Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  His Highness the Aga Khan is dead. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV died “peacefully surrounded by his family” in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday February 4, Kenya’s Nation reported this morning. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini was the 49th hereditary spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili …

The councilors accused one head teacher of presiding over a decline in enrollment from 504 pupils to less than 200, misplacing the school’s mobile phone, possessing three different school stamps, and failing to cooperate with the School Management Committee (SMC) for effective planning. Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected Ebola patient has died at Tororo General Hospital. Albert Amula, the Tororo Deputy Resident District Commissioner, says that the patient passed on Monday, January 3rd, 2025. According to Amula, the suspect was admitted to the facility last week with Ebola-like symptoms including passing out …

  Migrants from six African countries – South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt and Ghana – are doing well financially in the US, on average earning more than the US average income of US $80,610 per year, according to US Census figures. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  Africans living …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua  | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected related remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump recently, stressing that the country had not “confiscated land.” In a statement issued by the South African Presidency, the government also dismissed claims that the Expropriation Act was aimed at seizing …

RIYADH | Xinhua | Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa reviewed in Riyadh on Sunday bilateral relations and the latest developments in Syria. The two sides discussed ways to enhance Syria’s security and stability, as well as opportunities for …

NEW YORK | TASS | Entrepreneur Elon Musk who is in charge of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has said that the process of dismantling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is underway. “We’re shutting it down,” Musk said in a broadcast on his X social …

Umukuuka we Bamasaaba seeks US tourism investments in Mt Elgon Caldera Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Umukuuka III uwe Bamasaaba Uwelukoosi Jude Mike Mudoma has interested United States businesses to participate in the development of tourism at the world’s largest intact caldera, located on Mt Elgon in Uganda. The mountain, shared with …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would stop providing aid to South Africa until the country investigates “certain classes of people” that he claimed were being treated “very badly” without citing evidence. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INEDPENDENT | Mbale City authorities have denied allegations that the body of an Ebola victim recently buried in their area, was exhumed. Asumin Nasike, the Mbale Resident City Commissioner, stated that reports circulating on social media about the exhumation are false. Nasike explained that while the …