Questions linger in Arua Diocese over Fr. Angelo Matua’s death
Christians Paying Last Respect to Late Fr. Angelo Matua on Tuesday.Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death of Rev. Fr. Angelo Matua of Arua Catholic Diocese has stirre...
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BIG STORY! Former MUST Guild Presidents Are Getting Married To Each Other And It Is The Most Campus Love Story You Will Hear This Year
Every election season at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), students paste manifestos on walls, shake hands in corridors, and make bold promises about w...
Iran holds public funeral for 84 crew killed in destroyer Dena sinking
Tehran held a public farewell ceremony on March 17 for 84 crew members killed aboard the Iranian navy destroyer Dena, with their remains displayed at 34 locations across...
Uganda’s Public Debt Hits Record UGX 130 Trillion as Domestic Borrowing Surge Raises Alarm
KAMPALA – Uganda’s public debt has surged to a record US$34.86 billion (UGX 130.84 trillion) as of December 2025, piling fresh pressure on the government’s fiscal m...
DR Congo: Islamic State-linked Fighters Attack Army, Mining Site in Bunia
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Suspected fighters linked to Islamic State attacked Congolese army positions and a mining site in northeastern Democratic Republic of...
Over 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion seized across Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion have been seized across Uganda over the past five years in operations aim...
Africa’s one-dose cure brings sleeping sickness elimination within reach
SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s long battle against sleeping sickness may be approaching its final chapter as a new single-dose therapy gains international regu...
CORRUPTION AS USUAL: Questions Raised Over Speaker Anita Among’s Alleged Ugx 500 Million Salary and Expanding Power in Parliament.
Debate is intensifying within Uganda’s political circles over the growing influence of the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, as discussions about the future leadershi...
Middle East War: Uganda Fuel Prices Stay Below Europe
Kampala — Uganda’s fuel prices remain significantly lower than those in Europe despite rising geopolitical tensions affecting global oil markets, with officials attri...
UPC’s Jimmy Akena Rejects Lumu’s Administration of Parliament Amendment Bill
Jimmy Akena Obote, President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), has firmly rejected the controversial Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024, describin...