London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Kingdom’s King Charles III for the first time delivered the Commonwealth Day Message during the service of celebration at Westminster Abbey on Monday. The King spoke in his new role as Head of the Commonwealth at what has been described as a …

Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two pupils of Golden Heart Nursery and Primary School in Busabi Sub County in Butaleja district have been killed after being hit by the wall of their classroom block they were trying to demolish. One of the deceased pupils has been identified as Innocent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two foreign nationals and a Ugandan are in trouble for fraudulently acquiring Ugandan passports. Simon Mundeyi, the Internal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, identifies the suspects as Ishime Gabriel alias Aime, a Burundian national, and Saunders David Joshua alias Damba from Nigeria, and their Ugandan accomplice Gibson Sseruwajji. The …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City has successfully operated on and treated thirty children with Anorectal malformation, a birth defect where a child presents without an anus or narrow anal opening. Such children experience chronic constipation or difficulty in passing stool among others. The Acholi …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fourth Division Military Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier to 40 years in jail for the murder of a civilian on Christmas Day at Bondo Military barracks in Arua district. Court presided over by the fourth Division Military …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Boda Boda riders have sued City Clerk Assy Abireeba Tumwesigye and the City Council for suspending the election of their leaders. Through their Umbrella, Mbarara City General Boda Boda Operators Association, the riders say that the City Clerk is acting in a discriminatory …

London, UK | Xinhua | HSBC, the largest bank in Europe, on Monday said it had bought the United Kingdom (UK) operations of the failed U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) for a single symbolic pound (1.21 U.S. dollar). The move is expected to save many British startups from huge …

New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | After hosting the International Women’s Day in Kiruhura district, the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi Ongom immediately flew to New York, USA, where she is leading the Ugandan delegation to the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT |  Absa Group has today reported strong normalised headline earnings of R21 billion ($1.15billion) for the 2022 financial year, an increase of 13% from the prior year and well above pre-COVID levels. The result, Absa Group said,  was driven by significantly higher pre-provision …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  Alliance Francaise de Kampala (AFK) on March 11th, hosted an awarding event for schools that participated in the French language diploma (DELF) school competition themed, “Njogera Francais- I speak French” The DELF is an internationally recognised certification awarded by the French ministry of education …