Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been confirmed dead and nine others hospitalized in Soroti district after allegedly eating food laced with poison. The deceased has been identified as Michael Enyonu alias Ococo, 82, a resident of Olobai village, Kamuda sub county. The others are Simon Eyanu, 32, Sarah …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC has asked the Ministry of Education to allow senior one and two learners to use smartphones. Officials at the NCDC say they are receiving complaints from some schools about the delays to get textbooks to guide them to deliver the …

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen and dealers in Buikwe, Buvuma, and Mukono districts have appealed for amendments in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2021 regarding the licenses, charges, and penalties. The Bill that was tabled in Parliament last year, seeks to consolidate and reform the law relating to the management …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A military court in Beni town in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, two collaborators of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels. The convicts are Kavugho Mayani and Mweki Kambale. The court was presided over by Major Kalambayi …

Paris, France | Xinhua | France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Saturday. The vaccination campaign will also be extended to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 1,500 Ugandans are living with drug-resistant tuberculosis, this is according to the Ministry of Health. Records also indicate that the ministry can only track 500 people in the hospitals leaving over 1,000 patients spreading the disease in the community. Extensively drug-resistant TB is a type of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee of Human Rights have expressed varying opinions on the continued use of video conferencing in the courts of law. While meeting officials from the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) led by the Commissioner General, Dr Johnson Byabashaija on allegations of …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama tweeted. He also wrote that he and his wife, Michelle, “are grateful to be vaccinated and …

🔴 FT: Man United 3 Spurs 2 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to lift Manchester United into fourth place and himself top of FIFA’s all-time scoring list as Tottenham Hotspur were beaten in a 3-2 thriller at Old Trafford. Ronaldo arrowed in a superb goal from …

Great Museum of Africa will showcase, protect and promote the rich cultural heritage of the continent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Great Museum of Africa is set to preserve, promote and nurture African heritage, a senior African Union (AU) official said Friday. The remark was made by Cessouma Minata …