ARTICLES 2008-2015

New research boosts search for cure for HIV/AIDS Fresh data from several small trials presented at an AIDS conference on July 3 provides encouraging news in the quest for a cure for HIV, scientists said. Giving an update in an eagerly-followed trial, researchers said an HIV-positive infant in Mississippi who …

U.S. President’s eight day trip around Africa fails to say much about what America wants and what his hosts gained What does Africa have that America could want? It seems that is a question not even Barack Obama, on his first extended trip to the continent since becoming American president …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the U.S. should reflect on its historical experience and let the secularists and Islamists forge their own path Events in Egypt over the last week have been both disappointing and illuminating. Disappointing because a democratically elected government was overthrown by the military supported by a …

By Joseph E.Stiglitz The two proposed new free-trade areas are designed to maintain special interests that dominate trade policy in the west Though nothing has come of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations since they were launched almost a dozen years ago, another round of …

By Henry Zakumumpa Ugandan cultural expressions are being ‘stolen’, repackaged and sold It was October 2010. President Yoweri Museveni was locked in a presidential election contest with Dr Kizza Besigye. A decisive blow, an event, an endorsement was needed by either camps to turn the tide. Then came the idea …

By Agengella Abushedde But can caregivers raise the new money needed to implement them? News that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that antiretroviral therapy (ART) be given to HIV patients earlier has been welcomed by patients, medical personnel, and HIV/Aids activists. WHO based its recommendation on evidence that …

By Agengella Abushedde Mulago hospital struggles to treat survivors About 40 people are feared to have died in a fire believed to have started when a fuel tanker and van were involved in an accident at Namungoona on the Northern Bypass road. Many more people sustained burns and other injuries. …

By Haggai Matsiko FDC leaders face tough choices on Muntu On May 8, a top ring of supporters of Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President held a very special meeting at an undisclosed place in Kampala. The meeting was exclusive to strictly top Muntu supporters because …

By Julius Businge The Uganda shilling appreciated during the week that ended July 5 to trade 2575/85 from 2590/00 per US dollar after policy makers maintained the key lending rate at 11% citing inflationary pressures. Traders said the market saw good dollar selling interest before energy and manufacturing sub-sectors’ demand squared off …

By Stephen Kafeero Details of fake cheques, a Shs 46 billion overpayment, and danger to HIV patients One person dies every 60 minutes in Uganda of HIV/AIDS related complications, according to estimates by the American-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which places annual deaths at 64,000. Some of these …