TOP TEAM SCORES BOYS ✳ South Africa 🇿🇦 850 ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬 940 ✳ Zambia 🇿🇲 944 ✳ Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 945 FULL SCOREBOARD Kampala, Uganda | Phillip Corry |  Team Uganda sealed a spot to the Toyota Golf World Cup in Japan in June by finishing runner up at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards, UNBS, is rallying schools and other institutions to reject grain products from companies that do not meet the required standards. In this way, UNBS says, the millers will be compelled to abide by standards production and in the …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua |  Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared a 72-hour truce on Friday, despite continuous skirmishes with the Sudanese Army. “The truce coincides with the blessed Eid al-Fitr … to open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and give them the opportunity to greet their families,” the …

Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Otuke District are fleeing their homes, following raids by suspected Karamojong warriors. Since the beginning of the year, an estimated 400 heads of cattle have been stolen and several members of the community severely wounded by the suspected rustlers in Otuke and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP Jane Frances Abodo has revealed that she split the files of suspects implicated in the Iron Sheets scandal to secure more convictions. Police revealed last month that they are investigating 53 people including Members of Parliament, Ministers, and Chief …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Islamic Scholar Dr. Abdul-Hafidh Walusimbi has guided Muslims to perform Eid and Friday Juma prayers separately. Dr. Walusimbi, who is also the Dean of the faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language and Head of department Shariah at the Islamic University in Uganda, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is to conduct an extensive aerial survey of minerals in the Lake Kyoga basin. The 18-month aerial survey is part of a five-year project funded by the Government, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Nordic Development Fund. The aerial surveys …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The welfare of police and army officers dominated the debate of the Defence and Internal Affairs sector as Members of Parliament called for improved working conditions. The debate followed the presentation of the sector report by the Chairperson of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee,  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s representatives in international organisations have been denied participation due to fail to pay subscriptions. According to the Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Norah Bigirwa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supposed to pay annual subscriptions to international organisations amounting to Shs32.36 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Attorney General has asked Court to dismiss a case in which lawyer Steven Kalali sued the government challenging the dilapidated accommodation structures of the Uganda Police Officers. The Attorney General says government has budgetary constraints but it is in the process of ensuring …