Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have stepped up the search for five-year-old, Shafic Ssemambo, who was kidnapped from her parent’s home in Namulesa ward in Jinja City Northern division on Saturday last week. The suspected kidnapper left behind a letter instructing Ssemambo’s parents to pay them a ransom of 28 …

IGG case collapses in court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has acquitted the former Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines Cornwell Muleya on  charges of disobedience of  lawful orders by the Inspectorate of Government  requiring him to record a statement  on matters related corruption. …

Kerosene lamps are being extinguished all over Africa as off-grid solar services using mobile payments – and the offer of home appliances – deliver affordable clean energy solutions. Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD AGENCY | A bulb, a charging port, a solar panel and a small fee paid via mobile phone …

  In Rwanda’s case, here was a man (Kagame) willing to impose harsh discipline on his lieutenants. They were willing to accept it because the alternative of living forever as refugees was not appealing to most of them THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | Post genocide Rwanda is …

New York, US | Xinhua |  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern over the resumption of hostilities since Oct. 20 between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the March 23 Movement (M23), said his spokesman on Sunday. Noting that the conflict has resulted in …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Province of the Church of Uganda Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has raised concern over the massive land grabbing and encroachment on Church land across the country. Dr Kaziimba says that a chunk of the Church land has been encroached on …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bukwo LC Chairperson, Julius Moses Chelimo spent Sunday night in police custody. He was picked up by the police crime intelligence unit on Sunday from his home in Bukwo district, according to Uganda Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga. According to Enanga, police swung into action …

Archbishop Ssemogerere Formally Vested with The Pallium Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | His Grace Dr Paul Ssemogerere has been formally vested with a pallium, which symbolizes pastoral and judicial powers bestowed upon him by the Pope, to be exercised in Kampala Archdiocese and the central ecclesiastical province. The ritual of …

Former president Lula da Silva wins second round of Brazil’s presidential elections Brasilia, Brazil | Xinhua | Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party won the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, thereby setting to serve a third four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023. …

African states are hoping to turn debt into climate action as they seek innovative financing solutions that include a push to restructure their sovereign debts to support climate adaptation and conservation projects Cairo, Egypt | BIRD AGENCY | Leaders of 58 countries vulnerable to climate change – including a group of …