Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Police officer who was arrested for shooting dead a businessman in Namugongo in Wakiso District has been remanded to Luzira Prison. It is alleged that on August 13 this year, Lamech Owor, an Assistant Superintendent of Police – ASP shot Bryan Ssebyala a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY European bias against EACOP: Don’t dismiss it. Disprove it THE LAST WORD Inside Museveni’s private favours: How the president’s approach of allocating favours to individual firms has undermined the development of a robust …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has been remanded to Luzira Prison on charges related to celebrating the death of General Elly Tumwine. Bashir Kasagga has on Friday been arraigned before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate Marion Mangeni and with five counts …

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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mother and her two children have died after a school perimeter wall collapsed on their grass thatched building in Kasubi A Central Village, Bardege-Layibi Division in Gulu City. The perimeter wall belonging to Christ the Center Ministries Nursery and Primary School reportedly collapsed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Hajjat Minsa Kabanda has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to enforce the return of taxis playing Entebbe to Usafi and Kisenyi parks. Addressing the media at the Uganda Media Center, Kabanda said that they held a meeting …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | A federal judge named a “special master” on Thursday to review items seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. In a court order, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Aileen Cannon …

Havana, Cuba | Xinhua | Cuba will again submit a resolution against the U.S. trade embargo at this year’s United Nations General Assembly in November, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said Thursday. “After more than 60 years of siege, that policy impacts, like never before, Cuban families inside and …

London, UK | XINHUA | Thousands of people waited patiently in long lines to give their final respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II in London.   Share on: WhatsApp

Rome, Italy | XINHUA |  The head of Eni, Italy’s largest oil and gas company said he thought his country would be able to make it through the upcoming winter without major problems despite Russia’s decision to cut off gas supplies, Italian media reported on Thursday. Based on increased gas …