United Nations, United States | AFP | The United States on Wednesday called for an international arms embargo to be imposed on South Sudan following the failure of the latest ceasefire aimed at ending the four-year war. US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Security Council that President Salva Kiir’s government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewarage Corporation (NWSC) has been hailed by the Minister of ICT and National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze for using local software developers in developing a smart water metering system. Tumwebaze was reacting to news that NWSC are in initial stages of developing prepaid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equatorial Guinea’s leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasaogo today paid a one-day working visit to Uganda, the second time in a year he has been to Kampala. Cooperation pacts in defence, security and oil were among the key issues on the agenda for Obiang, whose country …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Exactly 32 years ago on this day, the National Resistance Army (NRA) handed the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) regime a crashing defeat, taking over Kampala after a 5 year bush war. “Uganda’s Liberation, a significant contribution to our present and future development,” will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The wife of embattled patron of Boda-Boda 2010 association and Rubaga NRM Chairman  Hajji Abdallah Kitata has dragged both the Inspector General of police General Edward Kale Kayihura and the Chief of Defence forces General David Muhoozi to Court seeking orders compelling them to …

Davos, Switzerland | AFP | Donald Trump rappels into the snowy Swiss Alps on Thursday to address Davos summiteers anxious to see whether they will get a pitch from a capitalist kindred spirit or a lecture from a populist president. Trump is due to deliver the closing address at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The on-going national Chase Malaria campaign in which free long-lasting Insecticide treated mosquito Nets (LLINs) are distributed, reaches Wakiso this weekend. Distribution of mosquito nets in Wakiso District is set to take place this Saturday January 27, 2018 and will be followed up by …

New York, United States | AFP | Elton John announced Wednesday that he is retiring from touring, with the consummate showman saying he wants to devote himself to his children — but after a final, massive swing around the world. The 70-year-old British entertainer, revealing his plans at a gala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is on track to start the construction of 693km of roads in the oil region. UNRA Executive Director Allen Kagina told the press in her quarterly briefing in Kampala on Wednesday that a feasibility study and preparation for the projects …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Canadian graffiti artists and rapper David ‘Monk-E’ Yergeau will make a guest appearance at Uganda’s 11th annual Hiphop for Society event at Nsambya on Sunday January 28. Hiphop For Society is a popular, community event organized by Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU) every year in …