Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cooperatives in Uganda are in need of a new law to protect and make them more efficient, according to Ivan Asiimwe, the secretary general of Uganda Cooperative Alliance. Asiimwe, who was speaking during the  UCA’s 50th Annual General Meeting held at Grand Imperial Hotel on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Ugandans continue to use Uber as one means of transport, their counterparts in London, UK where the transport mode is popular are not sure of whether the service will be available in the near future. On Sept. 22, BBC reported that Uber would not …

FRESHLANE, an initiative working to empower young people socially and economically, will on Sunday October 1 host the Break-Fast Jam 2017 Central Uganda eliminations at Sharing Youth Centre Nsambya on Ggabba road, Kampala from 3pm. The eliminations will feature competitions in breakdance  and also showcases and performances of rap, dance and …

Magnificent 7s – Germany drinks to Oktoberfest rugby boost Munich, Germany | AFP |  Australia hammered Olympic champions Fiji 40-7 to win the inaugural ‘Oktoberfest 7s’ in Munich on Saturday as Germany finished fifth in hosting the country’s first major international rugby tournament. A young Australian side brushed past the …

  Day 1 Africa Zone5 Champs 2017 APR 45  ?? KCCA 57  ?? Hawassa  43 Patriots 110 KPA 108  Gondar 35 UCU 108 Horseed 42 Equity 70 Don Bosco 48 City Oil 93 Savio 46 Power 87 ABC 55 Men GROUP A – City Oil – Uganda; Patriots – Rwanda; Savio – Tanzania; Hawassa …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP |  Turkey inaugurated on Saturday the largest foreign-run military training centre in Somalia, where local troops are due to take over the protection of a nation threatened by Shabaab Islamist attacks. Somalia’s fragile government and institutions, including its national army, are backed by the African Union’s …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, is expected to be released from prison as early as Monday after nine years behind bars for armed robbery. Simpson, 70, plans to relocate to Florida following his …

At least 11 dead as DR Congo army plane crashes Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | A transport plane chartered by the Congolese army crashed near Kinshasa on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, military and airport sources told AFP. The Antonov transporter had just taken off with “several dozen …

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s annual headline inflation for the year ending September 2017 increased from 5.2% to 5.3% in the year ended August 2017, according to official numbers released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) on Sept.29. Officials said the increase was attributed to a rise in …

Gaborone, Botswana | AFP |  A court in Botswana on Friday ruled that a transgender man who has been identified as a woman since birth should be allowed to change gender on his identity document, his lawyers said. The court in the southern town of Lobatse ordered the country’s registrar …