✳ RESULT ⚽ Algeria 1 Libya 0 🇺🇬 FIXTURES ⚽ DRC vs Uganda Today- 7pm ⚽ Senegal vs Uganda January 18 – 10pm ⚽ Uganda vs Ivory Coast January 22 – 10pm Algiers, Algeria |  Xinhua |  The seventh edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) kicked off at Nelson Mandela Stadium in …

SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT |  Malaria remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases, causing high morbidity and mortality especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, malaria is endemic in approximately 95% of the country, affecting over 90% of the population up to 20% of all hospital deaths. Malaria is …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua |  One of German football’s most famous names is about to take over the challenging job of rescuing the country’s struggling national team. The final steps to an official announcement are yet to go, but the return of 1990 world champion Rudi Voller appears the only …

The award-winning music video director has worked with artists including Nyashinski, Otile Brown, King Kaka, Kambua and Khaligraph Jones. Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD AGENCY | When Steve Maingi Mugo is on set, nothing is left to chance. Every few minutes, he calls for a change of scene or gives new …

CONFIRMED: Uganda writes to Chinese firm to cancel $2.2bn SGR railway line building contract, turns eyes to Turks  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has written to the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) seeking to cancel an eight year old $2.2bn Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contract. According to a high level source …

✳ 🇺🇬 CHAN FIXTURES ⚽ DRC vs Uganda January 14 – 7pm ⚽ Senegal vs Uganda January 18 – 10pm ⚽ Uganda vs Ivory Coast January 22 – 10pm Annaba, Algeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Two key players have been ruled out of the final Uganda Cranes squad as the team …

    COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | In the run-up to the 2021 Uganda presidential elections, as tensions ratcheted up, a battle-hardened journalist friend asked a French diplomat his thoughts on the growing tensions. The French diplomat calmly responded: “I hold a French passport. I will leave for the airport and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected terrorist Muhammad Kayemba has been arrested by Crime Intelligence and Flying Squad in Kampala with bomb making materials. Kayemba, who is also known as MK was residing at Kigaga zone, Makindye division, in Kampala. During the raid on his one rented room, …

Washington, US | Xinhua |  A second batch of classified documents belonging to U.S. President Joe Biden was reportedly discovered by his aides at a new location, according to multiple U.S. media outlets on Wednesday. The news emerged two days after White House special counsel Richard Sauber released a statement, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Xinhua | Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. The World Health Organization (WHO) requires that for a country to be declared Ebola-free, it should …