Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | Constant delays in the implementation of key electoral and constitutional benchmarks by South Sudan parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement cast doubts on the possibility of holding elections in 2024, the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Thursday. Guang Cong, the deputy …

Vladivostok, Russia | Xinhua | Russia successfully launched the Luna-25 lunar station early Friday, embarking on a historic mission to explore the south pole of the Moon. The station, which does not have a return capsule, was launched by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority is drafting new guidelines to regulate digital lending. Digital money lenders are emerging as the latest innovation to small loans extended through online platforms or digitally but there have been concerns that they are not regulated. But the emergence of …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has commissioned the construction of a private Health Centre in Buddu County to improve health services. The construction is being undertaken next to the former headquarters of Mukungwe sub-county in Masaka city, where the Kingdom will operate the facility at the level of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 3rd edition of the Annual Muslim Run (AMR)  set for 10th September 2023 starting at the Uganda Museum-Kampala has been launched by Bugiri Member of Parliament Asuman Basalira. Up to 7,000 participants are expected to compete in the event that started in 2019 with the aim of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) has requested additional funding to help cater for the unit cost of assessment of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainees and the completion of the UBTEB Assessment Centre Construction Project. Speaking at the release of April-May …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | There is concern that the suspension by the World Bank of new loans to Uganda could influence other development finance institutions to take similar actions. If that happens, the country could be forced to take drastic measures and options to avoid the possible impact. …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of a neurologist is crippling the services at Kabale regional referral hospital. A neurologist is a medical doctor who diagnoses, treats, and manages disorders of the brain and nervous system. The hospital received a CT scan machine from the Ministry of Health …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | 4,671 candidates enrolled by the Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) missed the April/May TVET exams. According to UBTEB’s data, out of the 13,209 candidates registered across 262 examination centers for the final program exams, 8,538 sat for the exams, while 4,671 candidates …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice, Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has warned judicial officers against wearing clothes that are partisan. It is the first time that the head of the Judiciary is coming out to talk about what judges should wear under their robes According to Owiny-Dollo, clothes colored …