Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump who tested positive for COVID-19 and has some symptoms according to his medical team, is right now being taken to Walter Reed Military Medical Center as a ‘precautionary measure’. Trump is reportedly fatigued, and is being flown out from the White House. …

  Liverpool, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines. Tweets by SMane_Officiel Share on:

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni’s next battle?: New NRM leaders emerge but President keeps old comrades THE LAST WORD Lessons from UPDF’s 50 years: Why it’s important for the army or the government to tell the story …

Cairo, Egypt | XINHUA | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was on Friday one of over a dozen world leaders who wished U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife a “full and speedy” recovery after Trump’s announcement that they tested positive for COVID-19. Other ‘get well’ messages were also received …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump, who rarely wears a mask, said early Friday morning that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19, after a close aide had contracted the virus. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” he tweeted. “We will get …

Liverpool  (0) 4 Arsenal (0) 5 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Two saves in the shoot out by goalkeeper Bern Leno gave Arsenal a 5-4 victory on penalties in the Carabaor Cup against Liverpool, as they booked their quarterfinal place on Thursday night. After the game had ended goalless …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | The Islamic governmental authority in Sudan on Wednesday announced its opposition to Sudan’s normalization with Israel in all fields. This Fatwa, a legal opinion based on the Islamic law, was announced by Islamic Fiqh Complex on its Facebook page as Washington has been exercising pressures …

Pearl Magic brings the best in the Ugandan dating scene to our screens this week Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Date My Family Uganda, the local version of the successful reality television series, will premiere on October 4,  2020 at 8pm. “The DMF show is set to give viewers a …

❎ Sodo 17,735 votes ❎ Musherure 16,155 votes ❎ Kiseka 4,415 votes Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Aine Kaguta aka Sodo has tentatively been declared winner of the belated NRM primaries for the Mawogola North constituency. Unofficial results indicate that Sodo garnered 17,735 votes representing 46.30% while Shartsi Musherure garnered …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is now hiring coffee and health professionals to sensitise nationals on the benefits of consuming coffee. This is one of the steps being taken to ensure that the country, and especially the farmers earn more from their coffee. Uganda is Africa’s largest coffee …