Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited-UBL has committed to a three partnership with three top flight rugby football clubs in what they termed as “fun rugby fetes,” in a bid to promote the sport within grassroots communities. The three-year renewable partnership was unveiled during the fun rugby event …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Forces have asked the people in the Karamoja sub-region to be vigilant during the Easter Celebrations. According to the statement issued by police, the general public is informed that Mt. Moroto and Kidepo Policing Regions have in recent times continued to register …

DAKAR, SENEGAL | Xinhua | Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the candidate of the opposition coalition “Diomaye President,” has won Senegal’s presidential election in the first round with 54.28 percent of the total votes cast, according to the final results announced Friday by the Constitutional Council. “Considering that candidate Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected Karamojong warrior has shot dead a police officer in Rupa Sub County Moroto district. The incident happened on Friday at around 8: 15 pm when the deceased identified as Baziro Songok a police officer attached to Nakiloro ASTU detach together with other two …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has heightened security to ensure public safety during the Easter holidays, which began on Friday, and cautioned the public about terror threats from Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, a military spokesperson said. Maj. Charles Kabona, the first infantry division army spokesperson based in the central …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly five years after the police force purchased a fixed-wing aircraft, it put it on market at a price that is almost half of its original purchase cost. The Aircraft 5X-PEF/P180 Avanti II was purchased in June 2019 for 30.48 billion shillings but it has now been …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | The two games that will help decide the destiny of this season’s Premier League title are both played on Sunday, meaning fans of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool have to be patient while everyone else battles it out either to qualify for Europe or avoid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archimandrite Constantine Mbonabingi, a member of the Uganda Orthodox Church, has been chosen as the bishop of the Orthodox Church in Juba and South Sudan. URN understands that Mbonabingi’s appointment to the episcopal rank was decided during the recently concluded Holy Synod of the Patriarchate …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s Ministry of Health said Friday that international donors have significantly cut funding to malaria projects in the country over global crises including conflicts and climate change. Jimmy Opigo, head of the National Malaria Control Division at the Ministry of Health, told reporters in Kampala, …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Scientists in Uganda have developed two anti-tick vaccines whose trials have been successful, and are now awaiting final approval from regulatory authorities, an official said Thursday. Frank Mugabi, a senior communications officer at the state-run National Agricultural Research Organisation, which regulates agricultural research, told Xinhua …