Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Karamoja sub-region have raised a concern that the community has intentionally continued exaggerating the number of animals stolen which is affecting their smooth recovery. Livestock thefts have become significantly harmful because unlike previously where tracking and recovering stolen animals …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | Zambia has started the mass export of avocados to Europe with the first consignment of over 37 tons, a senior government official said Friday. The commencement of export came after the southern African country met the phytosanitary requirements to export the fruit into Europe, said …

    🔵 KCCA 1 Vipers 2 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC lost 2-1 to Vipers SC at the MTN Omondi Stadium, Lugogo on Easter Saturday to take a decisive 12 point lead at the top of the soccer league table. The tie was a game in hand …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has allocated shs3billion for studies into the efficacy of COVIDEX, a herbal solution that helps relieve symptoms associated with COVID-19. Prof. Patrick Engeu Ogwang, a clinical pharmacologist behind the herbal concoction revealed this to Uganda Radio Network in an interview. He, however, says …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has deployed heavily along the Teso-Karamoja border to stop suspected Karimojong warriors from raiding livestock from Teso region. The deployment follows increased incursions by the rustlers into Katakwi, Amuria, Kapelebyong and Abim districts over the past three weeks forcing hundreds …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has announced that the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) will soon redeploy troops in Karamoja in order to solve the current security crisis in the area. These will boost the several UPDF detaches that have been established along the Karamoja borderlines …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | An additional aid convoy has entered Ethiopia’s conflict-hit northernmost Tigray region, aiming to reach 43,000 people with emergency relief food and 24,000 vulnerable mothers and children with nutritionally fortified food, the United Nations World Food Program said Friday evening. A convoy of 50 trucks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with Challenges Worldwide, a Kampala-based business development consultancy, has launched the scale-up of the Youth to Work (Y2W) phase III programme worth Shs430 million. The hybrid event that had participants attend both physically and online, took place in Kampala and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children who were caught up in the war to remove President Idi Amin Dada from power continue to relive their experiences 43 years later. Uganda Radio Network has traced some of them, now adults in the late 40s and 50s, and they share memories …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Rugby Sevens team has stepped up preparations for the Africa Men’s Rugby sevens. Uganda will open its account with a tie against Burundi at the Kyadondo Rugby Grounds on April 23. Head coach Tolbert Onyango has named the final squad for the …