WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The U.S. National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy (JFK). The initial release on Tuesday contained 1,123 records, totaling 32,000 pages. A subsequent release on Tuesday night contained 1,059 records, totaling …
Read More »NIRA trains 10,594 Registration Assistants for mass Uganda ID renewal exercise
Over 10,000 Registration Assistants commence training for Mass enrolment and Mass Renewal exercise Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Registration Assistants will soon be deployed across the country to collect, capture, and update bio data and biometrics of Ugandans at parish level. At each and every parish across the …
Read More »Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba jets into Kigali for high-level talks
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda. Gen Kainerugaba is scheduled to hold discussions with senior leaders of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and meet with Rwandan President H.E. Paul Kagame. …
Read More »Ugandan golfers draw first blood in Victoria Cup battle
🏌️♂️Foursomes – #Uganda🇺🇬 1⃣ #Kenya 🇰🇪 3⃣ 🏌️♂️Fourballs – Uganda🇺🇬 3⃣.5 Kenya 🇰🇪 0⃣.5 ✳ LIVE SCORES CLICK HERE >> GolfBox Tournament Naivasha, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & UGC MEDIA | The Victoria Cup 2025 hosts started the day with a flying 3-1 lead in the Foursomes Thursday morning, but …
Read More »🟥Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry is new Olympic Committee boss
Coventry will be the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement, taking office on 23 June for an 8-year term 🟦 Results of the election for the 10th IOC President: ✳ Kirsty Coventry 49 ✳ Juan Antonio Samaranch 28 ✳ Lord Sebastian Coe 8 ✳ Morinari Watanabe …
Read More »Trump administration releases Kennedy assassination documents
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Unredacted documents related to the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) were released by the Donald Trump administration on Tuesday. Currently, about 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The …
Read More »LIVE: Uganda battles Kenya for Victoria Cup golf glory at Kipipiri
✳ LIVE SCORES from 7.30am CLICK HERE >> GolfBox Tournament Naivasha, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & UGC MEDIA | Uganda will need its youngest team golf players to rise to the occasion if they are to reclaim the Victoria Cup at the new Kipipiri course in Kenya. Action starts 7.30am today …
Read More »As US aid disappears, hope fades for Zimbabwe’s most vulnerable children
Children who relied on foreign aid for school sponsorships and HIV medication now face an uncertain future. Harare, Zimbabwe | Global Press Journal | Caroline Mawoyo watches her 16-year-old daughter wash dishes outside their wooden cabin. The teenager should be donning a fresh uniform for her first year in secondary school. Instead, …
Read More »Uganda’s Ebola fight goes to communities
Health workers comb affected districts for remnant cases NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have in recent weeks intensified sensitisation of communities in the Ebola …
Read More »Interpol Director extols private guards over fighting crime
UPSA members re-elected Grace Matsiko as their chairman Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of National Central Bureau, commonly known as Interpol Uganda, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Joseph Obwana, has extolled private security guards for supporting government security agencies in fighting crime. Obwana, who met with …
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