Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and partners have launched the third phase of the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP), expanding the continent-wide initiative to 38 countries as governments intensify efforts to curb the …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, the former Butambala County Member of Parliament, and 16 of his co-accused have secured bail after spending nearly six months on remand over terrorism-related charges. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, Lady Justice Susan Okalany, the Deputy Head of the International Crimes Division, …

WASHINGTON  | Xinhua | As the 2026 U.S. midterm primaries get underway, candidates are vying for their parties’ nominees by promising solutions to some of America’s biggest challenges. For many voters, however, those promises sound strikingly familiar. Election after election, Americans head to the polls hoping for better lives, higher …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral election has emerged as one of the most closely watched political upsets in the United States in 2025. Yet winning the election may prove to be the easier task. Many of Mamdani’s proposals face financial, legal and …

Jinja, Uganda | URN | The Acting Minister of Education and Sports, Chrysostom Muyingo, is optimistic that making agriculture a compulsory subject in secondary schools will equip young people with the practical skills needed to transform one of Uganda’s most important economic sectors. Speaking at the opening of the National …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A senior four student of Naalya Senior Secondary School, Bweyogerere campus, has died in a suspected case of suicide. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy spokesperson, says the incident occurred on Wednesday evening. He explains that the deceased’s body was found hanging inside a toilet block …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Fifty-three days after security agencies launched a high-profile money laundering investigation, security experts say fundamental procedural mistakes may have fatally undermined the case, potentially exposing the government to costly legal challenges even if the matter proceeds to trial. The experts argue that investigators departed from …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. forces launched fresh airstrikes against Iran late Wednesday, prompting Iranian retaliation against U.S. military positions in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. U.S. President Donald Trump said that he believed the current ceasefire with Iran was “over,” declaring he didn’t “want to deal with them anymore,” after …

The World Cup quarter finals lineup July 9, 23:00   : 🇫🇷 France vs 🇲🇦 Morocco July 10, 22:00 : 🇪🇸 Spain vs 🇧🇪 Belgium July 12, 00:00 : 🇳🇴 Norway vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England July 12, 04:00 : 🇦🇷 Argentina vs 🇨🇭 Switzerland NEW YORK | Xinhua | The World Cup title race is down …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have been urged to turn up in large numbers tomorrow, July 10, to donate blood during Housing Finance Bank’s fifth annual blood donation drive as the country continues to grapple with a shortage of lifesaving blood supplies. The exercise, organised in partnership with …