Over 100,000 Runners flagged off by the Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II as Ugandans rally to join the fight to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scores thronged the Lubiri for the 10th Airtel-Kabaka Birthday Run that was flagged off by His Majesty, Kabaka of Buganda …
Read More »Egypt, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya win at ITF/14 Under tournament
Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Egypt’s Ibrahim Moaz Srour and Uganda’s Abdul Latif Sendyowa were Leg 1 and 2 winners in the boys category at the ITF/14 and Under tennis tournament that concluded on Friday at Lugogo tennis club. The tournament that run from April 11-14 attracted junior tennis …
Read More »Coup fears as heavy gunfire heard south of Sudanese capital Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sustained gunshots have been heard Saturday here in the Sudanese capital amid mounting tension between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Firing was heard around a major RSF base south of Khartoum, with eyewitnesses saying tanks of the Sudanese army were seen moving …
Read More »IRON SHEETS: Another minister arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Planning under the Finance Ministry Amos Lugoloobi has been arrested in relation to diversion of iron sheets for the vulnerable poor people of Karamoja. According to sources, Lugoloobi was arrested on Thursday evening after showing up at Criminal investigations department …
Read More »EU cannot blindly follow Washington: European Council president
Paris, France | Xinhua | European leaders are becoming increasingly supportive of French President Emmanuel Macron’s push for “strategic autonomy” away from the United States, European Council president Charles Michel said on Tuesday. More and more European Union leaders have echoed Macron’s comments that Europe should resist pressure to become …
Read More »Ghana approves vaccine for children against malaria
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Ghana, one of the world’s most serious malaria-stricken countries, approved on Thursday a new vaccine for children to protect them from the deadly disease. Delese Darko, the chief executive officer of Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), told a press briefing that the R21 vaccine …
Read More »Chinese firm signs deal to mend Tororo-Gulu railway line
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The China Road and Bridge Corporation, CRBC, has signed a contract with the government to rehabilitate the Tororo to Gulu section of the meter gauge railway line. This comes days after the company completed the rehabilitation of the Malaba-Tororo stretch which is now operational. …
Read More »Parliament orders new verification of ex-workers of EAC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has ordered a fresh verification exercise of all Ugandan former employees of the defunct East African Community – EAC in order to provide a lasting settlement of their pending claims. It follows the adoption of the report of the Committee on EAC Affairs …
Read More »China helps Tanzania improve water conservation capacity in Great Lakes
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | China on Wednesday started running a two-day training seminar aimed at assisting Tanzania to increase its capacity in water conservation and management in the country’s Great Lakes. The training seminar on Eco-environment and Water Security in Lake Basin System was jointly organized by the …
Read More »Obstetricians and gynecologists ask for deployment, payment of interns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Obstetricians and Gynecologists have joined the push to demand for immediate deployment and payment of medical interns. Dr. Othiniel Musana, the President of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Uganda (AOGU) told URN in an interview that medical interns and Senior House Officers …
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