Rome, Italy | Xinhua | After 30 years on the run, notorious mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in Sicily, the Italian authorities said on Monday. He was captured by the police at a private health clinic where he was receiving treatment in Sicilian capital Palermo. Messina Denaro, 60, is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is 16 days ever since the tragic New Year’s celebrations at Freedom City. However, there have been counter-accusations on who is to blame for the stampede that led to the death of 11 people. It is no longer news that police arrested and prosecuted …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A two-floor building still under construction at the Jinja city-based Speke Courts hotel collapsed on Monday night. Eyewitnesses say that the building collapsed at around 7pm while casual laborers were finalizing their day’s duty. Edward Musisi, a resident in the neighborhood says that they saw …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II has slammed officials at the cultural institution for failing the sixth edition of the annual Acholi Cultural Festival. The cultural institution had scheduled to hold the festival that brings in thousands of cultural enthusiasts, from 15-17 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament is adopting a new approach to the National Budget moving away from responding to the government’s propositions to developing a completely different alternative national budget, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP) Mathias Mpuuga has announced. Addressing members of the …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago District Local Government has planted over 60,000 seedlings in the first year of its campaign to reforest the district. Agago is among the districts in northern Uganda which have been hard hit by massive tree-cutting for commercial purposes. Cultural leaders estimate that at least …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale are hunting for unknown assailants who killed a private security guard and made off with his firearm. Rogers Taitika, the Elgon regional police spokesperson says that the incident occurred at around 08:35pm Sunday night at Choice and Choice Traders limited along Mbale-Kumi …

Gulu Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II has raised fears over the fast erosion of the Acholi dialect. Rwot Acana says the proficiency level of his subjects in speaking the Acholi language has greatly declined as many prefer foreign languages. While addressing journalists …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of residents who were displaced by the recent flooding of Lake Kijjanebarola in Rakai district are still stranded because of the government’s delays to deliver the much-needed relief support for their resettlement. Over 200 families in the parishes of Kigoto, Ntarure, Kanagisa, Kagaaga, …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned a deadly attack at a church in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), his spokesman said on Sunday. Citing preliminary reports, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman, said at least 12 civilians were killed and 50 others injured when …