Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has urged East African leaders to push for political integration in order to secure the future prosperity of the region. “I am happy that the negotiators have agreed on the initial step of the confederation and on the framing of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of cholera in refugee settlements in Hoima and Kyegegwa Districts a day after up to 26 deaths were reported after attacks of acute diarrhoea. The deaths were recorded at the Kyangwali camp in Hoima close …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Fight over Shs44 trillion mobile money: Telecoms protest State House move to monitor business. THE LAST WORD The problem with Africa: If our countries remain poor, it’s because its leaders and elites are too …

United Nations, United States | AFP | UNICEF deputy director Justin Forsyth on Thursday resigned from the UN children’s agency following complaints of inappropriate behavior towards female staff in his previous post as head of British charity Save The Children. He apologized again for his past “mistakes”, but said his …

San Francisco, United States | AFP |  Twitter announced Wednesday a crackdown on accounts powered by software “bots” which can artificially amplify a person or cause and which have been accused of manipulating the social network during the 2016 US election. The San Francisco messaging platform said the move was …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | The staunchly anti-communist Billy Graham had a record of engaging with Communist leaders in Asia as he pursued his global evangelistic mission — most notably North Korea’s Kim Il Sung. Graham, the influential US pastor who died aged 99 on Wednesday, became one of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has stated that it is fundamental that the cost of transport, electricity and the internet is made affordable to boost development and attract investment to the East African region. Museveni warned that high electricity, transport and internet costs will not allow …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairperson of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health and Minister of State Health in the Republic of Uganda Sarah Opendi has said that the region is committed to eliminate HIV/AIDs and preventable maternal and child deaths by 2030. Opendi urged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Community Partner States will maintain high budgetary allocations geared towards financing infrastructure development within their national borders. Monica Azuba Ntege, Uganda’s Minister for Works and Transport, and the Chairperson of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers for Transport, Communications and Metereology has said …

Washington, United States | AFP | Reverend Billy Graham, the influential Southern preacher who became a spiritual advisor to several US presidents and millions of Americans via their television sets, died Wednesday. He was 99. The one-time backwoods minister who eventually became the world’s foremost Christian evangelist, spread a message …