Rabat, Morocco | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr. Patrice Motsepe has announced that the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 will now be played in 2024. The 34th edition of Africa’s biggest football showpiece was meant to take place in Ivory …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INEPENDENT | Women groups in Northern Uganda have stepped u the use of pork lard as one of the raw materials for making laundry soap to get an extra income. With the price of laundry soap increasing, the women say the homemade soap has also helped …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) on Saturday arrested a suspected cattle thief who had turned up at the ongoing recruitment exercise in Luwero town. The recruitment team camped at Luwero Boys Playground in Luwero town council to recruit over 200 youths into the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo Resident District Commissioner, Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, has expressed concern over civil servants who still commute from Kitgum district. Lamwo District started operating on July 1st, 2009 but 13 years later, the civil servants still commute daily from Kitgum, which is approximately 66 kilometers away. …

  Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St. Mary’s College Rushoroza in Kabale District has suspended 825 boys recently involved in inter-class fighting at school. The students who were suspended on Saturday are from senior four, five, and six.  One of the students who spoke on condition of anonymity said that trouble …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty Ugandans being treated for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis have recently succumbed to the disease. Medical doctors say the number is too high since the globally allowed figure is 5 percent of all detected cases. Annually, an estimated 1,500 cases of MDRTB are registered in …

So far Flying Squad has arrested two suspects in connection to the Spice Supermarket raid Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, the Director of Operations Uganda Police, Edward Ochom, ordered police officers to shoot suspected robbers on sight. His utterances come after armed robbers raided Spice Supermarket in …

🔵 Uganda’s Group Fixtures ✳ July 3 – Uganda vs Senegal 6pm ✳ July 5 – Uganda Vs Morocco ✳ July 8 – Burkina Faso Vs Uganda Uganda’s National senior women’s Football team, the Crested Cranes is in high spirits as they prepare for their opening match against Senegal in the Women’s …

Researcher insists transition must be discussed seriously COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Who will succeed President Yoweri Museveni, and under what circumstances? Given President Museveni’s advanced aged—he turned 78 this year—his transition from power is no longer a purely theoretical debate. The issue looms over Ugandan politics. However, …

Uganda offers a rich variety for visiting tourists to see on the long but smooth journey to and from Murchison Park   Karuma, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) is implementing a three – year plan to showcase Uganda’s tourism potential to the world. From June 25-28, I …