WTO members made history February 15, 2021 when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | When she takes office on March 1, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to …

Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | South African based Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan is at it gain, teasing her fans by posing in a Valentine’s Day post on social media with yet another boyfriend. “Happy Valentines day 💘,” was her message, in a photograph with a one “Dark Stallion”, as …

  Regional Integration amidst a Pandemic: Covid-19 and the East African Community COMMENT | Prof. Kasaija Phillip Apuuli | The 2019 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (UNECA) Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII) ranked the East African Community (EAC) as the most integrated Regional Economic Community (REC) in Africa with a …

  📌 MONACO RESULT ✳#5kHerculis 1. Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬 13:13 2. Bethwell Birgen 🇰🇪13:18 3. Davis Kiplangat 🇰🇪 13:19 Women 1. Beatrice Chepkoech 🇰🇪 14:43 WR 2. Meraf Bahta 15:46 3. Alice Finot 🇫🇷 15:522 Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT | The annual Monaco Herculis run produced another world record today, but not …

📌 TODAY ✳ Monaco 5k race – 11.45am There is no doubt Joshua Cheptegei loves Monaco. The Ugandan world long distance champion will today start his 2021 season, with a 5km road race – in Monaco. Monaco was the venue of two historic runs for the 24-year-old in 2020, a year mainly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students in private universities based in Kampala are having face to face lectures before the official dates set for reopening by Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and Sports directed on February 9th, 2020 that Universities and other tertiary institutions would start face to …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The year’s edition of the national cross country championship is done, and the winner Hosea Kiplangat. In the  highly competitive championship, Uganda’s Long distance runner Kiplangat against all odds managed to hit the finishing point before any other 2:14:0 ahead of Kusuro Geoffrey who …

Zimbabwe to vaccinate all of its eligible population on a voluntary basis free of charge Harare, Zimbabwe | XINHUA |  Zimbabwe is scheduled to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination program next week after it receives the first batch of vaccines from China, Deputy Health Minister John Mangwiro said Friday. The …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested three members of the same family in Mbale city and still hunting for another ten over the murder of a fellow resident known named as William Wanaboa aged 40 years of age. The suspects allegedly caught Wanaboa having sex with their mother. Police …

Rome, Italy | XINHUA | Former European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi formally accepted the task of forming the next Italian government as new Prime Minister on Friday. His 23-member cabinet was sworn in at the Quirinal presidential palace at noon on Saturday. Draghi took the job after the …