Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,200 victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA insurgency in West Nile have given the government an ultimatum of 15 days to compensate them or they return to court. They argue that the government has continued to turn a deaf ear to their demands …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic Church in Kampala and the family of the late Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga are finalizing plans to set up a foundation to continue will his works. The deceased’s sister, Rose Lukwago revealed this during the memorial mass held at Lubaga Cathedral. …

Karachi, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country’s prime minister, said a statement from the president’s secretariat. “President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces currently battling armed cattle rustlers in Karamoja region have asked cautioned social media users against tarnishing their image. Michael Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional Police spokesperson, says that some people have taken to social media to spread malicious propaganda against the joint …

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | The Nigerian Navy on Friday launched a special operation to stop oil thieves from further sabotaging the nation’s oil and gas installations. Awwal Gambo, the country’s chief of naval staff, who spoke at the launch of the operation, blamed the nation’s economic downturn on attacks …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua |  Explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern Black Sea port city of Odesa early Sunday as the city came under an airstrike, the Operation Command South, a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in southern Ukraine, said on Facebook. The attacks hit the city’s infrastructure. Some of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Although the slow verification and random selection of applicants for the NSSF midterm access aims to avoid malpractices for those using the manual applications, it has been identified as the probable cause of delays in the disbursement of the payments. Unlike the online applications, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted the agri-chemicals and equipment central store of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries along Buganda road in Wandegeya in Kampala. The store shares the same compound with the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and Uganda Veterinary Board offices. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua|  A new study suggested the risk for cardiac complications was significantly higher after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, analyzed electronic health record data from 40 U.S. health care systems …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charles Migadde, a Ugandan student at Kharkov National Medical University in Ukraine’s capital Kharkov alias Kharkiv has narrated his escape from the country that is under Russian bombardment. According to Migadde, the first three days of the conflict were akin to going through hell. Migadde has …