Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester United landed another body blow to Manchester City’s hopes of retaining the Premier League title with a 2-1 derby win at the Etihad that leaves the champions 14 points adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial scored the goals for the …

Madrid, Spain | AFP | Real Madrid were without Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale on Saturday but Karim Benzema stepped up again to ensure they beat struggling Espanyol in La Liga. Benzema scored one and set up another in a 2-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Madrid wore an all-green kit to show support …

Liverpool, United Kingdom | AFP | Chelsea slipped to their third Premier League defeat in four matches on Saturday as Everton bounced back from their Merseyside derby humiliation to win 3-1 and escape from the relegation zone. Goals early in each half from Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewin put the home side 2-0 up and although …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Health experts are worried about Uganda’s current stagnant HIV prevalence rate. According to experts, Uganda seems to be stuck at a HIV prevalence rate of 6.2 percent that has remained stagnant for the past four years. Between the late 90s and early 2000, Uganda’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Commercial Banks expect more borrowers not to meet their loan obligations in the three months to the end of December, according to a survey by Bank of Uganda. BoU says banks had “noticed unfavourable economic conditions experienced during the last couple of months, which were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force- UPDF will recruit 4,000 soldiers. The nationwide recruitment exercise will take place on December 27th to 5th January 2020. Speaking at the UPDF headquarters in Mbuya on Saturday, UPDF spokesperson Brig. Richard Karemire told journalists that the aim of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Pharmacists are blaming government for failing to account for drugs that expire from stores. Sam Opio, the Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda said even as the annual drug availability report launched on Thursday by the Medicines Transparency Alliance puts drug availability in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda Wildlife Authority – UWA is struggling to capture a stray crocodile which is threatening the lives of fishermen in Entebbe Municipality. Several fishermen have sighted the reptile in the lake between the UPDF Marine Docking pier, the Ministry of Energy and at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Chief of Defense forces, Gen. David Muhoozi has revealed that the army has secured funds which will be distributed to spouses of UPDF soldiers. While presiding over the end of year CDF party on Friday at the Jinja UPDF cantonment, Muhoozi says that 100 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Owiny Dollo has said that the retirement age of judicial officers should be reviewed. Under Article 144 of the Constitution, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges retire at 70 years. He said that it is not fair for the …