Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African police Saturday intervened to clear protesters trashing outlets of Swedish clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz in Johannesburg over a controversial advertisement of a black child. A photo on the company’s online website of a black boy wearing a green hoodie with the …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday said Donald Trump’s reported description of African nations as “shithole countries” was unacceptable, while his predecessor branded the US head of state a racist. President Akufo-Addo tweeted that Trump’s reported language was “extremely unfortunate”, adding: “We are certainly not …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Two people were killed Saturday in an attack on a convoy of buses travelling in eastern Kenya under police protection, said interior ministry and police officials, who blamed Shabaab Islamists. The buses and police vehicles were travelling from Lamu on the northern Kenyan coast near …

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Struggling Real Madrid risk falling further behind in La Liga after a cheeky late chip from Pablo Fornals saw Villarreal escape with a 1-0 win on Saturday, their first ever victory at the Santiago Bernabeu. Fornals struck with three minutes left to leave Zinedine Zidane’s …

THIS WEEK: Arrested butcher, fish dealer arraigned before court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some beef lovers have been forced to abandon meat after a raid on butcheries by Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) inspection team on Dec.04 revealed that at times meat is adulterated with chemicals by dealers …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accountants Examinations Board (PAEB) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) released the November 2017 examination results on Jan.05, showing a 1.4% improvement in performance compared with the June – 2017 results. ICPAU executives  said 6, 055 candidates sat the …

THIS WEEK: World Health Organization endorses new typhoid vaccine Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Jan.03 endorsed the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid. Dubbed Typbar TVC, the vaccine which has been approved to be introduced by interested countries on their immunization programmes can be administered …

THIS WEEK: Suspended MPs to petition constitutional court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Erias Lukwago, the lawyer of the six suspended members of parliament – Gerald Karuhanga of Ntungamo municipality, Ibrahim Semujju Nganda of Kiira municipality, Jonathan Odur of Erute County, Mubarak Munyagwa of Kawempe South, Allan Ssewanyana of …

THIS WEEK: Lukwago criticizes councilors over meeting Museveni Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A move that has angered city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, over 200 councilors from the five divisions of Kampala met the president at his Kisozi ranch in Gomba district last week. While, Kampala Minister Betty Namisango …

THIS WEEK: Bullisa Locals reject Shs3.5million land compensation funds Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Jan.04 meeting between Land Minister Betty Omongi and the locals of Bullisa district who own land at place where government intends to construct the Central Oil Processing facility didn’t yield much after they failed …