COMMENT | STEPHEN SACKUR | Today BBC News has announced plans to close @BBCHARDtalk after three decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC and all who believe in the importance of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of Makerere University staff have called on their members to persist with the strike that began last week, sparked by the university’s failure to align their salaries with those of staff at other public universities. The leaders of the Makerere University Academic Staff …

Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Both Uganda Cranes and South Africa have an opportunity to secure their places in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) if they win their upcoming matches against South Sudan and Congo Brazzaville, respectively, on Tuesday. Currently, the two teams lead Group K with …

Uganda Breweries Limited announces sustainability partners for 2024 Bell ObaFest Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coca Cola, the hydration partner and transportation partner Safe Boda, will join Uganda Breweries – through its flagship beer Bell Lager –  to co-organize the second edition of the Bell ObaFest. The ObaFest is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded the Kampala District Land Board Chairperson, David Balondemu, on charges of forgery involving medical documents. Balondemu, who was arrested over the weekend at the airport upon his return to the country, is jointly charged with Mulago …

NAIROBI | Xinhua |  At the Karatina market in Nyeri County, central Kenya, Samuel Mutua and his team start their day early, collecting and sorting garbage into organic and inorganic waste. Although Karatina is classified as a green market, it generates both types of waste due to the wide variety …

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Old bridge was built in 1959 and needs to be replaced   Pakwach, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME  |  The Uganda National Roads Authority UNRA is planning to build a temporary bridge at Pakwach to replace the current one that has existed since 1959. The old bridge is cranky and is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is negotiating a new internet cable route through Tanzania. This initiative, which is part of the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP), was revealed by Ambassador Patrick Kabonero, Uganda’s NCIP coordinator, during the 14th Finance and Private Sector Participation Summit held in Kampala. “Currently, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of Uganda’s leg of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will finally start next month,  eight years after its launch in Kampala by East African Presidents. Uganda has signed a landmark $3bn (£2.3bn) contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 272km …