London, United Kingdom | AFP | Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha had hoped to be lining up on the opening weekend of the Premier League season for Everton against the London club. Instead Zaha is still at Palace amid reports of growing tension with his boyhood club after they blocked …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted on Friday that Manchester United can cope without Romelu Lukaku following the striker’s transfer to Inter Milan, saying that it was time for him to move on despite the lack of a replacement. Lukaku joined the Serie A club on Thursday, …

Dongguan, China | AFP | Chinese telecom giant Huawei unveiled its own operating system on Friday, as it faces the threat of losing access to Android systems amid escalating US-China trade tensions. The highly-anticipated software is considered crucial for the tech group’s survival as it confronts a looming White House ban …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Council, the supreme organ of the institution, has upheld the nomination of two law dons to the university staff appeals tribunal. The two, Dr Phionah Muhwezi Mpanga, a Labour & Criminal Law Don and Associate Prof. Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala, an administrative law expert had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 300 police officers are reportedly crying foul after the Human Resource Management (HRM) department withheld their monthly salary for missing manpower audit headcount instructed by Inspector General of Police, Martin Ochola. Ochola ordered a manpower headcount in June last year after it was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political, civil and cultural leaders in West Nile, Acholi and Lango regions have tasked the government to improve electricity coverage as a way of promoting a conducive investment environment. West Nile region currently has 7.5 megawatts of hydroelectricity, which can only manage small scale industries …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an upsurge of malaria cases in Mbale district. A surge in cases has been registered in the sub-counties of Lukhonjye, Busoba, Busiu and Bumbobi, Bukyiende and Nyondo between the months of April and July. Malaria was the leading cause of hospital visits at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busia Municipal council authority has installed solar security lights in the town in a drive aimed at reducing crime. The lights have been installed along with areas that have been rendered dangerous. The Municipal Council said they want to reduce the rampant cases of theft, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A meeting between Education Minister Janet Museveni and executives of public universities will not take place as planned this weekend. The meeting had been organized to discuss the interminable salary enhancement woes of staff in public universities. The minister had sent out an invitation early …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the new Buvuma ferry at Port bell is nearing completion, according to the project engineer Ismail Kyazze. The engineer says that they have so far assembled over 80 percent of the expected works on the vessel, which will navigate a route from Kiyindi …