Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kilak South County Member of Parliament, Gilbert Olanya has pledged to provide Shillings 3.2 million weekly basis to fight the coronavirus pandemic in his constituency. Olanya told URN this morning that he will provide Shillings 2.2 each week for the purchase of hand …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has bowed to pressure from fishermen and relaxed the directive issued suspending all fishing activities on Lake Albert following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Last week the District Security Committee in Hoima and Kikuube districts suspended all fishing activities on …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prices of medical supplies and essential commodities have skyrocketed in Gulu town as the country continues to battle the deadly coronavirus pandemic, triggering outrage among residents. Over the past few days, hundreds of shoppers have been flocking pharmacies, drug shops and markets to stock …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients are deserting Mbale Regional Referral Hospital over increased fear of the coronavirus . Beds have become vacant as patients are sneaking out of the hospital as the number of Ugandans with the virus continues to grow. Uganda now stands at 33 cases of …

Singapore, Singapore | AFP | Oil prices extended losses in Asian trade Monday and languished at 17-year lows, with the coronavirus crisis escalating around the world and no end in sight to a vicious price war. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell 5.3 percent to trade at $20 a barrel, while …

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump has extended emergency coronavirus restrictions for the United States, where his top scientist warned up to 200,000 people could die, as the Russian capital and Africa’s biggest city readied to go into lockdown on Monday. The reassessment by Trump, who had previously said he wanted the country …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Society Budget Advisory Group-CSBAG is calling upon the government to reallocate part of the quarter four (Q4) funds for the 2019/2020 financial year to cover COVID-19 response plans. According to CSBAG, over 200 billion Shillings which were allocated for luxurious activities like …

Rome, Italy | AFP | Europe’s football bosses have not given up hope of finishing this pandemic-hit season — even if it might have to be done at the start of the next one. The novel coronavirus has created an existential challenge to the world’s most widely played and watched sport. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prison Services has created several isolation units where all persons remanded by the courts will be kept as a mitigation plan to prevent the likely transmission of COVID-19 in correctional facilities. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prison’s Service Spokesperson notes that although the Judiciary …

behenjy, Madagascar | AFP | No one can remember ever seeing as many people heading out of Antananarivo along national highway number 7. Madagascans have joined the exodus in their hundreds in recent days, forming long queues to get away after the authorities declared a lockdown to try to prevent the …