Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Abim district has arrested a 39-year-old woman for allegedly marrying off her daughter at an early age. Maurice Auma, a resident of Nateete village in Awach sub county was arrested on Friday following a tip-off from concerned neighbors who alerted the authorities about …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Captain Ruhinda Maguru on Friday picked presidential nomination forms. Dressed in a yellow shirt, dark blue trousers and a dark blue tie with white dots, Maguru arrived at the Electoral Commission offices. Maguru came to light in 2010 when he filed a petition in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chadwick Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise, died Friday of cancer. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in the Los …

London, UK | XINHUA | Brazilian veteran Thiago Silva has joined Chelsea for one year after the central defender ended his contract with Paris Saint-German, the Blues confirmed on Friday. Silva, 35, left the French giants after their 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on August …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of millions of people, in terms of the anxiety and fear it has caused, and disruption to mental health services. “For many people, the …

Phnom Penh, Cambodia | XINHUA | Protectionism and unilateralism from the U.S. are sowing a “selfish” idea among other countries and go against the current of multilateralism and globalization, Kin Phea, director general of the International Relations Institute of Cambodia, has told Xinhua. Speaking at a roundtable discussion under the …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she doesn’t believe there should be any presidential debates between sitting President Donald Trump and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “I don’t think that there should be any debates,” Pelosi said during a press conference on …

New York, US | XINHUA | Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, mortality among White people is still lower than the lowest recorded Black mortality in the United States, according to a research released this week. The research, published by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, used …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for reelection on Thursday night and is seeking to draw contrast between himself and his Democratic rival Joe Biden. “This is the most important election in the history of our country,” Trump said in a speech …

Addis Ababa, US | XINHUA | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday said that the number of positive COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,220,511 amid rapid spread of the virus in a few African countries. The Africa CDC, noting that five …