KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations (UN) has launched an appeal to raise 11.2 million dollars to fund national response efforts against the Ebola Virus disease, which was detected in Uganda in January 2025. While the Health Ministry officials had announced on February 18 that the country …

TEL AVIV | TASS | Israel’s new Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has said that 2025 will a year of war focused on the Gaza Strip and Iran, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to the newspaper, Zamir told the high command that other fronts will be in focus of attention as well. …

WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | Many European leaders seek endless war, US entrepreneur and Head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk said. “They want forever war. How many more parents with no sons? How many more children with no fathers? By their logic, it never …

JINJA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Shakur Ssentongo, the National Unity Platform-NUP mobilizer in Jinja City, is missing after he was reportedly arrested by unknown people on Wednesday. Ssentongo was arrested in his shop located in Bugembe Agaliawamu market, in the Northern division.  Ssentongo is known for selling red berets, overalls, …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov compared statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron to those of Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte. “Unlike his predecessors, who also sought to fight with Russia — Napoleon, Hitler — Mr. Macron does not act very diplomatically,” he said at …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kenyan Ambassador to Uganda, Joash Maangi, is set to meet with Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba to address concerns over a recent article published by Kenya’s Standard newspaper. The ambassador disclosed this during an event he co-hosted on Wednesday evening …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of the Bardege-Layibi and Pece-Laroo Division in Gulu City are demanding urgent action from local authorities and the government to rehabilitate a deteriorating and dusty eight-kilometer road. The road which starts from Kabedo opong A Cell and Iriaga Bwona Gweno cell in the …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The spillway defects at Isimba Dam will be subjected to a Physical Model Test (PMT) in China to determine the root cause of the structural issues and whether a third spillway is required, the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has resolved. The …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has suspended clearance of goods crossing to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) via borders affected by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels insurgency. When M23 rebels captured the Uganda-DR Congo border of Bunagana, URA and Immigration services …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of residents in Kawempe North is raising concerns over the high property taxes imposed by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), urging contesting candidates in the forthcoming by-elections to address this pressing issue. The residents, particularly from Mpererwe, are dissatisfied with the …