Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa and the country’s ruling party African National Congress (ANC), on Tuesday urged all elected members of the ANC to serve the country and take all necessary steps to put a stop to corruption and patronage. “Our discussions at the ANC …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government-IG plans to display a list of corrupt public officials in two months arising from its investigation processes. The list includes officials who have failed to implement recommendations from the Inspectorate of government, or the court rulings arising from corruption and abuse …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet’s decision to start a human rights sub-committee has riled the Uganda Human Rights Commission chairperson, Mariam Wangadya. She criticizes the decision as an attempt by the Cabinet to usurp the mandate of the Commission, which was established under the 1995 Constitution. The decision …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Amazon, the world’s biggest retailer, has committed to making changes to its practices on its e-commerce marketplace in response to the European Commission’s competition concerns, Margrethe Vestager, the Commission’s executive vice president, said on Tuesday. Vestager, who is also the European commissioner for competition, said in …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the town clerk, Godfrey Kisekka, and his deputy, Luboyera Majerani over unpaid hotel bills resulting from the purported committee sittings. The committee members are led by Richard Nsanga, as chairperson. The other members are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking additional information from victims of former Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel commander, Dominic Ongwen in a build-up to the reparation processes. The presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt last week instructed the court’s registry to conduct a …

United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, till Dec. 20, 2023. Resolution 2666 decides that the authorized troop ceiling of the mission, known …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF and the police Anti-Stock Theft Unit-ASTU, have recaptured 41 of the inmates who had escaped from Moroto prison. At least 224 inmates escaped from Moroto government prison in September 2020, and went with 14 guns belonging to prison warders and …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 100 million on Tuesday, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. U.S. COVID-19 case count rose to 100,002,248, with a total of 1,088,218 deaths, as of 5:21 p.m. Eastern Time (2221 GMT), showed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, has said that the Church House debt now stands at 15 billion Shillings. Kaziimba made the report while delivering his Christmas message at Namirembe. ‘We launched a campaign and this campaign has …