Discontinuing its independent, third-party, fact-checking program doesn’t bode well for fight against misinformation COMMENT | NED WATT & OTHERS | Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who …
Read More »UIA seeks Shs173.9bn for FY2025/26 to drive industrialization
The country’s investment promotion agency licensed 426 planned investment projects valued at Shs9.63tn in the FY 2023/24 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is seeking Shs173.9billion for the Financial Year 2025/2026 to cover wage and non-wage expenditures, with the bulk of the money, Shs161.5billion in already …
Read More »2024: Year global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone
A new report confirms that all continents except Australasia and Antarctica experienced their hottest year on record ANALYSIS | MATTHEW WRIGHT, NCHOLAS LEACH & SHRIN ERMIS | The earth’s climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A year-long drought …
Read More »US, China back on a collision course
Trump likely to decouple the world’s most important geopolitical relationship and increase risk of global disruption COMMENT | IAN BREMMER | Donald Trump’s return to the White House will almost certainly trigger an unmanaged decoupling of the world’s most important geopolitical relationship, increasing the risk of global economic disruption and crisis. …
Read More »Patients detained, denied care at hospitals funded by World Bank
Billions of taxpayer dollars invested in for-profit facilities from Africa to Asia were supposed to improve access to healthcare. But stories of abuses have piled up ANALYSIS | GAVIN FINCH, KENDALL TAGGART & DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI | The 1-year-old was with her pregnant mother at a maternity clinic when the convulsing started. A …
Read More »Elon Musk versus the rest of Maga
The clash between right-wing nativists and big tech titans could be where the big splits among Trumpians happens COMMENT | THOMAS GIFT | The angry debate over U.S. visas and foreign workers that erupted over the holidays has exposed splits within Donald Trump’s Maga supporters on immigration policy. The fiery words …
Read More »Military courts martial
Why have they become a popular tool of repression? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The military court martial of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) that sits at Makindye in Kampala City has gained international notoriety for trying civilians. International scrutiny of the court martial has intensified since it started …
Read More »UBL threshers boosting farmers’ income
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sorghum farmers in the Lango sub-region are experiencing significant improvements in productivity and income thanks to threshers donated by Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL). During a recent engagement with UBL officials in Lira East, farmers expressed appreciation for the machines, noting that they have greatly reduced …
Read More »Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga|
25 YEARS: 1999-2024 ART | GORRETH NAGGANJA | Artist Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga is something of a controversialist, not one to shy away from expressing his opinion. His colourful exhibition at Afriart Gallery is filled with thought provoking multiple media on canvas. In realistic and semi-abstract forms, he explores a spectrum of …
Read More »California fires
Many watched in shock on television as their homes burned ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Since fires first began popping up around a densely populated, 25-mile (40-kilometer) expanse north of downtown Los Angeles on Jan.07, they have burned more than 12,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and …
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