Beijing, China | Xinhua |  Men are behind most gun violence incidents in the United States, and the toxic masculinity and gun availability are America’s most dangerous combination, according to ABC News. Toxic masculinity, a cultural idea that manhood is defined by violence and aggression to maintain power or strength, …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Trade David Bahati has expressed dissatisfaction with the Uganda Nationals Roads Authority (UNRA)’s timeline for the establishment of ferry services at Lake Bunyonyi. He is equally disturbed that the agency will take much longer to tarmac the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi and Muko-Katuna …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF to tarmac the roads leading to the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality. The roads are impassable during heavy downpours and are dusty during the dry season. He made the directive on Friday while …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Woman Member of Parliament Joyce Bagala has appealed against a decision of the High Court that nullified her election. Bagala, a candidate of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) had been declared winner of the January 2021 polls with a margin of 16,000 …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police are examining documents left behind by missing female Eritrean players to ascertain whether they had links with the established Eritrean communities in Uganda. Early this week, five Eritrean players went missing from their camp at Sunset hotel international in Jinja. They were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Robert Elangot, the former Deputy Governor at Bank of Uganda has died. He was 87. Elangot, who served as the Central Bank Deputy Governor between 1981 and 1989, breathed his last at  International Hospital Kampala on Saturday. He was hospitalized in late September …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every hour, about five babies are born at Kawempe National Referral Hospital. According to the Deputy Executive Director, Dr Lawrence Kazibwe, they daily deliver between 100 and 150 babies ever since the second COVID-19 lockdown was lifted. This number is almost triple the 50 …

  New York, USA | XINHUA | The U.S. Supreme Court seemed poised to ease gun control regulation, and it may cause problems for the U.S. society, The Guardian has recently reported. Several justices have recently expressed scepticism over a New York law that tightens the rule on concealed firearms, …

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua |  Tanzanian authorities said on Saturday that between 80,000 and 100,000 people will be vaccinated daily against COVID-19 during the second phase of the inoculation campaign. A statement by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children said the permanent secretary in …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aviation passengers at Entebbe International Airport have welcomed an adjustment that now allows all arriving passengers to leave the airport as soon as they are tested for COVID-19. Uganda commenced mandatory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers last Wednesday, a process that requires each …