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  Katuna, Rwanda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Business at Katuna border will soon be back to normal after the government of Rwanda intervened to make repairs on a section of the Katuna – Kigali road that was washed away by rains on May 15 at a place called Mwanjale, Kabura …

  Kampala, Uganda | IN THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Ochola: Good cop, but for how long?: Mending a force haunted by Gen. Kayihura ghosts THE LAST WORD Inside Africa’s real tragedy: How the ideology of a welfare state has destroyed our …

Maputo, Mozambique | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the very strong historical and political relations between Uganda and Mozambique. He paid tribute to Mozambique’s ruling party FRELIMO in particular for their role in training and shaping Uganda’s Front for National Salvation (FRONASA), which became the foundation of Uganda’s …

  Havana, Cuba | AFP | Cuba begins two days of national mourning Saturday for victims of the crash of a state airways plane that killed all but three of its 110 passengers and crew. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said an investigation was under way into Friday’s crash of the nearly …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Burundi looked set to adopt constitutional reforms that could allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in power until 2034, with official results on Friday showing a “yes” vote winning in 14 of 18 provinces. The official results, published by a coalition of 15 public and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police (IGP) John Martins Okoth-Ochola has told media managers to knock on his door as often as possible in order to give the country an all round view of developments related to his force. “Our doors are always open therefore …

Uganda procures four 100-seater aircraft Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has outlined several projects it has embarked on in promoting adequate, safe and well maintained infrastructure and services in Uganda. Presenting her ministry’s accountability as part of the the NRM Manifesto 2016-2021 Week at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court Judge, Yasin Nyanzi has quashed a ten year sentence given to 23-year-old Peter Mayanja for trafficking in Catha-Edulis alias Miraa. Mayanja, a former clearing agent at Entebbe Airport, was picked up by Aviation police in 2016 and charged with Trafficking in psychiatric substance …

Community in Bunyoro lives under terror of primates. But who is to blame? Kampala, Uganda | JIMMY SIYA| Kasooha central forest reserve in Kasongoire Parish in Masindi District, in the Bunyoro region of western Uganda is chimpanzee country. The large apes are terrorising residents. They eat their crops, attack children …

United Nations, United States | AFP |  A UN-backed peacekeeping mission in Somalia, which faces attacks by an Al-Qaeda affiliate, received unanimous Security Council backing Tuesday until July 31. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), with about 21,600 troops, operates with the approval of the UN and relies on …