Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of residents in Lokaala parish, Nabilatuk district have been displaced by flash floods. The floods affected Lokaala Primary School after the river flooded forcing learners and teachers to flee the school premises. Zacharia Onyang, the LCI Chairperson of Lokom village in Nabilatuk Sub County said that …
Read More »Liverpool’s title hopes all but evaporate, Newcastle sends Sheffield down and Chelsea fightback
LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes look to have ended on Saturday when it was held to a 2-2 draw away to West Ham in the London Stadium. The result leaves Liverpool two points behind Manchester City, who has played two fewer games, and two points …
Read More »Africans getting richer
Uganda listed among those growing rich fastest COVER STORY | AGENCIES | Uganda is one of seven countries expected to experience 80%+ millionaire growth over the next decade, according to a new report by the leading international wealth and citizenship advisory and consultancy firm, Henley & Partners. The report says although …
Read More »Makerere to merge college journals under university press
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is set to revitalize and merge all college journals into a single publication under the Makerere University Press. Dr. William Tayebwa, Managing Editor of Makerere University Press, announced this during the conclusion of the annual forum for graduate research and policy dialogue at …
Read More »U.S. to withdraw troops from Chad, Niger
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The Pentagon has confirmed that the United States will withdraw most of its troops stationed in the African countries of Chad and Niger. “Do we have to adjust sometimes based on the dynamics? Yes, we do,” U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown …
Read More »BUL FC gears up for Uganda Cup semi-final against NEC FC
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | BUL FC is optimistic of defeating NEC FC in the Uganda Cup semi-finals on Sunday. BUL will be hosting the first leg at the Njeru-based FUFA technical center. They lost their Uganda Premier league-UPL game against NEC FC early in the week, however, their assistant coach, …
Read More »Aga Khan University Hospital opens Nakawa Specialty Centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDENPENDENT | Ugandans can now obtain a wide range of specialised outpatient health care services at the new Aga Khan University Hospital’s Nakawa Specialty Centre located on the Old Port Bell Road. The first facility on the upcoming Aga Khan University’s Kampala campus, the Centre offers chemotherapy, dialysis as …
Read More »UN appoints panel on critical minerals for energy transition
SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on Friday announced a group of experts to develop a set of global common and voluntary principles to safeguard environmental and social standards and embed justice, in the energy transition. A statement said António Guterres is leveraging the United Nations’ …
Read More »Terego CAO to civil servants: Off census jobs
Terego, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Terego District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Moses Echat has directed civil servants who applied as parish supervisors and enumerators in the forthcoming Uganda National Population and Housing Census to withdraw their application. The latest directive comes after it was discovered that a number of …
Read More »Tanzanian president pardons 1,082 prisoners to mark 60th anniversary of union between Tanganyika, Zanzibar
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday pardoned 1,082 prisoners to mark the 60th anniversary of the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar that formed the United Republic of Tanzania on April 26, 1964. A statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs issued late Friday …
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