Kole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kole district have embarked on a door-to-door campaign to lobby every member of the village to incorporate tree planting in their farming activities in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. According to Global Forestry Watch, between 2001 to 2021, Kole district …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 security personnel have been deployed to man security ahead of Serere County by-election on Thursday. The security personnel include soldiers from the Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF, Uganda Police Force-UPF and the Uganda Prison Service-UPS. The others are intelligence personnel scattered across the …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three suspects have been arrested in connection to the death of four soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF in Agago district. The soldiers were killed in two separate attacks last month, from Paimol and Omiya Pachwa sub-counties in Agago district, by suspected cattle rustlers from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Sempala, the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda (HRNJ) has warned politicians to desist from interfering with the operations of the media in an unlawful manner. He was responding to the recent threats by Kwania District LCV chairperson, Geoffrey Alex …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Denis Kutesa, an intern nurse at Entebbe Grade B hospital is in trouble for allegedly raping a female patient and attempting to rape two others. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Public Relations Officer Kampala Metropolitan Police, says that Kutesa was picked up on Saturday and locked up …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Amani Abou-Zeid on Sunday urged African countries to turn difficulties into opportunities to transform Africa’s energy sector. “The last three years have been difficult years in the whole world with a series of crises that have …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Babies born to black families are more likely to die even if the families are rich, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing a groundbreaking new study of 2 million California births. “The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The Sudan transitional government and several opposition groups under the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) on Sunday signed an implementation matrix and agreed to a two-year timetable for implementation of the Juba peace agreement. The Sudanese parties’ commenced a workshop in Juba on Feb. 13 to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government’s heavy investment in the energy sector is not benefiting the intended end users, Members of Parliament have observed. While scrutinizing 14 loans issued to the sector, MPs on the Committee on National Economy complained of low coverage and quality of power distributed to rural areas, …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. actress Danielle Deadwyler has accused the Hollywood of systemic racism and ‘misogynoir’ after no black women were nominated for best actress at this year’s Oscars, CNN has reported. Danielle Deadwyler was nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, a Screen Actors …