✳ PSG 3 Leipzig 0 Lisbon, Portugal | THE INDEPENDENT | Paris Saint Germain ( PSG) are into the UEFA Champions League final for the first time after an impressive win against their Bundesliga opponents. Paris may have wondered if it was to be their night when Neymar toe-poked against …

Lisbon, Portugal | THE INDEPENDENT | Today’s first UEFA Champions League semifinal will pit two German coaches against one another, the rising star, Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann, was once coached by Thomas Tuchel, before injuries cut his career short and he became a scout for the current Paris Saint-Germain manager. “Games …

FULL Museveni speech at NRM conference 2020 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged delegates to the National Resistance Movement party conference to push for a change in quality of politics practiced in the country. “The NRM needs to expunge the politics of careerism and re-instate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police is hunting for a Local Council 1 chairman who disarmed a policeman at the end of  Youth Elections in Kawempe Division in Kampala. Amidst election confusion, Cpl Jack Rutabaleka, was grabbed by six men and LC Chairman of the area Joachim Kimera came …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda announced two new deaths and 60 new cases as the COVID-19 pandemic numbers shot up mainly in the city Kampala. The two deaths were patients admitted at one of the city’s leading hospitals, Rubaga. This brings to 15 the number of deaths in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country struggles to overcome of the effects of the recent lock-down to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda’s export earnings increased for a second consecutive month to US$ 337.19 million in June 2020 from US$290.93 million in May 2020. The …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | A member of staff of The New Vision has tested positive for COVID-19 and the media house plans further checks to ensure more are not infected. “I wish to inform you that Vision Group has registered a case of COVID-19. One …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Works and Transport General Katumba Wamala has raised concern about the growing rate of community transmission of COVID-19, and said government could be forced into another lock-down of public transport. “Fellow Ugandans, it has come to my attention that some taxi …

Cologne, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Luuk de Jong struck 12 minutes from time as Sevilla advanced to their fourth UEFA Europa League final in seven years on Sunday. The Red Devils started aggressively, snapping into challenges, committing men forward and causing terror with their direct running. It soon brought …

Why NUP is test case for EC boss Byabakama COVER STORY | Independent Team | The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has been dragged into two wrangles involving the National Unity Platform (NUP) of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The first is a fight between NUP and another opposition …