Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Ramsar Committee has endorsed Lake Bunyonyi as a ramsar site. A ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention that was established in 1971 during an intergovernmental environmental treaty by the United Nations Educational, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi currently in prison, has asked the High Court to cancel Pastor Aloysious Bugingo’s bail. This is after Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende rejected Mabirizi’s request for canceling Bugingo’s bail on January 25. The Kampala High Court Criminal Division will hear Mairizi’s application …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The investment fund Rosemont Seneca, currently managed by Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, funded the Pentagon’s military biological program in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday. The fund has resources in the amount of at least 2.4 billion U.S. dollars, said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Leader of Opposition in Parliament Winnie Kiiza says the current attempts by individuals to ring-fence political positions based on tribes is a result of poor service delivery. Kiiza argues that this new and calculated demand is a result of unequal distribution of resources …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busia district have arrested two people suspected to be armed robbers. The suspects have been identified as Edrine Sifuna and Musana Walusimbi, both residents of Busia municipality. They were arrested on Thursday evening in an operation conducted by the Flying Squad and Field …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday demanded the United States explain its research on biological weapons conducted in its bio-labs in Ukraine. Wu Qian, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense, said he had taken note of relevant reports on U.S. bio-labs in Ukraine, adding that …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district councilors are protesting the delayed payment of the Covid-19 and polio mass vaccination allowances. On Thursday, the councilors had been presented with a supplementary budget of more than one Billion Shillings. However, they realized that more than 200 Million Shillings passed as supplementary …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | A two-day Summit of African Heads of State and Government on Cybersecurity ended on Thursday, with the adoption of a continental declaration on cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime in Africa. The two-day Summit of African Heads of State and Government on Cybersecurity, which was …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of security and peace leaders from Turkana County in Kenya have arrived in Moroto to join hands with Uganda security personnel and peace actors to hunt for the group of Turkana pastoralists accused of killing three geologists and two UPDF soldiers on Monday …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3,500 families affected by floods that resulted from the rising water levels of Lake Albert in Buliisa district are protesting their delayed resettlement by the government. The floods displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera sub counties and Butiaba town council in …