7th Edition with a Drunch Twist! Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 7th Ugandan edition of the world-famous beer and food festival Oktoberfest is happening at the Cricket Oval Lugogo on October 28th. At the launch event held at The Villa in Bukoto, festival organizer Denis Asiimwe shared the exciting …
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Cannon Rumanzi’s photographs of election posters satirize the nature of democracy in Uganda ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Uganda is only two years away from the next general election but the election fever is already in high gear. The recent country-wide tour by the leading opposition party, National Unity Platform, that …
Read More »UHRC closes file on missing NUP supporters after families decline to cooperate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has closed the files of 18 supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP Party reported missing in the period from 2020 to 2023. These were part of a list of 30 persons the commission recieved from the NUP Secretariat and …
Read More »Betty Amongi invites Congress of International artists to hold main event in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Betty Amongi, Uganda’s Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development, has invited over 120 artists from all over the world to hold one of their next congresses in Uganda, where they can enjoy the hospitality of the “Pearl of Africa.” The minister was …
Read More »Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse
Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Norwegian author Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced here on Thursday. Fosse’s immense oeuvre, written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres, consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations, …
Read More »Artists petition parliament over copyright law
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF) has petitioned Parliament, urging swift amendments to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2006 to protect their intellectual property rights from infringement. The petition, presented to the House by Phiona Nyamutoro, the National Female Youth legislator during a plenary …
Read More »The Black Book: How Nigeria’s fintech elite fuelled Nollywood’s first Netflix chart topper
The success of the Nollywood thriller proves that the match of movie production with well-heeled Nigerian fintech superstars is a marriage made in heaven. The Black Book has trended at number one on Netflix in countries as diverse as Greece, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, South Korea, Sweden and of course, …
Read More »Precious artefacts looted in 1868 war with Britain returned to Ethiopia
Ethiopian artefacts looted after the 1868 battle of Magdala, including a lock of hair and relics linked to the ark of the covenant have been returned to Ethiopia’s Embassy in London, thanks to the efforts of an Afghan-Indian activist foundation. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | The British government’s return …
Read More »Masaka Art Weekends; a gate away for art and fun
A perfect getaway on a weekend would definitely be out of town; an escape from the loathly traffic jam and pollution in the city. Within the context of finding such retreat, Ndegeya Community of the Arts, births a novel fully packaged art weekend program dubbed Masaka Arts Weekend intended to …
Read More »Doreen Mirembe: The heart and soul of Damalie
Kampala, Uganda | ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW | In the vibrant world of Ugandan television, a captivating saga of love, deceit, and family unfolds on the screen, and at its core stands the multi-talented Doreen Mirembe. She not only graces the role of Damalie but also serves as the driving force behind …
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