Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | The European Commission welcomed the decision of TikTok to join the Code of Conduct of the European Union (EU) on countering illegal hate speech online. “I commend TikTok for their decision to sign up to our EU Code of Conduct,” EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement – NRM chairperson for Kababrole and Fort Portal city John Kusemererwa has pleaded with party members who were defeated in the primaries not to contest as independents in the general elections next year. In the just-concluded NRM party primaries, some candidates …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East Africa Community Secretariat has rolled out its Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System that will enable authorities to electronically track positive COVID-19 cases among truck drivers. Under this system, a Covid-19 digital certificate issued by one country will be mutually recognized by …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Soroti have impounded four buses of different companies operating in the area while violating Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs. The buses include two from the YY Coaches Company, while the other two belong to Gateway and to Goglon bus companies each. They were …

Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA | Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry on Tuesday said the Nile water level will gradually decrease starting Tuesday. “Today (Tuesday) the Nile levels registered 17,65 centimetres compared to 17,67 yesterday (Monday),” Yasir Abbas, Sudan’s irrigation and water resources minister, said at a press conference in Khartoum. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Wasswa, a resident of Ngandu ward in Mukono town is now stuck at Mukono general hospital where he was admitted on Monday evening after he was allegedly severely hit on the head by senior Pastor Joseph Kakande of Christ Ambassador’s Church Ngandu. The Mukono …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five parliamentary aspirants from Luweero and Nakasongola districts have relaunched campaigns as independent contenders after losing the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries held last week. The aspirants include Faridah Nakalawa, Zena Ali Merrycillah and Joy Namulindwa who were defeated by Cissy Mulondo for the …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several members of the Village Health Teams from several sub-counties in Bududa are up in arms against the district authorities over the delayed payment of their allowances for the mosquito net distribution exercise. A number of VHTs stormed Bududa district headquarters on Monday demanding the …

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers in Lyantonde are battling a rare strain of bacterial infections affecting animals in the area. The strain has been identified to be Black Quarter, an infection which stacks the animal’s muscles and blocks blood flow in the veins causing its sudden death. Research …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday moved to defend President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a woman who has accused Trump of sexual assault in the mid-1990’s. Carroll, an advice columnist who wrote for Elle Magazine for years, filed a …