Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been confirmed dead after a helicopter gunship crashed in Kabarole District. The helicopter crashed on Tuesday at 2:30 pm in Nyamisingiri village, Bwanika parish Kichwamba sub-county. It was headed to DR Congo after taking off from Ssaka Airfield. According to eyewitnesses, …
Read More »55 confirmed dead in strong Japan quakes amid aftershocks, rising damage reports
TOKYO, JAPAN | Xinhua | The death toll has risen to 55 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of Tuesday evening, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and more damage reports coming in. In a separate tragedy …
Read More »5 dead, 14 rescued from capsized boat in Buvuma
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five bodies of people who drowned in Lake Victoria on January 1, 2024, have been retrieved in Buvuma District. The boat, which was reportedly overloaded with a non specified number of people broke into two pieces and capsized shortly before docking at Zinga Island in …
Read More »Oil and gas take a lion’s share of FDI into Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The value of foreign direct Investments (FDI) into Uganda grew by almost 80 percent in 2022, the bulk of the money going into oil and gas and related activities, this is according to the latest joint government report. The survey conducted by the Bank of …
Read More »Kenyan police arrests two suspects over Kiplagat’s murder
Eldoret, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been arrested in connection to the murder of Kenyan-born Ugandan long-distance runner, Benjamin Kiplagat. Kiplagat was discovered dead with a knife wound to his neck inside his brother’s vehicle on New Year’s Eve in Eldoret, Kenya. Moiben Sub-County Police Commander Stephen Okal …
Read More »Archbishop Kaziimba: Don’t conform to world standards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, has asked Ugandans not to conform to world standards but rather be transformed to do righteous. Kaziimba made the call during his New Year’s sermon to Christians at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Namirembe. …
Read More »After 45 years, closer China-U.S. ties still depend on people
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | As the world counts down to a new year, the China-U.S. diplomatic relationship is set to welcome its 45th anniversary. Back in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, held a historic meeting in San Francisco. Many, not just Chinese and …
Read More »Felix Tshisekedi re-elected president of DR Congo: electoral commission
KINSHASA, DRC | XINHUA | Felix Tshisekedi has been re-elected as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a second five-year term, securing 73.34 percent of the total votes cast in the elections held on Dec. 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission said Sunday. Moise Katumbi, one of …
Read More »Kenyan born Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat murdered
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Champion Benjamin Kiplagat has died. Kiplagat was found dead on Saturday in Eldoret, Kenya. Dominic Otuchet, the President of the Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF), confirmed Kiplangat’s death. He said that Kiplagat was attacked at 9 pm by unknown people after withdrawing money …
Read More »Ongoing conflict ravages Sudan’s economy, society in 2023
KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | As the Sudanese people expected to see an end to the years-long instability in 2023 to avoid an economic collapse in the country, Sudan slid into a deadly military conflict in April that has been ongoing till now. HEAVY TOLL ON CIVILIANS On April …
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