Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security is holding 58 Congolese fishermen in Uganda for alleged violation of the borders at Lake Edward. According to Josué Mukura, the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Individual Fishermen of Lake Edward (FECOPEILE) in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), …
Read More »Uganda to supply milk to Zambia
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has secured a new market for its milk in Zambia following a long unresolved impasse with Kenya which was the largest market for Uganda’s exports. Since December 2019 when Kenya authorities ceased at least 3000 bags of powdered milk and packets of Lato …
Read More »Best option to save Iran nuke deal is to fully comply with it: Iranian expert
Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | The best option to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from collapse is that all the parties to the deal fully comply with the original text of the JCPOA, said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former …
Read More »AFIEGO NGO staff detained over ‘ illegal oil sector operations’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six staff of Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) are currently detained at Kira Police Station. They include Dickens Kamugisha, the Chief Executive Officer, Rachael Amongin, the Assistant Communications Officer and Catherine Twongyeirwe, Finance and AdminIstration Assistant. Also Mercy Nuwamanya, a Front desk officer, …
Read More »Chinese association offers scholarships to Ugandan students
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | China’s Hunan Association Uganda has offered scholarships to students at Uganda’s Makerere University. Hunan Association Uganda signed a memorandum of understanding with the university on Friday. Barnabas Nawangwe, vice chancellor of the university, said the scholarships aim to help students with difficulty in paying their …
Read More »Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker captured
Bogota, Colombia | Xinhua | The Colombian government said on Saturday that Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” was captured. According to the authorities, Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country’s largest drug trafficking gang known as the Gulf Clan, was captured in a rural area of the Department of Antioquia …
Read More »FUFA gives SC Villa nod to start soccer league
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Associations – FUFA has finally cleared Sports Club Villa to take part in the ongoing Star Times Uganda Premier League season. “FUFA has directed its various bodies concerned with the organization of the FUFA Competitions to include Sports Club …
Read More »Museveni indicates that Komamboga blast a terrorist act
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said an incident where an explosive was let off in Kampala on Saturday night seems to be a terrorist act. The said explosion occurred at around 9.00 p.m. at a small eatery called Georon next to the famous Digida Pork …
Read More »Tanzania police, Interpol conduct joint crackdown in southern Africa
Dar, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian police force said Saturday drugs, firearms, minerals, stolen cars, game meat and timber were among items seized in a joint crackdown with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) conducted simultaneously in six southern African countries. The Tanzania police force said in a statement that …
Read More »Tension as Sudan’s FFC urges handing Sovereign Council presidency to civilians
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Forces of Freedom and Change alliance (FFC) on Saturday stressed its adherence to handing over the presidency of the Sovereign Council to civilians, restructuring of the regular forces, and handing over the wanted figures of the former regime to the International Criminal Court (ICC). …
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