Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If you find copies of your academic papers or resume where you didn’t expect them to be, and you suspect them to have come from where, say, you applied for a job or study vacancy, you have the right to legal action. It is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have jointly released a landmark report unveiling critical findings on the persistent and preventable threat of contaminated medicines which claimed the lives and compromised the health of countless patients, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Catholic Diocese is mourning the death of the Vicar for the Clergy,  Rev. Fr. Ponsiano Okalo. Okalo passed away on Friday at St. John XXIII Hospital in Aber following a short illness. Monsignor Fr. Okalo served as the Vicar for the Clergy in …

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Saturday night to temporarily pause Israel’s fighting in Gaza throughout Sunday, Israeli media outlets reported. According to Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News, the decision was made after Netanyahu consulted with Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration in agricultural research, food systems transformation, and innovation-driven development. The commitment was announced during a visit by FAO Director-General Dr. Qu Dongyu to the National …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Extra-Ordinary delegates conference of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has extended the party President’s term of office by 12 months. The meeting, attended both physically at Nalya-Kira, Wakiso District, and virtually across the Country, is said to have been attended by over …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda coach Morley Byekwaso has said his team is well-prepared ahead of the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN). Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania will co-host the tournament for players featuring in their respective domestic leagues from August 2 to 30. Byekwaso told Xinhua that the two …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On a calm Monday morning in Gulu City, the raucous vibration of milling machines fills the air as I step into a modest milling store in one of the bustling industrial neighborhoods of Bardege-Layibi Division. Seated at the entrance to the store filled with …

Dokolo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cocoa, a perennial crop often associated with West Africa, is thriving in Uganda’s Lango Sub-region, challenging long-held beliefs that the crop cannot flourish in the area due to unsuitable weather and soil conditions. For years, farmers in Lango dismissed cocoa as a “West African crop,” …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | Xinhua | After a brief third round of talks in Istanbul on Wednesday, hopes for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine remain, unsurprisingly, as frail as ever. During the 40-minute talks, Russia and Ukraine remain “quite apart from each other,” with neither side claiming a breakthrough. Yet, …