SEOUL, South Korea | Xinhua | With 204 in favor and 85 against, South Korea’s parliament on Saturday passed the second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol, after the first impeachment motion was dropped a week earlier as the ruling party lawmakers boycotted it. After the motion was passed, an …
Read More »Refactory Academy graduates 89 in tech skills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Refactory Academy has graduated 89 students in its flagship tech programme. Refactory is Uganda’s leading software development academy, bridging the gap between education and industry. Over the past five years, it has trained approximately 700 young professionals. The 89 graduates underwent an intensive six-month training …
Read More »Bukedi NRM party leaders protest delayed payment
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukedi sub-region ruling NRM party top leaders have raised concern about the delayed payment of their arrears. During the NRM Electoral process engagement meeting presided over by Dr Tanga Odoi, the NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson at Butaleja Technical Institute on Friday, the leaders led by …
Read More »Media urged to prioritize road behaviour change stories
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Road safety experts and activists have asked newsroom editors to prioritize stories that can cause road behaviour change in order to curb the ever-increasing fatalities and injuries. Road safety experts and advocates under their umbrella body Road Safety Advocacy Coalition Uganda (ROSACU) said many times …
Read More »Why ICC scheduled Kony’s confirmation of charges hearing in 2025
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has scheduled September 9, 2025, as the date for the commencement of the confirmation of charges hearing against fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony. The hearing will be held in the absence of …
Read More »Karamoja leaders demand release of convicted warriors
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the Karamoja sub-region have demanded amnesty for the convicted warriors serving their sentences in different prisons across the country. Over 4000 Karamojong warriors arrested during Usalama Kwa Yote operations have been convicted of various offenses ranging from illegal possession of firearms to murder, …
Read More »Kyabazinga appointed as UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador to end teenage pregnancy
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyabazinga of Busoga, Willliam Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV, has been appointed the National UN Goodwill Ambassador to end teenage pregnancy in the Busoga Sub-region and Uganda. The appointment means that Nadiope will be the voice, face and ambassador of a campaign aimed at ending …
Read More »Frank Nabwiso dead
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDETN | Forum for Democratic Change-FDC’s strong man, Frank Nabwiso has died. He died on Saturday at Mukono Church of Uganda Hospital. Family sources said that Nabwiso has been bedridden for over one month and has been since out of public life. Dr Nabwiso served as the …
Read More »Relocated Bulambuli residents want to return to their original homes
Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the people who were relocated from disaster-prone areas such as Buluganya, Sotti, and Bumasobo in Bulambuli district to the Bunambutye government resettlement area after last month’s devastating landslide, which claimed over 100 lives, are now requesting to return to their original homes. In …
Read More »Yemen’s Houthis claim launching new drone attacks against Israel
SANAA, Yemen | Xinhua | Yemen’s Houthi group said in a statement on Friday that they had launched multiple drone attacks targeting “Israeli targets.” “We carried out two military operations, the first of which targeted a military target in the occupied Ashkelon city, while the second targeted a target in the …
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