SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT  | Female representation in film is a crucial issue that has been a concern in the industry for a long time. In recent years, there has been a growing movement to increase the number of women in film, both in front of and behind the …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | The Biden administration will end most of the remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week, the White House said Monday. The United States will lift its requirements that most international travelers, federal workers and contractors, healthcare workers and Head Start educators be vaccinated against …

COMMENT | Lydia Mirembe | A story is told of a young factory worker, whose hands were crushed as he operated a machine in the factory. Having lost both hands, he could not carry on with his job, and was forced to take early retirement. His employer sent him home with …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a man suspected of killing a mother and daughter in Kanakomol village, Nadunget Sub County, Moroto district over land. The prime suspect, Mark Losike, had been on the run after allegedly killing Martina Lopido, 68, and her daughter Anna Mary Nakoru, …

Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated children in Africa. Now, a novel AI-driven vaccination programme is showing the way to boosting vaccine uptake by up to 90%. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Mariam Haruna has been struggling to keep up with her six-month-old baby’s vaccination appointments at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has reconsidered the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 and passed it with amendments to the 4 clauses that President Yoweri Museveni objected to. Despite the changes, the new bill retains most of the measures adopted in March. Those include the death penalty for certain same-sex acts …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in the Aswa River Region have blamed the persistent incursion of suspected Karimojong rustlers in Acholi Sub-region on the limited numbers of Anti Stock Theft Unit personnel manning the porous areas. The region has lately witnessed repeated attacks from suspected armed Karimojong …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student leaders in higher learning institutions in Gulu have called on the private sector to invest in hostel facilities to address the shortage of accommodations for students from distant places. The newly elected Guild President of the East African Institute for Management Science, Stephen …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing developments between regions and countries mainly due to the Russia-Ukraine war are likely to hurt Sub-Saharan Africa most if it persists for long, according to a team of experts at the International Monetary Fund, (IMF). The recurrent trade wars between the US …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has granted a sh8 million cash bail to Joshua Abaho the Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs. Abaho is accused of conspiring with her boss  Mary Gorreti Kitutu to defraud the government of its iron sheets. Court …