Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fisheries Officers from districts in central Uganda have raised concern over what they call persistently unfair prosecution processes faced by suspects involved in illegal fishing practices. Fredrick Ggesa, the Masaka District Fisheries Officer, who also coordinates officers in the central region, argues that detaining …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Development Plan III (NDP III) has failed to hit the required target, halfway since it was launched, a report has revealed. NDP III is the third in a series of six development plans whose primary goal is “to increase average household incomes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nineteen people accused of manufacturing, planting, and denoting Improvised Explosive Devices-IEDs at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) and IPS building approximately two years ago have appeared before the International Crimes Division of the High Court. The suspects include Mobile Money Operators Yusuf Muwonge alias …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has banned members of the media and the general public from taking photographs and videos from the ongoing trial of officials involved in the diversion of iron sheets meant for the Community Empowerment Program of Karamoja sub-region. The order …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is improbable to list events that form a significant part of Uganda’s history and miss the 1966 attack on the palace of Kabaka Fredrick Mutesa II by the army under the command of then Col. Idi Amin Dada. Diverse accounts have been written in …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | A diplomat and academic, well known for her inspirational work to reduce poverty and childhood malnutrition in her home country of Uganda, has received an honorary degree from the University of Reading. Professor Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, the High Commissioner of Uganda to India, has been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, has criticized Christians in the Luwero Anglican diocese for suing him over the nullification of Rev. Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula’s election as their fourth bishop. A group of Christians led by David …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | At least 13 civilians were killed from Saturday to Sunday by a soldier of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) in the village of Nyamamba in the eastern province of Ituri, a local military spokesman said on Sunday. According to …

COMMENT | Kaushik Basu | Ukraine’s failure to secure an invitation to join NATO during the alliance’s annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, has disappointed many, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But although the summit’s concluding statement did not offer a definitive timetable for Ukrainian accession, it did demonstrate a degree …

  Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | At least nine people were killed on Sunday in a civilian plane crash at Port Sudan airport in the country’s eastern Red Sea State, the Sudanese Armed Forces said. The evening crash of an Antonov plane at the airport was due to “a technical …