New York, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. stocks advanced considerably in the week as retail trading frenzy cooled and Wall Street expected that a slew of downbeat data could boost the possibility of additional stimulus. For the week ending Friday, the Dow increased 3.9 percent, while the S&P 500 index and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has amended a petition challenging the outcome of the just-concluded presidential race which was filed in the Supreme Court by his team. The results released by the Electoral Commission gave Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, a candidate of the National …

Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania has created a national strategy aimed at ending female genital mutilation (FGM) which was still prevalent in the country despite years of campaigning, a senior official said on Saturday. Sebastian Kitiku, the Director of Children Affairs in the Ministry of Health, Community Development, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has launched an operation to impound motorcycles with Kenyan number plates that are operating in parts of Eastern Uganda. The operation which is underway in the districts of Busia, Malaba and Tororo will also be extended to Lwakhakha in Namisindwa and Amudat …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Napak district are protesting over the wanton killings of people in the district over the last few weeks. At least six people have been killed in gun violence over the last two weeks in Napak district alone. Among the six killed in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students of the Islamic University in Uganda – IUIU have petitioned their administration over the University’s zero balance policy and the demand for payment of functional fees. The petition led by two Law students explains that it is unfair for the University to insist on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen new clergymen have been ordained in the Catholic Diocese of Kasese. These include four deacons, Fr. Godwin Kibaba, Fr. John Baluku Isebayanda, Fr. Mariko Bwambale and Fr. Nobert Muhindo. The priestly and diaconate ordination held at St. John’s Seminary Kiburara, Kisinga sub-county also had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several farmers in Acholi sub region have signed up to start growing tea on an estimated 32,000 acres of land when the first rainy season sets in 2021. Tea growing was introduced in Acholi by Edwin Beekunda Atukunda, the founder and executive director of Edwin …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has written to President Yoweri Museveni clarifying that the information on which he based a decision for the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility – DGF was wrong. President Yoweri Museveni had earlier on ordered the suspension of the Democratic Governance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 57 casual laborers have been arrested and detained in Pakwach for travelling beyond curfew time. The group includes men who were recruited from Koboko, Yumbe, Terego and Arua districts to work in Kinyara sugarcane plantation in Masindi district. They were intercepted at 2 …