Zanzibar, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT |  Commonwealth countries, including Uganda, endorsed a new set of measures at the Commonwealth law ministers meeting in Zanzibar, designed to improve people’s access to justice. The measures were the result of four-day deliberations among law ministers at their biennial meeting in Tanzania. They were …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Professor Benon Basheka,  Kabale University Deputy Vice Chancellor in Charge of Academic Affairs has been sacked over gross misconduct and insubordination. In a press statement dated March 13, 2024, but released on Friday and signed by Professor Joy Constance Kwesiga, the University Vice Chancellor,  …

BERLIN | TASS | The majority of Bundestag MPs voted against a new resolution of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union bloc, demanding that Germany send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. As many as 495 parliamentarians out of 690 present voted to reject the resolution, 190 voted in its favor and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives has introduced a digital registration process for credit and savings cooperative societies in the country, a move that has been welcomed by stakeholders. The Cooperatives Registry Management Information System was launched on Thursday, in Mbarara City. Mary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Federation of Uganda’s Football Associations FUFA has announced that the 2023 FUFA Drum final will be hosted at MTN Omondi Stadium in Lugogo on 23rd March 2024 despite its limited capacity. Rogers Byamukama, the Chairman of FUFA Drum, disclosed this decision during a press …

Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teaching and learning in several government aided primary schools in Yumbe district has been paralyzed for weeks over failure by the newly transferred teachers to report to their new duty stations. Early last month, the District Education Department announced the transfer of about 300 …

ROME | Xinhua | At least 60 people are feared to have died at sea and 25 others were rescued, the European migrant rescue organization SOS Mediterranee said on Thursday. SOS Mediterranee said the boat departed from Zawiya, Libya, seven days before being rescued by the organization’s Ocean Viking ship. …

  Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A water crisis in Kabale municipality and neighboring areas has entered its seventh day causing concern among residents.  As a result, a 20-litre jerrycan of water is now costing between sh1,500- 2,000. Residents in the municipality and the sub counties of Kyanamira, Kitumba …

Many residents say money lenders are holding onto their National Identificiation cards. Nakaseke , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The absence of National IDs has affected the registration and the update of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party register in Nakaseke district. Many residents say money lenders are holding onto …

Washington, US | VOA |  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, called on Israel Thursday to hold new elections, saying he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” in the country’s bombardment of Gaza. Schumer, long an ally of the Jewish …