In Uganda, things aren’t good at all following leaked information showing that several directors and Authority members of Uganda national drug authority (NDA) are on the verge of being arrested over willful refusal to obey lawful orders and directives issued by the country’s inspector general
TEHRAN — Iran confirmed Sunday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed early Saturday at his office while “performing his assigned duties,” according to state-linked Fars and Tasnim news agencies, marking the most consequential leadership shock in the Islamic Republic’s 47-y
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force contingent serving under the United Nations Guard Unit in Somalia has marked a change of command, with Lt Col Peter Barigye handing over leadership of UNGU XI to Lt Col Nathan Akankunda, the incoming commander of UNGU XII.The handover ceremony was presid
MufumbiroThe opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy Spokesperson, Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, has been charged with murder, adding to the list of offences he faces before the Kanyanya Magistrates Court.Mufumbiro, who is among dozens of NUP members and supporters currently on rem
Juliana LumumbaKINSHASA – The Democratic Republic of Congo has nominated businesswoman and former minister Juliana Amato Lumumba as its candidate for Secretary-General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), setting up a potential contest with Rwanda’s incumbent Lo
Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa sign deal with Kenya to participate in the upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC)Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New details have emerged about Uganda’s participation in the Kenya Pipeline Co
Grief engulfed mourners in Omunkole, Kamwezi Sub-county, in Rukiga District as Sarah Ayebare and her young child, Salson Niwagaba, were laid to rest following Monday’s deadly shooting at Kiboga Prison.The shooting also claimed the lives of prison warders Hope Catherine and Bright Akishur
The Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, Yunus Kakande.The Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, Yunus Kakande, has admitted that unidentified security operatives took control of the electoral process in Ssembabule during the January general elections after bot
UPDF is conducting operations against ADF in eastern DRCGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo – Joint Ugandan and Congolese forces have struck a camp belonging to suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing several fighters, freeing capti
It was a tense May evening in 2011 at State House Entebbe. Just days after his grand swearing-in ceremony at Kololo, Uganda’s long-serving leader, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, sat down for his first major interview. The gardens were glowing under floodlights, but politically, the atmosphere was anyt
