Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a stadium and a business park in Arua city will be completed by March. In 2019, the then Arua municipality and district authorities handed over the 9.7acre piece of land at Arua Hill grounds to Joadah Consultants for the construction of the mini-stadium …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron variant, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. Newly reported cases fell by 20 percent in the week …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua district has registered more than 20 cases of animal bites over the last three weeks. The latest victim is a 3-year-old girl from Aroi in Ayivu West, who was bitten by a stray dog on Sunday. The same dog reportedly attacked and injured five other …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) will effective next month, fit Global Positioning System-GPS radio collars to track the movement of elephants within the Kidepo Valley National Park conservation landscape. The sophisticated collar technology is a lightweight belt that contains advanced GPS satellite tracking devices fixed on …

Knockout stage matches will kick off on Sunday with Burkina Faso facing Gabon in Limbe Yaoundé, Cameroon | Xinhua | Knockout stage fixtures for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were confirmed Thursday evening after Tunisia, Gambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Equatorial Guinea booked their places in the last 16. Cote …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Budget Committee have asked the Committee of Tourism, Trade and Industry to examine the viability of investing Shs269 billion in several private enterprises through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). The trade committee chairperson, Mwine Mpaka, on Thursday 20 January 2022 presented his committee …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Motorsport Uganda-FMU clubs has canceled round one of the National Rally Championship 2022 that was scheduled to take place in Mbarara over the weekend. According to a statement signed by Irene Blick, the General Secretary FMU to all stakeholders, the organizers of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prof Christopher Nduggwa, Uganda’s senior paediatrician and researcher has died. Though his cause of death is still unrevealed as family sources are still unable to speak to the media, Nduggwa is eulogized as having endured staying in the country to work amidst difficulty, declining lucrative opportunities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans by the Uganda national carrier to launch direct flights to London, United Kingdom have been hindered by changes in aviation procedures that came after Great Britain exited the European Union bloc. Before the exit, also known as Brexit, airlines operating flights to the UK and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo and Suzan Makula Nantaba were on Friday charged with contracting an illegal traditional marriage ceremony. Bugingo and Makula pleaded not guilty before Entebbe Grade One Magistrate Stella Okwong Paculal. The state accuses Bujjingo and Makula of getting married in contravention to the Marriage …