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By Ronald Musoke Paul Walker, the American film actor who died recently, Nelson Mandela— the fallen South African freedom fighter and statesman— and the rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse were the search queries that topped Google search engine’s 2013 trending list among Ugandan internet users according to Google’s Zeitgeist results released …

By Sarah Namulondo Mulago hospital intern doctors and nurses have gone on strike over delayed salary payment for last month of November. Patients have been seated at the hospitals casualty in a bid to lure the doctors and nurses into giving up on the strike and look into treating them …

By Ronald Musoke In a move geared towards improving energy and telecommunications access for millions of Ugandans who lack reliable electricity, MTN Uganda has teamed up with the US-based Fenix International and developed an ultra-affordable Pay As You Go energy solution designed to bring safe lighting, phone charging to its customers …

By Ronald Musoke Air Uganda will resume its flight to Juba on Dec.18 despite continued political uncertainty that has engulfed the world’s newest nation. The airline which plies the Entebbe-Juba route daily had temporarily suspended all its flights to the South Sudanese capital on Dec. 16 following what the South …

By Ronald Musoke The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a multimedia awareness raising campaign on the importance of hygiene and quality in handling of fish in small scale fisheries. The drive which was prepared with the direct involvement of small scale fishers, fish traders and consumers to …

By The Independent Team The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday signed a peace deal with the M23 rebels, Kenya’s presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu said. “DRC govt, M23 sign peace agreement in Nairobi,” Manoah Esipisu wrote on his twitter account. Several regional leaders who had travelled to …

By Ronald Musoke Investing wisely Uganda’s oil revenues in productive sectors of the economy will ensure future generations benefit from the country’s promising petroleum industry, a new paper released on Dec.10 by the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution says. The researchers …

By Independent Team President Museveni will today join as many as 90 heads of state in South Africa to attend a mass memorial service to pay homage to Nelson Mandela in the 95,000-seat FNB Soccer City stadium. The memorial service is likely to be one of the biggest gatherings of …

By Ronald Musoke Food insecurity which is already a perennial challenge in East Africa could be worsened by the region’s rapidly growing population— already one of the highest in the world, a new book published by three international research institutions has warned. The book entitled ‘East African Agriculture and Climate …

By Ronald Musoke Following the death of South Africa’s most beloved citizen, former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on Dec. 5, the South African Tourism Industry—the economic sector which probably benefitted most from his freedom— was left devastated. According to a statement from Thulani Nzima, the Chief Executive Officer of South …