Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua |  Kenya’s incoming President William Ruto said Monday his administration will prioritize economic turnaround, peace, reconciliation, and cohesion once he is sworn into office next week. Ruto in a televised address to the nation soon after the Supreme Court declared he was validly elected as Kenya’s …

New York, US | Xinhua |  Long COVID is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work in the United States, with lost wages estimated at least 170 billion U.S. dollars a year, a significant economic burden at a time when the cost of living is rising steeply, …

New York, USA | THE INDEPENDENT  & XINHUA |  Frances Tiafoe Monday become the youngest American to storm the US Open tennis quarterfinals since Roddick in 2004. He made his point by beating four-time US Open champion  Rafael Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Tiafoe advances to his first-ever US Open quarterfinal. …

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ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The effects of the economic hardships which were aggravated by the Ukraine war, coming on the heels of the Covid-19 lockdown continue to manifest in Uganda. Many schools in the country have today registered a low turn-up of learners on the first day of opening. …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua |  A measles outbreak has so far killed 698 people in Zimbabwe since its onset in April this year, with 50 having died during the first four days of September, according to health ministry data. The Ministry of Health and Child Care said 85 new cases …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Criminal Appeals session has kicked off at Fort Portal High Court. A panel of three Court of Appeal Justices led by the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Lady Justice Irene Mulyagonja, and Lady justice Eve K. Luswata will adjudicate 42 criminal appeals during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate has launched a massive manhunt for socialite Charles Olim famously known as Sipapa for allegedly robbing $429,000 (about 1.64 billion Shillings) from South Sudan national Jacob Arok. The said money was stolen during a robbery at Arok’s home in Bunga, …

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London, UK | Xinhua | Liz Truss, foreign secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), has won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest and will replace Boris Johnson as the country’s new prime minister. In the runoff, Truss beat her rival, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak by winning approximately …