Orlando, United States | AFP | Fifty people died and another 53 were injured early Sunday when a heavily-armed gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police said, in the worst mass shooting in US history. Terrified survivors — who moments before were laughing …

When President Yoweri Museveni released his long-awaited new cabinet on June 6, it took everyone by surprise because only days earlier he had laughed off complaints by the Speaker of Parliament about his failure to name a new Cabinet. Having been sworn in on May 12, Museveni’s Cabinet list has …

Paris, France | AFP | France got their month-long festival of football off to a winning start, but only just, as Dimitri Payet’s sensational late strike handed the hosts a nervy 2-1 win over Romania in Paris on Friday. AFP Sports looks at five things we learned from the opening …

Uganda’s Dr. Speciosa Naigaga Kazibwe Wandira on Friday launched her bid to replace South Africa’s Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as Chairperson of the Africa Union (AU) Commission. “Place your confidence in me.  My vision is that of an AU taking charge of Africa’s Destiny,” Dr Kazibwe told a selection of African diplomats at …

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Washington, United States | AFP | Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed Hillary Clinton to succeed him as president of the United States, declaring in a video message “I’m with her.” After months of assiduously avoiding tipping the scales of the Democratic presidential primaries and a Thursday meeting with Clinton’s closest …

Former Uganda Vice President Dr Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe has been endorsed by the Eastern African region as their candidate for the post of Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the development in a statement. “Dr Wandira has been endorsed by the Cabinet of Ministers of …

Singapore, Singapore | AFP | Singapore’s prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has defended the country’s controversial decision to cut off civil servants’ work computers from the Internet, calling the move “absolutely necessary” to keep information systems secure. “Are we happy? I don’t think so, because it will slow us down …

PHOTO STORY: With the often contested swearing in of the Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago out of the way, the city’s top two officials seem to be back on track – planning for the city. These series of photographs show Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and Lukwago discussing many issues, football …

A selection of stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. Get your copy at the nearest news stand. COVER STORY: 2016/2017 budget Government officials say the Shs26Trillion budget is aimed at key sectors like infrastructure, social service delivery and agricultural productivity although they say there will be a cut on domestic …