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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Leonard Wambazu from Mbikko, in Njeru Municipality, has been detained, as Police intensify the case of kidnap and eventual death a student of YWCA Buwambo Campus in Wakiso district. The 22-year-old student, Brina Nalule was allegedly kidnapped from the Old Taxi Park …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The one-week search for a missing former Monitor Publications senior accountant Abel Katende took a dramatic twist on Sunday when Police found his body in a septic tank at his home in Kasangati, just outside Kampala. His wife Janet Namugenyi Katende and children have now …

Mexico City, Mexico | AFP | Some 7,667 people were killed in Mexico in the first quarter of 2018, up 20 percent on the same period last year, making it the most violent year in two decades, government figures showed Sunday. In 2017, the figure stood at 6,406 violent deaths, …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | A French couple living in London went on trial Monday accused of murdering their compatriot nanny and burning her body in a bonfire after starving and mistreating her. Sabrina Kouider and Ouissem Medouni had kept 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet as a “prisoner” and violently abused …

THIS WEEK: Court sets April 17 to deliver Verdict on Kaweesi murder case Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakawa Grade one Magistrates’ court has set April 17 to deliver verdict on whether or not to dismiss a case in which 15 suspects are accused of taking part in the …

A travel advisory to Uganda is now in order as the forces fail to guarantee security for persons and property COMMENT | MORRIS KOMAKECH | The chilling kidnap and murder of Suzan Magara has dented the faith of Ugandans in the security of this country. This crime was at another level …

Washington, United States | AFP | The United States formally concluded Tuesday that North Korea murdered Kim Jong Un’s half-brother with the banned VX nerve agent, blasting Pyongyang for deploying a chemical weapon in a packed international airport. Kim Jong Nam died in February last year, shortly after two women …

Bratislava, Slovakia | AFP | Slovak police on Saturday said they had released seven Italian businessmen detained after they were named by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak in an explosive report on alleged high-level political corruption linked to the mafia. “The investigator has, within the legal timeframe (48 hours) at his …

Bratislava, Slovakia | AFP | A global media watchdog on Friday warned EU leaders against undermining the security of journalists in the wake of the murder of a Slovak investigative reporter gunned down in his home. Jan Kuciak, who had been probing alleged high-level political corruption in Slovakia linked to …

Bratislava, Slovakia | AFP | Thousands flocked to candlelit anti-corruption protests and memorials held across Slovakia on Friday for murdered journalist Jan Kuciak, killed as he was about to publish an explosive report on alleged high-level political corruption linked to the Italian mafia. Organisers estimated that around 25,000 people gathered …