Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has cautioned herbalists and media houses from airing false adverts. According to the Health Ministry, media houses that advertise non-approved herbal products will be liable to a fine of Shillings 20 million. The fine is part of the newly approved Traditional and …

New York, United States | AFP | A US Commerce Department report has concluded that American auto imports threaten national security, setting the stage for possible tariffs by the White House, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. The investigation, ordered by President Donald Trump in May, is “positive” …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Thursday said she was “unquestionably a woman”, after the IAAF denied reports that it would argue that she should be classified as a biological male. Semenya, 28, issued the statement ahead of a landmark hearing at …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan on Thursday accused campaigners spearheading protests against President Omar al-Bashir’s rule of threatening national security and advocating violence, as hundreds of demonstrators staged more rallies. The country’s acting Information Minister Mamun Hassan warned of taking legal action against protest leaders after campaigners vowed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) Deputy Executive Director, Michael Olupot Tukei has said the real estate sector is prone to money laundering. The sector, according to Olupot has not received much attention making it easy for money launders to transact in the real sector without …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven opposition Members of Parliament have been blocked from visiting displaced residents of Apaa Township in Juka Trading Center. The more than 700 residents were displaced by a spate of renewed violence in Acholi Ber and Goro B villages in Apaa Township. On Thursday, Members …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Right Rev. Stanley Ntagali, has challenged the clergy to work hard for their retirement. Ntagali was speaking at the requiem service for the former Bishop of Busoga Diocese, the late Rt. Rev. Cyprian Bamwoze at St. Paul’s Cathedral, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has joined MPs in eulogizing the former Bishop of Busoga diocese, the late Rev Cyprian Bamwoze. In a special sitting at Parliament chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga Thursday, 14 February 2019, Museveni said the passing of Bamwoze robbed the youth of an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has launched its first ever Human Rights Policy. The policy is meant to guide operations and welfare of the institution. The policy which has been in the pipeline for the last four years was funded by the British High Commission in …

Washington, United States | AFP | During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars, it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet — but NASA’s Opportunity rover has analyzed its last soil sample. The robot has been missing since the US space agency lost …