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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Days to the first anniversary of the November 18th, 2020 riots that resulted into death of more 50 people, many questions remain unanswered. There are no indications that they will be answered soon. President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promised compensation to the innocent riot victims …

Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | The civil unrest characterized by looting and burning of property was planned and coordinated, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday during his visit to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). “Our intelligence services and our police have now got a line of sight of what was actually happening …

Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson says the operations are in response to the call by Bobi Wine urging people to demonstrate peacefully Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 people have been arrested in the city centre in an operation against planned riots. An Officer in Charge of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has told parliament that government cannot trace 31 of the 44 who have allegedly been kidnapped in the country in the past month. He said seven of the cases he has investigated were not kidnapped but …

    COMMENT | ZHANG XIN |  When scores of American politicians almost unanimously condemned violent protesters for breaking into the U.S. Capitol, they are in fact slapping themselves in the face. Not too long ago, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the violent protests in Hong Kong, which caused …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 20 year old single mother of a two-months-old baby is rotting at home in a city slum due to lack of money to buy medicine for her bullet wounds. Shakirah Nyemera who lives in Banda says she has gone to Mulago several times but …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the East African Court of Justice to Compensate the families of people who lost their loved ones during the November 2020 riots across the country. The riots which took place between November 18th and 23rd 2020 started immediately after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Where is Ochola, Sabiiti as police unleash terror?: They can hide but cannot escape, say human rights watchers THE LAST WORD Bobi Wine’s roaring campaign: The things Museveni needs to look at as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police Force- UPF have suspended selling and buying of fuel in jerry-cans at all pumps until the end of elections. They say this is to curtail acts of making petrol bombs in the anticipated riots. This follows the protests that took place 2 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has called for a special but speedy investigation into the protests that took place following the arrest of National Unity Platform’s presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The protest broke out on November 18-19th, spreading to several towns …