The Cranes will face a hostile crowd in Juba, with South Sudan eager to get revenge after their narrow defeat Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Uganda Cranes is gearing up for a crucial return leg against South Sudan’s Bright Stars in Juba on October 15, with hopes of …

Gachagua, a wealthy businessman from the vote-rich Mount Kenya region, battled previous corruption scandals to become Ruto’s running mate in a closely fought election in August 2022 ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | On Oct.08, Kenyan MPs did the unthinkable voting overwhelmingly in favour of removing the country’s deputy president over accusations of …

African countries’ large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa’s sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable debt burdens, restructuring negotiations with Western governments and multilateral institutions such as …

Africans are increasingly reliant on the small number of staple crops that dominate global agriculture, despite the nutritional and environmental benefits of indigenous crops such as millet, sorghum and  teff, COMMENT | AGNES KALIBATA & FOWLER | Africa’s food systems are facing myriad challenges, from climate shocks and low productivity …

Many women are forced into the industry because of poverty or because, like Kunguja, they’re single parents and must support their families ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she’s still struggling to regain clients, with fear …

With Haiti’s signature, 12 of the 15 CARICOM member states have now acceded to the Partnership Agreement, with nine of them concluding its ratification New York, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Haiti has become the 12th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to accede the partnership agreement between and among CARICOM countries …

The conference concluded with a strong emphasis on national content development, recommending that mining regulations incorporate strategies to boost Ugandan participation Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The urgent need for increased funding in Uganda’s mineral sector took center stage at the 13th Mineral Wealth Conference, held in Kampala from Oct.1-2. …

Stanbic Uganda Holdings Ltd, Centenary Bank, and Absa Bank Uganda accounted for 60% of the industry’s aggregate profit Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s supervised financial institutions including commercial banks, micro-deposit-taking institutions (MDIs), and credit institutions, recorded a combined profit of Shs1.4 trillion for the year ending June 2024, a …

The selected artworks in the exhibition Imparted Impressions depict the artist’s distinctive style of painting influenced by European modernist art making techniques but also a delicate sense of freedom in choice of material, composition and subject matter. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | To say that Lydia Mugambi is one of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | PostBank Uganda, committed to its mission of “Fostering Prosperity for Ugandans,” has disbursed the first tranche of the GROW Loan, amounting to Shs6 billion. The funds have been distributed to 353 women entrepreneurs as part of a project funded by the World Bank and implemented …