Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A tourist has died, and five others are nursing injuries they sustained in a motor accident along the Buhoma-Butogota-Kanungu road in Kanungu district on Monday morning. The tourists were returning from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park after gorilla tracking. Michael Kananura, the Public Relations Officer for …

TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 Final Draw Group C 1. Nigeria 🇳🇬 2. Tunisia 🇹🇳 3. Uganda 🇺🇬 4. Tanzania 🇹🇿 Rabat, Morocco | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes have been handed a tough draw on their return to the Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON). Former champions Nigeria and Tunisia will stand …

Gov’t Discusses Filling Void as Offices Close Following USAID’s Funding Pause Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) will take off this week to examine critical areas, which will need prompt intervention by the government following the suspension of funding by the United States Agency for …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced the capture of Goma city in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma in the early hours of Monday morning followed fierce fighting between the rebels and the Armed Forces of …

GAZA | Xinhua |  Hamas on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan. In a press statement, Hamas described the plan as an “aggressive scheme” aimed at displacing Palestinians and undermining their national cause. Hamas said that the Palestinian …

  “At this crucial stage, the State of Palestine stresses the need to focus on sustaining the ceasefire, continuing humanitarian aid, facilitating the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes,” Palestinian president’s administration said RABAT | TASS | Palestine’s authorities have called on US President Donald Trump to continue efforts …

SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korea’s prosecution indicted arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol on an insurrection charge, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday. Yoon was put on trial in custody as the suspected ringleader of insurrection, becoming the country’s first incumbent president to be formally arrested and indicted. Yoon was accused …

China already engages in espionage on an industrial scale. On January 14, the FBI announced that malware from Mustang Panda, a Chinese government-backed hacker group, had infected thousands of computers, stealing sensitive security information. COMMENT | TODD G. BUCHHOLZ | When the US president, Congress, and Supreme Court are all in a tizzy …

WASHINGTON | TASS | US Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted spending Friday on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine, Politico wrote. The guidance provided to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue …

Since the pandemic, many major economies like the United Kingdom have tightened restrictions on visas. Migrant health care workers from Zimbabwe struggle as they must live apart from their children and spouses Harare, Zimbabwe | Gamuchirai Masiyiwa Global Press Journal Uganda |   When Tanya moved to Ireland for care work in 2022, she …