Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pig farmers and traders in Moyo district are urging the government to lift the ban on the movement and sale of pigs and pig products. Last October, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) imposed a quarantine in Aluru sub-county following an …

Many of Uganda’s small-scale farmers rely on someone else to dry their beans, a practice that keeps them in a cycle of poverty. A new processing factory aims to change that.. Bundibugyo, Uganda | Patricia Lindrio – Global Press Journal Uganda |  It’s harvest day on Edson Sabite’s 4-acre cocoa plantation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Azawi, who will be doing her maiden performance alongside her entire Double Black band at the annual Blankets and Wine’s lifestyle event at the Lugogo Cricket Oval on April 30th, has released a new banger called, “Ten over Ten”. “Ten Over Ten” is a …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a three-day ceasefire starting midnight on Monday, as many countries are racing to evacuate civilians from the battle-scarred African country. “Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for re-election for the presidency in 2024, seeking another four years in the White House, according to an online campaign video. “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Charge of Finance and Administration at Makerere University, Professor Henry Alinaitwe, has called on the new Guild leaders to work together with the university administration to find solutions to issues affecting students. He made these remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of …

  COMMENT | ANA PALACIO – PROJECT SYNDICATE |  Perhaps no image better captures the shifting dynamics in the Middle East than that of Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s security council, and Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state, shaking hands in Beijing, with China’s top diplomat, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Muhammed Hamid, 47, left his elder brother’s business as a teenager, having gained some experience, confidence, and capital, to start his own business in the early 1990s. Just 10 years later, he was bidding to build the second largest hotel by room number in …

Kiev, Russia | Xinhua | Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said Ukraine is in talks with Russia over an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange, local media reported Monday. Speaking in an interview with RBC-Ukraine media outlet, Budanov said that the two countries “in principle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Experts are concerned that Uganda may not meet its commitment to defeating HIV as an epidemic by 2030, as children living with the virus struggle to stay on treatment. Michael Byamukama, the Country Director of the Regional Psycho-social Support Initiative (REPSSI), reports that the …