Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY ‘Middle Income’ status: Museveni’s dream and numbers that don’t lie THE LAST WORD Uganda’s biggest handicap: How low levels of skill impact our nation’s ambitions in government, private sector and our homes COMMENTS …

San Fransisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Tesla CEO Elon Musk decided on Friday to terminate his 44 billion U.S. dollars deal to buy Twitter, blaming the company for withholding information on its number of spam and fake accounts. Musk’s lawyer claimed that Twitter failed to comply with its obligations in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have ordered Lubiri High School management to suspend all students who were caught on video seemingly dancing in an indecent manner in a bus. In the video that went viral on social media platforms last month, students were filmed on a bus belonging to …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Friday called on South Sudanese leaders to redouble efforts to agree on a roadmap to pave the way toward free, fair and credible elections. Nicholas Haysom, the special representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kingdom of Buganda has started purchasing coffee from farmers in order to provide a ready market at a good price. Buganda’s State Minister for Local Government Joseph Kawuuki, has written to all the county chiefs informing them of the development and urging them to …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health facilities in Buliisa have been hit by shortages of essential medicines and supplies. The most affected are Biiso health center IV, Butiaba health center III, Buliisa health center IV, Kihungya health center III, Avogara health center III, Kigwera health center III and Buliisa general …

Kiswahili widely spoken in the Eastern African region, has received more recognition across the continent in recent years Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said that it will promote the Kiswahili language in order to boost African unity. “We are also promoting Kiswahili …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested six people for assaulting a police constable at Ntawo cell in Mukono municipality. The arrested persons were captured in video clips beating Andrew Mujuni, a constable from Mukono Police Division Field Force Unit whom they suspected to be part of a gang …

Luanda, Angola | THE INDEPENDENT | Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died after a long illness in a hospital in Barcelona. Dos Santos, who ruled oil-rich Angola for close to 40 years from 1979, was “a statesman of great historical scale who governed … the Angolan nation …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the State House Anti-corruption Unit, alongside their counterparts from the Internal Security Organization-ISO and the Kiira regional police command, have intensified investigations into complaints of land grabbing orchestrated by Jinja city officials. The officers who flagged off their operations with a stakeholders meeting …