Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has sacked a newly appointed Grade One Magistrate for sitting an examination for a female student. Ammaari Musa Semwogerere was appointed a Judicial Officer last month by the Judicial Service Commission to the position of Magistrate Grade One on probation. On Wednesday, Semwogerere …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Friday that solutions to ongoing global conflicts should be based on the purposes of the UN Charter and the principles of international law. Sisi made the remarks while addressing the second Russia-Africa summit in Russia’s St. Petersburg, the Egyptian Presidency said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC National Council has rejected a minority report from investigations into money allegedly brought into the party during the recent general election time. In 2020, one of the founders of the FDC and four time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye revealed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Intra-regional trade in the countries in Eastern Africa is still below 10% despite initiatives like East African Community. This is according to a report by the African Development Bank. The Bank in the report said that even the African Continental Free Trade Area has not …

Agago, Uganda | THE NDEPENDENT | Hundreds of Christians on Friday gathered at Kalongo Mission Roman Catholic Church in Agago district to celebrate the first anniversary of blessed Fr. Giuseppe Ambrosoli. Blessed Giuseppe Ambrosoli was beatified on November 20th, 2022, at Kalongo Catholic Parish, in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, as the world body is suspending humanitarian operations in Niger due to the situation in the country. Soldiers in Niger have overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum, the country’s Defense …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday faced new charges in the classified documents case, reported U.S. media. Special counsel Jack Smith brought additional charges against Trump on Thursday, including obstruction and willful retention of national defense information. The obstruction charges center on attempts to delete …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every year, the world commemorates World Hepatitis Day on the 28th of July as part of the efforts to raise awareness about this lethal but preventable viral disease that affects the liver causing liver cancer. As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have opposed the Government’s proposed increment of the minimum paid-up cash capital requirements of micro-finance deposit-taking institutions from 500,000,000 million to 10 billion Shillings. It follows a debate on a report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development that recommended …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The Minister of State for Transport, Fred Byabakama, has said 95% of the boda-boda riders in Kampala are mad. He explains that the riders’ madness is the reason why many of them, and their passengers are dying in road crashes. Byabakama, who was the chief …