Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | – The International Federation of the Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an Emergency Appeal for 6 million Swiss francs to help contain Uganda’s eighth Ebola outbreak since 2000, caused by the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SVD), which has already resulted in nine confirmed cases, …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating the cause an accident that left three people dead on the Kampala-Jinja highway. According to Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, the accident occurred today morning in Mukono when a trailer carrying cement veered off the road after hitting …

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | When the opposition party, National Unity Platform (NUP) led by musician Bobi Wine/Robert Kyagulanyi invited itself to the village brawl that is Uganda’s governance, the ruling regime received NUP with wide-open jaws — chomping on NUP supporters for the rather grave crime of daring to support …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Barbra Amuge, a teller at Post Bank Kawempe Branch, has been named as the winner of this year’s Bancassurance Award that is run by ICEA LION Life Assurance and Post Bank. Amuge’s outstanding performance earned her an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai, a well-deserved recognition of her dedication …

KINSHASA | Xinhua | The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday that about 1 million people have been displaced since the beginning of 2025 in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) seized by March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. According to a …

  China unveiled a comprehensive policy blueprint for rural development on Sunday, charting a detailed roadmap to build up the country’s agricultural strength and emphasizing grain security, agricultural innovation and deepened reforms. BEIJING | Xinhua | China unveiled a comprehensive policy blueprint for rural development on Sunday, charting a detailed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is set to tarmac 19.85 kilometres of roads under the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Program (GKMA-UDP). Tarmacing the roads will cost 176.5 billion Shillings While officiating at the signing ceremony of Batch One of the contracts under …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and the army have jointly deployed around the Electoral Commission (EC) offices in Kawempe. The road leading to the EC offices from Ttula Road and Gayaza Road at Akamwesi has been closed, with no vehicles or Boda bodas allowed to pass. Erias Nalukoola Luyimbaazi, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man set himself on fire outside the main gate of Parliament this morning. The victim has been identified as Benjamin Agaba. Reports indicate that Agaba poured petrol on himself before igniting it. A video, which has since gone viral on social media, shows …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results of a new study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal of ophthalmology show a strong link between screen time and the risk of developing myopia commonly known as shortsightedness or nearsightedness. The study found that spending more than one hour a day on …