JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that he would not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, rejecting reports that Israel had agreed to a “path toward Palestinian statehood” as part of efforts to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia. “Prime Minister Netanyahu has acted …

Uganda and UNESCO sign host country agreement upgrading the UNESCO project office status to antennae office Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Foreign Affairs Abubakhar Jeje Odongo together with the Director UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for Eastern Africa,  Haxthausen Louise have signed a Host Country Agreement upgrading the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The training of new primary and nursery school teachers in Uganda is currently in limbo because of the significant delays in the opening of the Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education (UNITE). This setback comes nearly five years after the Ministry of Education raised …

Rabat, Morocco | AGENCIES |  In a milestone celebration of African leadership, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s decade-long impact on continental development has earned him the inaugural “African of the Decade” award. The African Development Bank Group President received this distinguished honor at last week’s Africa Investment Forum in Rabat, marking a …

As witnesses turned up to testify against Sekibaala, he applied for a plea bargain in exchange for a lenient sentence  Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Luwero has sentenced a former priest to serve 12 years in jail for killing his wife. Reverend David Sekibaala of …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Inzu Yamasaba cultural institution has announced a ban on traditional Kadodi processions along major routes in Mbale, Bududa, and Manafwa districts ahead of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s visit to the Bugisu region today. The president is scheduled to visit Bududa to engage with stakeholders and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has transferred 60,247 of 120,000 census tablets it bought this year, to the Ministry of ICT for use in other government operations. The bureau however refrained from commenting on where the remaining devices are. Chris Mukiza, the UBOS …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the high Court of Uganda has ordered the government to compensate the victims of convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. The ruling delivered on Monday at the Gulu High Court follows an application filed by …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Panic has gripped Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) as several  examiners marking the first Senior Four national examinations under the new lower secondary curriculum abandoned marking centers over a pay dispute. The walkout that occurred over the weekend involved examiners who had …

Uganda’s Diaspora community population is estimated at over two million, many of whom have inadvertently but successfully supported the growth of Uganda’s GDP through their remittances, estimated at over 1.4 billion dollars annually. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of Ugandans who live abroad are expected to converge in …