Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has reported a tourism boom after easing COVID-19 travel restrictions. According to the Rwanda Development Board, the country has registered over 80% of its business attaining recovery after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. Ariella Kageruka, the head of Tourism and Conservation at the RDB …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aids Support Organization-TASO in Masaka has rolled out a school-based HIV counseling program to create a safe environment for adolescents and protection of HIV-positive learners. Fiona Nakimera, a counselor at TASO Masaka center says the concern of stigma in schools coupled with the negative …

The country’s internet is 35% worse than global average Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is ranked 98th out of 117 countries when it comes to its citizens’ digital well-being, according to the 2022 digital quality of life index published on Sept.28. The study conducted by The Netherlands-based Surfshark, …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree to put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), which rules out holding any negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelensky’s press service reported Tuesday. The document, published on Zelensky’s website, said that Ukraine’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kampala Metropolitan Area has started screening newly arrested suspects to ascertain if they are suffering from malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, such that they get access to early treatment. The Global Fund will fund the three-year project in 16 police stations through the …

Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africa’s trade surplus decreased from 1.45 billion U.S. dollars in July 2022 to 424 million dollars in August 2022 due to load shedding and other constraining issues, said the First National Bank (FNB) on Tuesday. The FNB, one of South Africa’s “big four” …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fourth health worker has succumbed to Ebola virus. Margaret Nabisubi, an anesthetic officer died on Wednesday at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital isolation unit. Her death was announced by the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng on Twitter. “I regret to announce the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court in Kampala has found a Kenyan National, Oloo Jared Akumu, guilty of cyberstalking Lady Justice Jane Francis Abodo, the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Utility Court Chief Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu convicted Akumu, a resident of Nyangoma division, Bondo district, …

Tororo Girls’ School Alumni challenged to advance mentorship and the rights of girls Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | As a young girl at Shimon Demonstration School in Kampala in the late 60s, now First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga dreamt of joining Tororo Girls School in eastern Uganda …

Others jointly sued with Owiny-Dollo are Dr Pius Bigirimana the Permanent Secretary to the Judiciary, Sarah Langa Siu the Chief Registrar of Courts of Judicature, Apophia Tumwine the Commissioner of Human Resources Judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission and the Attorney General Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supreme Court Justice …