Beijing, China | Xinhua | China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the United States to unconditionally return assets belonging to the Afghan people and take concrete actions to repair the damage caused to them. Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper, launched an online petition on Thursday, calling on the U.S. government …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed an application by city lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking to be released from prison pending an appeal challenging the 18-month sentence given to him for contempt of court. In a decision by the Court of Appeal Justice Christopher …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The so-called British National Overseas (BNO) passport is not recognized by China, and Britain should stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs in any form, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in Beijing on Friday. It has been reported that Britain will in October put forward a new …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kikuube district are struggling to recover a sum of 1.12 billion Shillings that was distributed to various savings groups under a presidential initiative commonly known as emyooga. The presidential initiative was rolled out in October 2020 to support among others, market vendors, welders, …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Prince of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Fred Mugenyi Rucunya has petitioned the Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development to halt the ongoing boundary reopening of Bugoma central forest reserve. Last week, the ministry, National Forestry Authority-NFA, and Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom embarked on the …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vianney Ngororano, a staff at Kisoro Chief Magistrates Court is in trouble for allegedly receiving a bribe. Ngororano, 29, who is currently being held at Kisoro police station was arrested on Thursday by the police, Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), and Internal Security Organization (ISO) …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, has sent a verbal message to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), to express warm congratulations on the successful Beijing Winter Olympics. In the message, Kim …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 60 decision-makers from 46 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises have graduated from the pandemic-response online Business Continuity and Survival Training that was organized by the Employment and Skills for Development in Africa Programme (E4D) in September 2020. The E4D programme is commissioned by …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | The Russian Armed Forces have attacked multiple locations since Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized on Thursday morning “a special military operation” in Donbass. Moscow expressed its willingness to talk with Kiev with a focus on obtaining a guarantee of neutral status and non-deployment of offensive weapons …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Nsangi, Kyengera town council on Thursday arrested and detained nine councilors for allegedly inciting violence. It is alleged that the councilors of Kyengera town council walked out of the council meeting protesting what they described as the failure of the technical staff …