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Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Friday pledged to improve the livelihood of Nigerians with more people-focused economic policies. Speaking at a meeting with governors from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, Tinubu also assured an upward review of the national …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Thursday launched a digital loan facility for groups and Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Saccos) as the country commemorated 60 years of internal self-rule. President William Ruto, who launched the digital scheme, said the product dubbed Hustler Group Loans, would give members economic freedom …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDNT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has granted a cash bail of one million shillings to the President of Uganda Netball Federation (UNF), Sarah Babirye Kityo who is facing charges of obtaining money by false pretense. Babirye on Wednesday evening was granted bail alongside her …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said that they will announce a significant overhaul of the country’s work visa system in a bid to further boost investment. “This includes decentralizing the adjudication of visa applications to foreign missions and streamlining application requirements to …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has emphasized the importance of sport and the Olympic Games in world peace ahead of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. In a video released on Wednesday, Bach stated that sport has the power to foster …

Why President Yoweri Museveni may not sign it into law now COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE & AGATHER ATUHAIRE | On Tuesday, March 21, Uganda’s Parliament, for the second time in nine years, passed a law that criminalizes homosexuality in Uganda. The first law was passed in December 2013 but was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from the opposition political parties have resolved to boycott President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s address to Members of Parliament today at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. “He [President] will address the House on matters of national importance concerning the country and I urge you …

Ajay Banga will partner with African Development Bank for transformative results Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Bank president nominee, Ajay Banga, pledges to partner with African Development Bank for transformative results U.S. nominee for World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga began his global tour on March 06 with his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to address Parliament next week, Speaker Anita Among has revealed. In her communication during the plenary sitting on Thursday, 09 March 2023, Among said that the President will address the House on Thursday, 16 March 2023 at 2.00 pm. “He …

Jinping also elected chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by a unanimous vote Beijing, China | Xinhua | Xi Jinping was unanimously elected Chinese president on Friday at the ongoing session of China’s national legislature, leading the country of 1.4 billion people …