Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The situation of rob or beg prevailing in Karamoja is blinding the people to the more acceptable option of working for a living, their elders say. The Karamoja Elders Association has heaped the problems of hunger in their sub region on the locals for failing …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that authorities in Kiev destroyed dangerous pathogens of deadly diseases stored in U.S.-funded laboratories in the country. The ministry received documentation from employees at Ukrainian biological laboratories confirming the urgent destruction of dangerous pathogens such as plague, anthrax, tularemia, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical personnel in Lango are concerned about the increasing cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). MDR-TB is a strain of TB that can only be treated with a combination of four different drugs because they are resistant to the two most powerful first-line medicines. According to …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police have confirmed the death of 13-year-old Emmanuel Muwumba, a senior one student at St. Joseph Senior Secondary School in Nakonyonyi, Jinja City Northern division who died in the fire that gutted the school on Tuesday night. Eight other students collapsed following the loss …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the imposition of an energy embargo on Russia, banning U.S. imports of oil, liquified natural gas and coal from Russia over its ongoing military operations in Ukraine. “This means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable to U.S. ports,” …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Luwero district have asked the government to do more and end maternal deaths in health centers. At least two women have died at Luwero hospital in the past two months over circumstances that women say could be avoided. The latest victim is Susan …

Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers who were recruited by the Kumi district local government are demanding payment of salary. In November, the district recruited 283 teachers who were deployed to different schools across the district. However, the teachers have not accessed the payroll since then, forcing some to forego …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The wives of detained National Unity Platform-NUP supporters have  called for their immediate release. The NUP supporters were picked up between 2020 and 2021 at the height of the presidential campaigns. On Tuesday, over 50 women joined the leaders of NUP’s women wing at NUP …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s court has fined a Sierra Leone national Shillings 30 million for unlawful possession of narcotics and trafficking in the same. Sesay Abdul Karim appeared before Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende on Monday who fined him Shillings 10 million for unlawful possession …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko district has failed to utilize the 10,000 capacity milk cooler machine. The machine in Rwamabale was donated to the farmers by the National Agricultural Advisory Services – Naads in 2016 after the farmers requested the machine saying it will help them minimize the losses …