweza. Mwebe, who is currently at Nansana, will take charge of a parish that lost long serving Parish Priest Fr John Mary Vianney Mugabo,53 early this year. …

Malaysia and Jersey remain in ICC World Cricket League Division 4, Vanuatu and Bermuda are relegated to Division 5 Kuala, Lumpar, | THE INDEPENDENT  | On another exciting final day’s play at an ICC World Cricket League tournament, this time Division 4 in Malaysia, both Uganda and Denmark secured qualification to …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Legendary former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage, his old club announced Saturday. “Sir Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain haemorrhage,” said a United statement. “The procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP |  An aide to South Sudan’s ambassador to Central Africa was shot and killed apparently by mistake in Bangui on Friday, by men from the Central Office for the Suppression of Banditry (OCRB), government sources told AFP. The incident took place after the OCRB …