Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of elders in Moroto district have voiced their dissent regarding the appointment of a cultural leader, insisting on the need for extensive consultations. The Karamoja cultural leader, to be known as Papaa Angasuban, was chosen by representatives of the Elders Council, drawn …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as more planes carrying humanitarian aid landed at Egypt’s al-Arish Airport in North Sinai, waiting to be sent into war-torn Gaza. As Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza and its …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Aya Investment Limited, which owns Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala has again lost a bid to stay the execution of an order to auction the hotel for non-payment of loans amounting to over US$ 300 million. Three Court of Appeal judges; Fredrick Egonda-Ntende, Monica …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is set to close its embassy in Uganda, ambassador Jong Tong Hak has revealed. In a courtesy call to President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at State House Entebbe, Hak informed him that North Korea has taken a strategic measure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A new government strategy is in the offing to promote agroecology and organic farming in the country, in a bid to protect smallholder farmers and the local and export markets for agricultural products. This comes amidst increasing demand that the government step up the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The governments of the United Kingdom and South Africa have instructed the Ugandan forensic team to halt conducting a postmortem examination on their two nationals killed in Queen Elizabeth National Park last week. David Barlow and Celia Geyer, nationals of the UK and South …

  In the quest for leadership, individuals often find themselves at a crossroads, wondering whether leaders are born or made. They ponder whether a leadership course, a mentor, or a shelf of leadership books holds the key to becoming an effective leader. These questions echo through the corridors of professional …

Kigali has taken internet delivery into the Stratosphere with a high-speed internet test in partnership with Japan’s Softbank. The successful test shows that even in the most remote areas, high-speed, affordable internet is possible. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Rwanda is positioning itself as an early contender in a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stephen Murombo, a former police officer has been sentenced to serve one and a half years in jail for neglecting his gun which was stolen by his colleague Ivan Wabwire to murder an Indian Money lender. Murombo was sentenced on Monday by the Buganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has set free Peace Mirembe after she was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for bribing a police officer to release her parents on police bond. Justice Lawrence Gidudu on Monday acquitted Mirembe after establishing that the 2 million Shillings …