Washington, United States | AFP | He said he expected to be “vehemently denounced” and it did not take long. When Republican Party veteran Mitt Romney voted for US President Donald Trump to be removed from office at his impeachment trial, the backlash was fast and furious. Trump has now lashed …

Gapyeong, South Korea | AFP | Thousands of couples — some in facemasks — tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding Friday, despite concerns in South Korea over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The church founded by Sun Myung Moon — revered as a messiah by his followers …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have expressed concern over rising incidents of children being kidnapped in the presence of their parents or caretakers and asked public to be aware of the new tricks being used. In the last two months, at least six children have been kidnapped from …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Virus Research Institute will in May conduct a new HIV vaccine trial. Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu the Executive director of Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), says that the participants will be given Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs to guard them against possible infection during …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed that she is frustrated by the Ministry of Finance for failing to finance the Tree Fund enacted under the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act, 2003. Kadaga says that it is sickening that 16 years after …

  Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a roadshow in Kigali to show the Rwandan private sector how it can become a primary beneficiary of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which will provide significant opportunities to access the largely untapped markets and …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha in Tanzania has dismissed an application lodged by lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking an interim order halting the 2021 elections. Mabirizi ran to the East African Court of justice challenging the 2018 Constitutional Amendment Act that …

Kampala, Uganda  | Julius Businge | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has promised to give more support to the National Blood Bank in terms of more blood that it wants to deal with the shortage. In a statement shared with The Independent, the Fund said that, as part of its corporate …

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AFP | Energy-addicted Gulf states must undertake much deeper reforms or risk seeing their wealth drain away in 15 years as global demand for oil slides, the IMF warned Thursday. “At the current fiscal stance, the region’s financial wealth could be depleted by 2034,” the International …

Washington, United States | AFP | The United States and its allies should take controlling stakes in Nokia, Ericsson or both to battle Chinese telecoms giant Huawei’s dominance of the 5G market, US Attorney general Bill Barr said Thursday. “There are only two companies that can compete with Huawei right now: …