ANALYSIS | Endalcachew Bayeh, a political scholar, lecturer, and researcher at Bahir Dar University with a focus on the Horn of Africa, sets out the risks of new proxy wars and the path to de-escalation since Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and …

Can it support Palestine while supplying Israel with coal? ANALYSIS | SURAYA DADOO | Despite having taken Israel to the International Court of Justice over genocide, South Africa is now the country’s main coal supplier after Russia. Since 1994, South Africa’s criticism of Israel’s occupation of Palestine has been unwavering and …

The need to sell tickets beyond Nairobi might incline the Indian carriers to engage Uganda Airlines as a partner for onward lift ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Nairobi is fast emerging as a mini-hub in the Africa-Asia connector market, as several airlines launch flights to East Africa’s business hub.   Air India, …

Will the Electoral Commission again plead time if it fails to ensure that these citizens register to vote in 2026? COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | Uganda has a global and regional obligation to fulfil the right to political participation for its citizens under Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil …

African brands must focus on visibility, accessibility, and quality improvement Kampala, Uganda | PATICIA AKANKWATSA | Sixty-five percent of Ugandans have confidence in their local brands, but only 35% consume them, according to the latest Brand Africa survey, highlighting a significant gap between trust and purchase behavior. This pattern mirrors broader …

  Changes to the bacterial composition of the mouth can be caused by several factors, such as bad oral hygiene, diet COMMENT | Yvonne Prince, Glenda Mary Davison & Tandi Matsha-Erasmus | A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 8 million people die annually from smoking related complications. Despite …

This comes as more than 75% of the country’s population is under the age of 30 and a high youth unemployment rate Kampala, Uganda | PATICIA AKANKWATSA | MTN Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of MTN Uganda, has announced the second cohort of its MTN Ace Skilling Initiative. 154 talented …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) have been urged to adopt digitalization to improve operational efficiency and attract financial support. This call was made during the launch of a training program for SACCO leaders from the Kampala Metropolitan districts at the Stanbic Incubator offices in Kololo. …

  INTERVIEW: TEN questions for the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, (UPDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba ***** THE INDEPENDENT: Briefly tell us about the role of the office of the UPDF Chief of Defense Forces as you see it? CDF MUHOOZI: The job of the CDF …

Western observers have treated inequality as a domestic issue but this framing often overlooks the plight of hundreds of millions of impoverished people around the world COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate …