Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo district COVID-19 taskforce has resolved to ban long-distance truck drivers from making stopovers in the area as one of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. This restrictive measure comes in the wake of an increase in infections among long-distance truck …

  Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The government should formulate a law to guide online education activities in times when learners are unable to face their teachers or lecturers, dons from Victoria University (Uganda) have said. Bill R. Nkeeto, the dean for the faculty of Business and Management and Fred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Saudah Namawejje, a resident in Nsooba in Kawempe division on Kampala is one of the people vending fresh produce near Muluya market found in Kalerwe. Namawejje joined the fresh food business to earn some daily income and put food on the table. Prior to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have tasked the government to come up with lasting solutions to address the entry of truck drivers into the country. This was during plenary session on Friday chaired by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Last night, Uganda registered …

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Andres Iniesta has described his struggle with depression while playing for Barcelona, which his mother says was a “bottomless pit” that caused her 25-year-old son to ask to sleep with his parents. Iniesta recalls his experience with the illness in a Rakuten TV documentary, ‘Andres Iniesta …

Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Across Africa, obscure or forgotten health and government officials have been propelled into the public eye because of their role in fighting coronavirus. Some are unsung veterans of previous efforts to stop epidemics, such as Ebola or AIDS. Others are from a younger generation, making a …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The race is on to produce a vaccine against COVID-19 but it is not certain that one can be found, the head of the global vaccines alliance said Friday. Seth Berkley said the more competition the better in the scientific fightback against the new coronavirus pandemic, …

Washington, United States | AFP | The growing use of export restrictions by governments can be “dangerously counterproductive” as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, the IMF and WTO warned Friday. The two institutions called on global leaders to commit to refrain from imposing or tightening controls on product sales, as they did at …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The United Nations on Friday launched a global push to speed up production of a vaccine for the new coronavirus as US President Donald Trump came under fire for suggesting injecting patients with disinfectant. The pandemic has upended life around the planet as nations try to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cargo truck drivers have raised concern about police officers examining their trucks without wearing protective gear saying it exposes them to contracting coronavirus. Through Haulers Cargo Truck Driver’s Association which comprises about 1000 truck drivers spread across the East African region, the truck drivers …