FULL TIME Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Mali 🇲🇱 0 ✳ Group E Mali 4 pts Kenya 2 pts Uganda 2 pts Rwanda 1 pt Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cranes have been held goalless by Mali in Group E of the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers at St. …
Read More »WORLD CUP QUALIFIER: Can Uganda unlock Mali?
TODAY Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Mali 🇲🇱 4pm ✳ Group E Mali 3pts Uganda 1pt Kenya 1pt Rwanda 0pts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The national football team, the Uganda Cranes will face Mali on Monday as they battle for the Group E top position in the FIFA 2022 Qatar World …
Read More »Salamu Musumba ready to reconcile with Kadaga
Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC vice chairperson for Eastern Uganda, Salamu Musumba has expressed willingness to reconcile with her rival, the First Deputy Prime minister, Rebecca Kadaga as a means of promoting unity and development in Kamuli district and Busoga sub-region as a whole. …
Read More »Schools, colleges in Bangladesh to reopen after 18 months
Dhaka, Bangladesh | Xinhua | The Bangladeshi government has announced the reopening of schools and colleges in the country from Sept. 12 after a closure of around 18 months. Education Minister Dipu Moni made the announcement on Friday, saying only candidates of public examinations would attend classes every day after …
Read More »Focus on Lt Col Mamady Doumbouya in Guinea ‘coup’
Conakry, Guinea | THE INDEPENDENT AND AGENCIES | The person said to be leading the ongoing military coup in Guinea Conakry is reportedly Lt colonel Mamady Doumbouya. “The personalization of political life is over. We will no longer entrust politics to one man, we will entrust it to the people,” Doumbouya …
Read More »Alpha Conde’s troops say Guinea insurgents have been pushed back
Conakry, Guinea | Xinhua | Guinea’s defense ministry said on Sunday in an official press release that “the Presidential Guard, supported by the defense and security forces, contained the threat and pushed back the group of insurgents.” According to the statement, it was in the early hours of the day …
Read More »Kabale residents protest non-stop illegal entry of Rwandans
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Butanda sub-county in Kabale district have staged a peaceful demonstration protesting the continuous entry of Rwandan nationals into Uganda through porous borders. The residents mostly taxi drivers blocked Butanda-Rubaya-Kabale road at Habubaare trading Centre in Butanda sub-county using their vehicles on Sunday …
Read More »Several feared dead as City building collapses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several people are feared dead following the collapse of a storied building under construction in down-town Kampala. According to witnesses in Kisenyi near Mengo, several people including builders, drivers, food vendors and bystanders are all trapped inside the building. Several people rushed with all …
Read More »Farmers reject banana plantlets from NAADS citing lengthy harvesting period
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Bududa district have rejected banana plantlets delivered by the National Agricultural Advisory Services-NAADS under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program. Recently, the NAADS secretariat delivered over 4000 banana plantlets to the district for distribution to the farmers to boost banana productivity and increase …
Read More »Creditors try to impound beds from Health Center
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two creditors stormed Pajule Health Centre IV in Pader district on Friday in an attempt to impound assets of the health facility for unpaid work. David Opira and Francis Odokonyero Lanyango raided the medical ward and tried to impound property. Tito Brilliant, the Pajule …
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