N’Djamena, Chad | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Reports out of N’Djamena indicate that Chad’s newly re-elected long serving President Idriss Deby has been killed. Chadian army spokesperson General Azem Bermandoa Agouna made the announcement on TV and radio, and indicated he died Tuesday of injuries suffered at the weekend …
Read More »LIVE: ICJ case, DRC vs Uganda in The Hague
First round of oral argument ✳ Tuesday 20 April 2021 11.30 to 6 p.m. (DRC) ✳ Thursday 22 April 2021 11.30 to 6 p.m. (Uganda) The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today started public …
Read More »Inside the Kenya-Uganda trade talks
Access to Kenyan market still a pain for Ugandan traders Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Ugandan traders had high hopes when Betty Maina, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development visited Uganda on a recent weeklong bilateral visit. The local traders hoped that the key issues that …
Read More »POLICE: At least 12 Ugandans were murdered daily in 2020
📌 POLICE CID REPORT 2020 • 4,460 killed in 20 months • 547 persons lynched • 1,358 death via assaults • 547 hit with blunt objects • Majority are assault, poisoning, arson, shooting, mob action 📌 OTHERS • Sh15 billion lost in cybercrimes • Sh4 billion lost in fraudulent land deals • 3,516 motorcycles stolen, …
Read More »Uganda oil agreements
Why experts don’t know whether to celebrate or criticise Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Final agreements to kick-start production of oil in Uganda have taken over 10 years of bickering and anxious negotiation. But when they were finally signed on April 11, many watchers said they were unsure …
Read More »UEFA warns ‘big headed’ European football clubs
✳ Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs agree to establish a Super League ✳ List includes AC Milan, Chelsea, Barcelona, Liverpool, Man City, Man United and Real Madrid. ✳ The project is being launched to rival UEFA’s Champions League format London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Europe’s soccer governing body …
Read More »US imposes visa restrictions on Uganda, sanctions on Russia
US imposing visa restrictions on Ugandans for undermining the democratic process Washington, U.S. | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States has in the last 24 hours imposed visa restrictions to those it says undermined Uganda’s democratic process, and also put new sanctions on Russia. expelling 10 diplomats for alleged election …
Read More »NTV’s Rita Kanya says ‘yes’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NTV Uganda journalists Raymond Mujuni and Rita Kanya are officially engaged. This happened Thursday night, with a proposal by Mujuni receiving a ‘yes’. “JUST IN: The most beautiful girl in the world said yes to my most difficult question,” said Mujuni on twitter at …
Read More »Brokers hijack NIRA processes, making millions in bribes
Broker Okia says that he helps up to 15 people on a daily basis, and can collect up to 750,000 Shillings on a good day Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The services of the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) have been hijacked by brokers who are now making millions from …
Read More »Uganda declined China request to repay SGR loan with oil cash
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan government rejected a China Exim Bank proposal to use revenue from Oil to pay for a loan to build the planned Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). This is according to information shared by Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala in a meeting …
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