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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   Two tourists are feared dead after their boat was carried by the river Nile current towards Kiira Power station, whose spillways were open to release excess water. ESKOM confirmed the Sunday evening incident, saying a family of four and a lone boater who tried …

  ✳ Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 (Arsenal win 5-4 pen) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Last season’s FA Cup winners Arsenal beat reigning Premier League champions Liverpool on penalties in the Community Shield on a day when 13 clubs stepped up their preparations for the new season. With exactly two weeks to go until …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chadwick Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise, died Friday of cancer. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in the Los …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda has fastest COVID rate in Africa: Fear rising of another lockdown THE LAST WORD Behind the coup in Mali: The things that democracy (and pseudo democracy) evangelists need to know about freedom …

Glasgow, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan Mercy Baguma,34, has been found dead in her flat, with a child crying beside her. Reports from the UK indicate that Baguma, who was jobless and seeking asylum, is feared to have starved to death and the Home Office has started an …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital needs a special budget to feed COVID-19 positive patients. Officials have said they did not receive a specific budget for management of Covid-19 patients. This was revealed by hospital officials led by the Executive Director Dr Byarugaba Baterana. “Mulago did …

Company executives are optimistic the remaining half will see a surge in power sales, profitability as government relaxes COVID-19 lockdown Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s electricity distributor, Umeme, is now pinning its profit growth on the remaining six months of the reporting year following government’s move to ease …

Secret dirty deals could end as govt signs transparency initiative Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s recent admission into the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a “step in the right direction,” according to local civil society. But many also remain cautious. Gerald Byarugaba, the extractive industries coordinator at …

August infections are highest so far, but September could be worse Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government officials are warning of likelihood of a return to a harder lockdown if the numbers of COVID-19 infections continue going up very fast. The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, on …

🇫🇷 PSG 0 🆚 Bayern 🇩🇪  1 (59′) #UCLfinal 🏆 1974 🏆 1975 🏆 1976 🏆 2001 🏆 2013 🏆 2020 Lisbon, Portugal | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA |  Bayern Munich have just won their sixth European Cup final after edging Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at Estadio da Luz, in Lisbon. Many missed chances …