Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women activists have expressed concern over the escalating incidents of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and child marriages, despite sustained efforts by various civil society organizations  to combat the challenges. Addressing journalists at the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) headquarters in Ntinda, Miria Matembe, a …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police authorities in the Kiira region are seeking relatives of six deceased individuals, whose identities and origins remain unknown. Among the deceased, four fell victim to mob justice, while the other two were recovered from areas around Lake Victoria and River Nile in Jinja …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua |  Israel’s national security advisor announced late Wednesday that the deal for the release of hostages in Gaza in exchange for a temporary truce has been postponed until Friday at the earliest. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government voted to accept the deal early on Wednesday …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A prominent businessman in Lira City is in police custody for shooting his son dead. Haji Joe Ogwang, a resident of Ireda Estate in Lira City East Division shot his son Aaron Okello, during a heated altercation at Tipper stage in Kamuswahili Cell on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Mitooma Chief Magistrate Sylvia Nvanungi and Sembabule Resident State Attorney Jacqueline Bako, for alleged corruption. The two appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro who charged them with eight counts of corruption. Bako was implicated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women are two to three times more at risk of getting infected with HIV, researchers involved in the Makerere University – John Hopkins University (MUJHU) Research Collaboration have revealed. According to Dr. Phionah Kibalama Ssembambo, this risk is even higher among breastfeeding women, who …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has decried the fake seedlings distributed to farmers by the army-led Operation Wealth Creation (OWC). He has vowed to replace them since he says,  they have turned into seed growers. “The Operation Wealth Creation people whom we had put to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Executive Officer of Kampala Hospital Limited Dr Peter Kibuuka has said that the medical documents tendered before the court by the chairperson of the Kampala District Land Board David Balondemu were forged. On Monday, Balondemu and Joseph Ibona an accountant at Bloom …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s small entrepreneurs have very little information about the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The agreement, which took effect two years back is yet to see Ugandans benefit from it, according to business leaders and entrepreneurs, despite other countries already venturing …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua |– Global agencies have stressed the growing urgency for Africa to scale up efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), amid its significant implications for global health and food security. Being the hardest hit by AMR, Africa needs political will across the continent to marshal resources towards …