Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the ministry of education has embarked on registering teachers from private schools and institutions for future planning for the sector. According to Ismael Mulindwa, the director basic and secondary education in the ministry said they have been lacking data for teachers of …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will start re-testing all labour export workers a day before they depart the country. Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary of the health ministry, says the move stems from the number of migrant workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 …

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | An outbreak of Cholera has killed 325 people in 15 states and the capital of Nigeria between January and June of this year, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a report on Saturday. In an update of the Cholera outbreak in Nigeria, …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The remarks by a French official of not recognizing Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines were “a hybrid of racism, imperial hegemonism and neo-Nazism,” a spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, according to an article published on the website of Russian media outlet Russia …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua |  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday called for calm after some people looted shops and burnt trucks calling for the release of former President Jacob Zuma. “President Ramaphosa says the impact of public violence against the road freight industry and damage to …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Presidency Babirye Milly Babalanda has identified gaps in the intelligence institutions that she hopes to address as the new line Minister. Babalanda officially took over office on Thursday from former Minister for Presidency Esther Mbayo in a function graced by second …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former ICT minister, Aggrey Awori has this afternoon been laid to rest in his country home, located in Kibimba village in Buwuni town council in Bugiri district. Awori who succumbed to COVID-19 died on July 5th at the age of 82 years. Nafuna Awori, …

  Monaco, France | THE INDEPENDENT | World 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi has set a new national record at Friday’s 2021 Herculis Wanda Diamond League in Monaco. Although Nakaayi finished in 7th place, she posted a personal best time and national record of 1:58:03 in the race that was won by Britain’s …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A leader of a rebel group that attacked UPDF detach in Zombo last year has been evacuated to Kampala after contracting COVID-19. Colonel Malik Atocho, the alleged commander of the attack on the UPDF barracks in Zombo in March 2020 that left four Soldiers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has offered new guidance for government departments and agencies, private companies and service providers listed as essential. On Thursday last week, the works ministry started an automatic renewal of the electronic movement permits for essential workers after the expiry of 14 …