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  Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Rwizi Region have retrieved the body of a woman believed to be Judith Kyarisima , a senior midwife at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, who went missing last week. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police spokesperson, stated that Kyarisima, 50, the wife …

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA | Xinhua | Nine people were shot dead and eight others injured while they were drinking liquor Saturday night outside Rustenburg, North West Province of South Africa, local police said Sunday. At around 9:15 p.m., local time, Saturday, five males and four females were shot dead at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has confirmed that two pupils of Kasaana Junior School in, Nyendo-Mukungwe division, Masaka City have died in a fire that burned down a dormitory.  The incident that happened at 4:00am also left 11 pupils injured. The dead have been identified as Aloysius Ahebwa and …

Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farouk Magumba, a resident of Idudi A cell, in Idudi town council, in Bugweri district, was on Thursday night killed during a lightening strike. It is reported that lightening struck Magumba’s bedroom, torching it instantly. Residents attempted to rescue him, but the flame had already …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Old Kampala have arrested a Somali national accused of knocking an 18-month-old baby dead. The baby has been identified as Diana Chebet while the arrested driver is Abdul Rahim Bashir Khadir. Doreen Nanjala, the deceased’s mother said the baby was in the precincts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel have arrested a private security guard for allegedly shooting a businesswoman dead. The incident happened on Friday night at Bugolobi, Nakawa Division, in Kampala. The deceased has since been identified as Zainabu Mutesi while the suspect is Arode Aijuka. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy …

Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Kabweri Member of Parliament in Kibuku District, Gonahasa Francis Barnabas has died. Gonahasa served in Parliament from 2016 under the Forum For Democratic Change party in the tenth Parliament. Family sources and friends confirmed his death but the cause is yet to be ascertained. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forensic DNA profiling can play an important role in identifying the bodies of victims of disasters and armed conflicts. While talk around DNA in Uganda has been limited to paternity tests or determining one’s fatherhood or finding perpetrators of crime, a number of experts say …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kayanja parish Nyakiyumbu Sub County Kasese district on Tuesday retrieved a body of a man who reportedly drowned in a fish pond. Residents identified the deceased as Monday Nyameri but circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. He was discovered by the owner of …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have been killed in a road crash and scores injured in Migyera town council along the Kampala – Gulu Highway. The crash that happened at 5:30 am involved a bus belonging to California bus company registration number UBB 538K and a truck number …