Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused the release of the Donald Trump administration records sought by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, one day before some of the records were due to be transferred from the National Archives. A …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversy emerged in the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council, following a proposal by the City Executive Committee for the establishment of a Lord Mayor’s forest. According to the proposal, the Kampala District Land Board had been tasked to identify at least three acres of land …

De Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa and key actor in the country’s transition to democracy, has died Cape Town, South Africa | Xinhua | The presiding officers of the parliament of South Africa on Thursday extended their condolences to the family of South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday issued a constitutional decree forming a transitional Sovereign Council, headed by himself, Sudan TV reported. The decree stipulated naming Al-Burhan as Chairman of the Sovereign Council, and Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daqlu as deputy chairman. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports says it cannot provide financial support to private education institutions that have been hit hard by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meeting Members of Parliament on the Education Committee on Thursday, the Commissioner Private Schools at the Ministry, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 acres of land have been appropriated to the government of India to construct a Mahatma Gandhi centre in Entebbe and a cultural center in Jinja city. Speaking to journalists in Kampala following his meeting with Shri Muraleedharan, the Indian State Minister for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council has passed a Shillings 441.79 billion budget for the financial year 2022/2023, but leaders are still unhappy about the meager allocations. The Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration, John Ssebuwufu presented the budget before the council highlighting key items …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission is considering regional recruitment of teachers. Unlike in the primary sub-sector where the recruitment process was decentralized with school staff employed to work in a specific district, deployment of staff in secondary schools is centralized and a teacher can be appointed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, has spoken out on the President’s warning to MPs that have made allegations of corruption against the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero. Presiding over the plenary sitting on Thursday, 11 November 2021, Oulanyah said the President’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have summoned the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) over the sale of Nsambya and Port Bell land belonging to Uganda Railways Corporation. The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterpsrise (COSASE) chaired by Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi was on Thursday meeting …