London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds moved into Downing Street on Monday, becoming the first unmarried couple to occupy the British prime minister’s official residence. The change of guard at the famous address was prompted by Theresa May’s forced resignation under the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament and some journalists have failed to access the recently tabled Electoral reforms, copies of which have not reached them due to what officials said was an email glitch. Government on Thursday tabled the long-awaited proposed electoral reforms which had generated a …

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa secretariat will hold a two-day training workshop to build capacity for member states in what it is calling ‘target indicator tracking and implementation’ of the Transparency Clause of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, …

New investors commit Shs228bn to build lodges in the country’s conservancies Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Ugandan government is expected to sign several concession agreements with new investors next month seeking to build top of the range lodging facilities in five national parks. The new development is a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Friday morning started an exercise to clear the right of way for the Kampala Flyover Project. Work started at Clock Tower, where all structures standing in the way were razed down. The exercise will be conducted along the project …

Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP |  Eight gunmen impersonating federal police stole nearly a ton of precious metals, including gold, from an international airport in Brazil on Thursday, an official said. No shots were fired when the thieves confronted workers inside a warehouse at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport at …

  Doreen Robinson, the head of the Wildlife Unit at the UN Environment Programme was one of the co-organizers of the first ever Africa Wildlife Economy Summit held recently in the Zimbabwean town of Victoria Falls. She spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about what the conveners hoped to achieve …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Recently, the acting Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Eng. Andrew Kitaka, addressed the press to give an account of the last eight years of the KCCA’s activities. One issue Kitaka addressed was a project termed as the ‘Kampala Climate Change …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has foiled a robbery at  Kenya Commercial Bank-KCB branch along main street in Jinja town. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, says two private security guards attached to pinnacle security stormed the bank in the company of an unidentified person and put three bank staff at …

  Comment | BORIS JOHNSON | February 2, 2002|  You would need a heart of stone not to have been moved by the little Aids-ridden choristers. We sat under a mango tree, before a dancing-space of packed red earth, and what a preposterous delegation we were. There was Mr Rod …