Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The King of Tooro Kingdom Dr. Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has appointed Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire as the new Prime Minister of the Kingdom. The King announced on Friday during the Kingdom Parliament sitting at Muchwa Rukurato Hall in Fort Portal City. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | Emotional scenes  have unfolded at the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court as supporters of jailed opposition politician Retired Col Dr. Kizza Besigye broke down in tears upon seeing him appear frail, sickly, and miserable. Besigye was on Friday  produced before the Court presided over …

Besigye Gasping for Breath as he Appears in Court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye has today appeared before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court, with URN noticing that he appeared weaker than he has ever been in all the cases he has battled in …

Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees and asylum-seekers, the largest number of any African country. But without US funding, basic services like food distribution are likely to end. Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  When Benedict and his family arrived in Uganda from Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2024, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & UGC MEDIA |  The most prevalent discussion in golf circles has been whether Uganda will have a representative at this year’s Magical Kenya Open in the aftermath of Ronald Rugumayo’s heroics last year when he became the country’s first golfer to make the cut. With …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russia has begun preparing a negotiating team for upcoming talks with the United States, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. The Kremlin spokesman confirmed that efforts were underway to form a delegation for upcoming negotiations with the United States, including on the situation in Ukraine. …

The objective is to integrate South Sudan into the East African Power Pool network to address electricity shortages and problems associated with reliability and affordability of electricity supply in South Sudan. Abidjan, Ivory Coast | THE INDEPENDENT | The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved several …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA  | The World Health Organization ( WHO) is sending an additional $2 million to help Uganda tackle the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease outbreak that was confirmed on January 30. “To further support Uganda‘s response to the Ebola outbreak, I am releasing an additional $2 …

Sex workers are the first to feel the effects, as mobile health clinics that offered condoms and preventative treatments disappear Harare, Zimbabwe | Global Press Journal Zimbabwe |  Rumbidzai, a sex worker from the bustling settlement of Epworth in Harare, has been taking antiretroviral drugs since 2017. For over two years, …

Kenya’s Prof Ogot was exceedingly knowledgeable, intellectually stimulating and entertaining and was susceptible to details based on empirical evidence. We nicknamed him “the mobile archives” OGOT TRIBUTE | BY PROF PONTIAN GODFREY OKOTH | When I learnt of Prof. B.A. Ogot’s demise on January 30, 2025, I was flabbergasted, not …