Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In July, three pupils from Green Hill Academy in Buwate made news headlines when they mysteriously disappeared from their school only to be stranded in Entebbe municipality, Wakiso district. According to the police and the narrative of the mother of one of the candidates, the trio …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Ochieng, 16, a primary seven pupil at Industrial View Primary school in Tororo municipality has died after falling into a pit latrine at home. Ochieng, a resident of Bison B village in Western division died on Wednesday morning at a health facility where he was …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government with support from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees-UNHCR will today repatriate 366 Burundian refugees. The refugees are part of some 450 at Nakivale refugee settlement in Isingiro district who registered for voluntary repatriation back to their homes. Mark Mutawe, the Settlement Commandant …

| THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL) has commissioned the newly constructed school facilities at Purongo Primary School and Diima Primary school in Nwoya and Kiryandongo Districts respectively. Nwoya and Kiryandongo are among the three districts besides Oyam hosting 600MW Karuma Hydropower Dam on River Nile. The …

Defeating HIV with a single injection A new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a novel AIDS treatment that could be turned into a vaccine or a one-time treatment for HIV patients. The research explored modifying type B white blood cells in the patient’s body to release anti-HIV antibodies in …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects are in custody at Fort Portal central police station accused of vandalizing street lights in Uganda’s tourism city. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Region police spokesperson identifies the suspects as Majid Musisi, Ramathan Kassim and Godwin Mwesige. According to Twesige, the trio that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security operatives from the military and Uganda Police Force are tracing fraudsters accused of conning more than 200 civil servants with promises of study opportunities abroad. The affected civil servants from various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies-MDAs have been receiving calls on landlines from people claiming …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has recieved over 7,400 kilograms of endangered wildlife species products from the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The products, mostly pieces of ivory were confiscated over time since 2018 and have been undergoing different procedures including tracing their origins, while some were being used as …

It means you have a gene that allows you get full night’s sleep in just 4 hours | THE INDEPENDENT | Are you one of those lucky people who seem to be able to thrive on between four and six hours of sleep per night? You may be what UC …

Kinshaha, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) decided late Tuesday to reassess the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Nations stabilization mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) amid escalating protests against the MONUSCO in the eastern part of the country, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said. Thirty-six people …