Nigeria 1 (4) South Africa 1 (2) 🇳🇬: ✅✅❌✅✅ 🇿🇦: ❌✅❌✅ Abidjan, Ivory Coast | THE INDEPENDENT |   The pressure is on for Nigeria as they seek football immortality in the AFCON 2023 final. The Super Eagles take on Cote d’Ivoire or DR Congo eying a fourth continental title on Sunday. …

  Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Education authorities in Luwero District have closed Luwero school for clinical officers for running without a license. The authorities led by the Luwero District Inspector of Schools, Yusuf Kamulegeya, on Monday delivered  a notice of closure dated 5th February 2024 to the administrators of the institution. In …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  C-Care IHK, a multispecialty hospital, has Feb.7 announced a strategic partnership with Busitema University aimed at enhancing healthcare education, particularly for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Anaesthesia program. Under the terms of this alliance, C-Care IHK will team up with Busitema University to …

Bukalasa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Lecturers at Bukalasa Agricultural College have called for a reevaluation of Uganda’s education system, emphasizing the need to break free from what they called a “Degree Syndrome” and focus more on Technical and Vocational Education and Training- TVET. Led by the Principal of Bukalasa …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba who have been rallying Ugandans politically under the MK Movement, have today relaunched as Patriotic League of Uganda, with the aim of setting a foundation for a political party that will contest national elections in future. The Patriotic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has expressed fear over the rising borrowing by the government from the local banking industry, saying it could team up with other factors to affect the growth of the economy. As of the end of June 2023, the government …

THE HAGUE | THE INDEPENDENT | Judge Julia Sebutinde from Uganda has been elected Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by her peers, for a term of three years. Earlier, Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam was Tuesday elected President of the ICJ.  Vice-President Sebutinde has been a Member of the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Two Civil Society Organizations and a lawyer Peter Gwayaka Magelah have petitioned the Constitutional Court in Kampala seeking an order to nullify 22 parliamentary seats some in new cities and municipalities. The CSOs are the Alliance for Finance Monitoring and the Walezi wa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Dog Kanyanya, the ringleader of a major Kisenyi criminal gang has succumbed to bullet wounds he sustained during police operations. Police were informed at around 9 am last Friday that pedestrians had been attacked by a gang of more than 12 members all armed …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | In a significant legal development, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday delivered a ruling denying Donald Trump broad immunity from federal prosecution. This ruling represents a notable setback for the former president, who is highly likely to …