Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | A fire has broken out on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, officials confirmed Saturday. William Mwakilema, the commissioner for Conservation of the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), said it is true that fire has broken out on some parts of the mountain, also …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health on Friday said the country has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem. The ministry in a tweet attributed the success to intense surveillance, tsetse fly control, and individual case management.   #Uganda has successfully eliminated Gambiense Sleeping Sickness as …

Beijing, China | XINHUA & CGTN  |  Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will meet the press on Sunday after they are elected at a plenary meeting on the same day. The new CPC leadership will be …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) is calling on members of the public to participate in a debate on the removal or retention of judicial wigs. There has been ongoing debate worldwide on whether or not judicial wigs should be retained or removed as part of the …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 22 people have been hospitalized at Butiaba health center III in Buliisa district with suspected food poisoning. The patients, 19 children, 2 women and a man whose particulars were not readily available were rushed to the health facility after they were served with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has mapped out a policy for different private sector players, to be responsible for the implementation of the different trade agreements the government signs, as individuals or under their associations. This revelation was made by Francis Mwebesa, the Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to have a louder voice, taxi operators under their umbrella body, the Federation of Uganda Taxi Operators-UTOF, have commissioned a nationwide registration of all people operating the taxi business. In the exercise which is expected to run up to December, both drivers …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday vowed to massively invest in agriculture to increase food production, and reduce the cost of living. While addressing the nation during celebrations to mark this year’s Heroes Day, Ruto said his government will urgently construct many dams to help put …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health and security officials in Kapchorwa district are hunting for an Ebola patient who escaped from Mubende hospital. Dr. Siraji Masai, the Kapchorwa District Health Officer says that the male patient aged 50, escaped from the hospital after his samples were collected on Tuesday, October …

Nabweru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Nabweru has sentenced one person to a fine for aiding and abetting impersonation. Amina Nalwadda, on Friday appeared before the Grade One Magistrate Sanyu Mukasa, and pleaded guilty to hiring a student to sit the Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE examinations …