Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda to consider the Tuesday explosion in the Lebanese capital of Beirut as an eye-opener to Uganda in regard to explosives. She tasked the Premier to direct institutions responsible for health and safety …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s coffee exports topped 5.1 million bags in the financial year 2019/2020, a 21% jump compared to a year before, the Ministry of Finance has said. Each bag is 60 kilograms. The Ministry says in the latest reporting that this was the highest …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution, Jane Abodo has dropped charges against Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Francis Zaake. The legislator was picked up from his residency in Buswabulongo in Mityana municipality on April 19, 2020 on accusations of distributing food contrary to Covid-19 prevention …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kabale municipality and Rubanda district have raised concerns about the pinning of campaign posters on road signs. The signs help to regulate, warn and guide road users for efficient movement of traffic. This is common along the Kabale-Rubanda-Kisoro road in Kabale municipality …

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde butchers have raised concern over high slaughtering fees seeking the town council authorities to intervene and reduce on these fees. The butchers under their association Lyantonde Meat Park Investment Club are demanding for 50 percent reduction of the fees or else they will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The risk of COVID-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a call for greater support for the practice even as the world is facing the worst pandemic of all time. Dr Laurence …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study has found that the readily available Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) used in testing for malaria are missing some positives especially those that have low levels of the disease and those that are asymptomatic. The observational study whose results were released …

Berlin, Germany | XINHUA | Forty-seven percent of German citizens generally supported a reduction of U.S. troops in Germany, according to a survey published by the market research institute YouGov on Tuesday. Only 32 percent of Germans wanted U.S. troops to stay in the country at current strength or even increase …

Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | Former Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas officially announced his retirement on Tuesday, after 725 games for Real Madrid, 156 for Porto and a record 167 caps for the Spanish national team. The 39-year-old confirmed in an open letter that he had hung up his …

Tokyo, Japan | XINHUA | Tokyo 2020 spokesman Masa Takaya on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of hosting the postponed Olympic Games behind closed doors while insisting that nobody wants to see the games without spectators. Japan’s JIJI Press last week quoted an unnamed Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) …