Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) repulsed a deadly pre-dawn attack by the al-Shabab militant group on its military camp in the central Somalia town of El Baraf, local security officials confirmed Tuesday. The local security officials told Radio Mogadishu that two loud explosions hit …
Read More »
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district leaders have arrested and evicted nine people accused of cutting trees on a large scale. The nine were arrested in a crackdown on commercial charcoal dealers in Angagura sub-county. Dickson Ojok, the LCV Angagura sub county, says the operation which started last month …
Read More »
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The loss of forest cover in Africa, escalated by climatic shocks, poor land-use practices and urbanization could slow down the continent’s transition to a green and resilient future, scientists said on Monday. Speaking at a virtual forum from Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to coincide with the …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalism in Uganda is being undermined by new laws which have in fact closed the right to freedom of expression. As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World Press Freedom Day, there is concern that the attack on freedom of expression is …
Read More »
Kween, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kween district leaders have called for emergency relief after heavy floods displaced thousands of residents. The persistent rains that started on Friday until Sunday, displaced 800 families in the two sub-counties of Ngenge and Sundet. The floods also destroyed 1,000 acres of planted maize, sorghum, …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Land Division of the High Court to dismiss a petition filed by businessman Frank Matovu Ssenkwajju, who is claiming ownership of land occupied by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces in Kitala, Wakiso district. Last month, the Land Division Deputy …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Physical Infrastructure Committee have tasked the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide funds to procure road maintenance equipment for the new districts. The committee recommends that the 60 billion Shillings that was allocated for the construction of …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University has embarked on planting trees along the demarcations of the University land as one way of safeguarding the land that has been encroached on several times by the people who claim it belongs to them. According to Patrick Kalule, the University engineer, this …
Read More »
Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Masindi is holding a 16-year-old girl for allegedly stealing a three-day old baby girl. The suspect whose names have been concealed by police because she is a minor, is a resident of Nyabyeya village, Budongo sub county, Masindi district. It is alleged that …
Read More »
Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | Africa’s Travel Indaba, the continent’s premier travel trade show, kicked off in Durban, South Africa, on Monday. South African Deputy Minister of Tourism Fish Mahlalela said that despite the COVID-19 setbacks, tourism has shown resilience and is recovering. Africa’s Travel Indaba is the trade show that …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
