NEWS BRIEFS:  Uganda is to benefit in a number of sectors including agriculture and education through bilateral relations with the government of Serbia in a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga said that in 1987, there was an arrangement of barter trade between the …

  NEWS BRIEF: The Electoral Commission started a nationwide exercise to verify particulars of voters on the National Voters’ Register using village (LC 1). The exercise started on October 21st and will end on October 28th conducted in all villages throughout the whole country. “The purpose of the verification exercise …

Washington, United States | AFP | Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead after a US military raid in Syria’s Idlib region, US media reported early Sunday. Baghdadi may have killed himself with a suicide vest as US special operations forces descended, media said citing multiple government …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities in Merikit Sub County, Tororo district are celebrating the commissioning of a project water and sanitation project, donated in memory of Sam Frobisher Owori, a senior Ugandan Rotarian who died two years ago. The sh1 billion project provides ten 10 new boreholes for …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff Associations at Makerere University have described the recent night crackdown, and break into student’s rooms, at the institution as a sad commentary in its history. The staff leaders said that both the students and staff of Makerere University deserve better treatment, fair …

Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Members of Parliament have started a week-long working visit to Somalia to assess the welfare of the country’s troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). According to a statement by AMISOM, the legislators will visit the Forward Operating Bases and interact …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Catholic bishops gathered at a special Vatican assembly called on Pope Francis Saturday to open the priesthood to married men in the Amazon, as well as giving women a greater role to play and making damaging the environment a sin. The bishops issued a …

  Santiago, Chile | AFP |  After a week of huge and sometimes violent protests, Chileans are showing no sign of easing the pressure on a government that seems stunned and paralyzed by a popular explosion fueled by years of socio-economic frustration. Seeking to negotiate an end to the crisis, …

INVESTIGATION | URN | Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital admits more than 100 people to their Drug and Alcohol Unit On an annual basis. The patients are in most cases battling substance addiction. As part of their treatment, they are kept away from substances that triggered their obsession for a …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Attorney General has commenced defense in the case in which the government was sued for authorizing the operations of 143 labor export firms. In August, city lawyer Ivan Bwowe sued the Attorney General and 143 labour export firms under their umbrella Uganda …