Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  General Court Martial Chairperson Brig. Robert Freeman Mugabe has ruled that the UPDF Act grants his court jurisdiction over offenses committed both in Uganda and abroad. Mugabe stated that Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and Obeid Lutaale Kamulegeya’s transfer from Kenya to Uganda did not breach …

MOGADISHU | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) mission in Somalia on Monday welcomed a recent agreement between Somalia and Ethiopia to restore diplomatic representation in their respective capitals after more than a year of strained ties. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, special representative of the chairperson of the AU Commission for …

SPEECHES | THE INDEPENDENT | Odrek Rwabwogo has identified conditions that generate labour leaving Uganda. Top of this, is an economy or African economies, that don’t generate jobs fast enough to catch up with their birthrate. He made the remarks recently at the Uganda Diaspora Summit organised at Munyonyo by the …

LOS ANGELES | Xinhua |  As thousands of firefighters are battling the raging wildfires in Los Angeles County, politically-motivated finger-pointing has set in. More than 110,000 signatures have been gathered as of Sunday demanding the resignation of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Started by a user identified as “Frustrated Californian,” …

SEOUL | Xinhua | As the arrest warrant against South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol was extended, investigators are preparing a second attempt to detain Yoon. They have expressed their resolution that the second attempt will be the final. Experts believe that uncertainty remains in the second operation to arrest …

COVER STORY | By Independent Reporter | For Uganda, 2025 is packed with opportunity and peril as the year before the momentous 2026 that will witness the 7th general election under President Yoweri Museveni and, possibly, the nation’s first oil. It’s the year when grand promises and policy changes agreed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda in 2025: The peril & the opportunity THE LAST WORD What 2025 portends for Uganda: The challenges and opportunity for Museveni at 80 years as he enters this important election year ANALYSIS …

Kyegegwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kyegegwa District is investigating a road accident in which Amos Alinaitwe the Kyegegwa OC Prisons died. Vincent Twesige the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson in a statement on Monday said  that on Saturday at around 8 PM at Kibuye along the Fort Portal …

Museveni, Algerian minister discuss coffee, milk export Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Algerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Youcef Cherfa have held a meeting in which they discussed Uganda’s coffee and milk export. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the …

HAIYANG, Shandong | Xinhua |  A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Monday in east China’s Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 01 into the planned orbit. The rocket blasted off at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang. Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center …