Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese protest leaders raised the pressure on the country’s army rulers on Wednesday, threatening a general strike and calling for a million-strong march to demand a civilian government. The military council that took power after veteran president Omar al-Bashir was ousted earlier this month meanwhile invited …

  Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Pep Guardiola has slammed suggestions from Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that Manchester City are guilty of “tactical” fouling in an attempt to stop rivals from counter-attacking. Solskjaer, talking before the crucial Manchester derby between the sides at Old Trafford on Wednesday, made …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition Betty Aol Ochan says she will rally all Members of Parliament to boycott Parliament following the detention of Kyadondo East MP Bobi Wine. Ochan who had visited Bobi Wine at his home reacted to the deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Museveni has rejected a request by the Civil Aviation Authority-CAA to use Nakasongola airport as an alternative to Entebbe International Airport in case of emergency. On Tuesday, Engineer Edward Kaweesi Ndawula, the CAA Board Chairperson told Museveni during the arrivals of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ‘East Africa’s Got Talent’ will kick off auditions in Kampala, Kigali, Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam in search of amazing and extraordinary talent. It could be dancing, singing, performing magic, gymnastics name it. The show is part of the “Got Talent” franchise started in 2014 by …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago will lead a team of lawyers to file an application challenging police’s continued blocking of Kyadondo East MP and musician Bobi Wine’s music shows. On Wednesday Lukwago received a file of documents of Kyarenga Extra show from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General Francis Atoke has asked the Supreme Court for more time in the case challenging failure by the government to implement Electoral Reforms. Atoke on Wednesday told a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court Justices led by Stella Arach Amoko that they were …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a grant of $150 million in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to boost an ongoing project to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management targeting both …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the establishment of two industrial parks in Oyam and Nwoya Districts. The proposed industrial parks will be powered by Karuma Hydro Power dam. The Land, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Betty Amongi, says they have written instructions from the president …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined team of soldiers and police has quelled down a protest against the continued blockage of the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine in Kamwokya, city suburbs. The officers swung in action this morning when a group of …