New Delhi, India | Xinhua |  India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued fresh guidelines directing private broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting for 30 minutes every day. According to the guidelines, the content needs not be of 30 minutes at a stretch and could be spread …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told Judges that justice can be served with or without money. The President was addressing Judges of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court at their 24th Annual Judges Conference at Mestil Hotel, Kampala on Monday. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police has raised concern over the increasing incidents of people driving while speaking on their mobile phones. Assistant Superintendent of Police Faridah Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson, said every day the number of drivers using their phone while driving is increasing on the …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kiira region police are investigating the circumstances under, which Stanley Ssebulime, died in Friend’s Guest house in Mafubira ward in Jinja City Northern division. Police retrieved the deceased’s body from the guest house and took it to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for postmortem on Monday. …

The emerging debt-for-nature swaps may put African countries on track to meet their environmental conservation goals while managing ballooning public debts. Praia, Cape Verde | BIRD AGENCY | Portugal recently struck a deal to swap Cape Verde’s debts for environmental investments in a fund established by the West African country. …

COMMENT | Zhu Shaobin – Xinhua |  High-ranking U.S. officials are heading to Africa, hot on the heels of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held last month for the first time in eight years. Following U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to the continent earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the …

London, UK | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired chair of the ruling Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi from the government after an investigation into his tax affairs found “a serious breach” of the ministerial code. Zahawi, who last year was briefly Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, …

Brighton 2 Liverpool 1 London, UK | LIVERPOOLfc.COM | Liverpool’s defence of the Emirates FA Cup ended on Sunday afternoon when they were beaten 2-1 away at Brighton & Hove Albion. The Reds went ahead in the fourth-round tie courtesy of Harvey Elliott’s finish after half an hour of play, though …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HR practitioners in Uganda have been urged to constantly invest in upskilling themselves and their workforces to prepare their organisations for the future of work. While giving the keynote address during the annual ‘Heads of HR Beginning of Year Cocktail’ held at the Kampala …

Melboure, Australia | XINHUA |Novak Djokovic won his 10th Australian Open men’s singles title on Sunday to equal Rafael Nadal’s record haul of 22 Grand Slam trophies, after a straight-set victory over third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. The Serbian provided a defensive masterclass to overwhelm Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 …