Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Union (AU) is holding its 35th ordinary summit in Addis Ababa this weekend, amid renewed challenges to the political and economic stability of the continent. Ugandan vice President Jesica Alupo will represent President Yoweri Museveni. The 35th Ordinary Session of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has committed to fast tracking the formation of a commission that will review the 1995 constitution. This development comes a year after the former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire recommended a 14-panel commission led by the …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Africa welcomes the “generous offer” China is set to provide members of the African Union (AU) to help augment exports in the coming years, a senior official has said. Wamkele Mene, the secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), told Xinhua that …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The remains of the late Fr. Simon Lokodo  will now be returned on Sunday morning, and not today as had been planned. Lokodo, a Commissioner at Uganda Human Rights Commission -UHRC, died on January 29 while on official duty in Geneva, Switzerland. His remains …

  Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Neither the United States nor other Western countries had not contributed to solving the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “Unfortunately, the West has not contributed to the solution of this issue until now. I can only …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of furniture dealers in Bwaise in Kawempe Division are counting losses following a fire outbreak early this morning. The fire that started around 4.00 am razed more than 150 timber workshops, leaving property worth hundreds of millions destroyed. Affected traders say by the …

Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | The Spanish government will next week revoke the mandate for wearing facemasks against the infection from COVID-19, Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Friday. A proposal for that will be approved in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the minister told local radio station Cadena …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY TotalEnergies, CNOOC sign off US$10bn Uganda oil project: First oil expected in 2025 THE LAST WORD America’s reckless bullying: How Washington’s disregard of Russia’s security concerns risks war over a misguided obsession with …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Tororo is holding a pastor and three other people accused of murdering a 6-year-old boy in child sacrifice rituals. The pastor, Ponsiano Olowo from Kisoko Gwarara Church, and his co-accused Kenede Obbo a boda boda rider, with his yet to be identified wife, …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief of the army, has reappointed Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye as Defence and Army Spokesperson, a position he served in, between 2005- 2013. He replaces Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso who is set to attend a one-year course at National …