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Yenagoa, Nigeria | AFP |  Nigeria’s ruling party on Monday won the key oil-rich state of Bayelsa, the electoral body said, a sign of President Muhammadu Buhari’s growing influence in opposition strongholds. Residents cast their ballots in hotly-contested gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa and central Kogi state on Saturday in polls marred …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A section of residents forcefully evicted from the contested land in Amujeju village in Kamutur Sub County in Bukedea district are accusing their leaders of fueling conflicts and abetting their eviction. There is a dispute between Kamutur and Kambarwa sub counties on who owns the …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Residents of Apaa Township in Amuru district are struggling to access health services. It follows the closure of Apaa Health Centre II two years following a heated disputed between Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and residents over ownership of the land hosting the health center. Prior …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A group of eight supporters of Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) party have been arrested from Namboole National Stadium. They were picked up by police deployed at the Stadium to prevent the opposition from holding their planned meeting there at about 2pm on Monday, several hours …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Residents of Apaa in Amuru district have accused security forces for arrests and illegal detention of innocent civilians. 13 people have been arrested in the past two weeks in separate incidents. On 25th October, nine people were arrested from Gazi village by Uganda Wildlife Authority …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A boundary dispute between Uganda and South Sudan has left residents of Ngomoromo village in Lamwo District unable to conduct normal businesses.  The contentious land is located in Parapadwanya bordering Ngomoromo in Uganda and Poge in South Sudan’s, Ayaci County. The disputed area is also …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The ArchBishop of the Church of Uganda His Grace Stanley Ntagali has criticized the endless encroachment on church land in Mukono and other dioceses making up the Province of the Church of Uganda. Ntagali made the remarks on Saturday at the beginning of his two …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Residents of Kiguma Sub County in Kabarole district spent a good part of Saturday repairing the Nyakitojo road that has been in a poor state for over 10 years.  The residents say that the road which connects to Karago Town Council and Sub Counties of …

Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Residents of Ntoroko are protesting the unregulated sand mining in the district. Sand is mined in Kibuku Town Council and Karugutu Sub County. In Kibuku, sand is mined from River Kisege which is at the same time a water sources used for the community. During the …

Kasangati, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A row has erupted between residents of Lusanja and their lawyers over the intended move to appeal against a judgement on the ownership of the appeal from which they are being evicted.   The High Court Land Division in Kampala last Friday ruled in favour of …