While a severe credit crunch has been avoided, a short and shallow recession has become likely COMMENT | NOURIEL ROUBINI | There are currently four scenarios for the global economic outlook. Three of these entail potentially serious risks with far-reaching implications for markets. The most positive is a “soft landing,” where …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Women’s football team, the Crested Cranes will play Algeria in the first round of next year’s Total Energies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. According to the draws held on Thursday night at CAF Headquarters in Egypt, the winner between Uganda and Algeria …

What’s gone wrong with international intervention and what needs to be done domestically to end the conflict? COMMENT | FELIX MUKWIZA NDAHINDA | For 30 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from communal violence, armed conflict and insecurity. Diverse actors have tried to stop it but conflict has intensified, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmental activists and experts are calling for more inclusion of women in the fight against the effects of climate change. At the second Annual Women in Climate Change Conference held at the Makerere University Business School on Thursday, activists noted that the isolation of women …

Curriculums preparing for the brave new normal need to shift away from rote learning and prioritise creativity COMMENT | CHRISTOPHER BURKE | Education around the world has undergone profound change over the past few years, driven by exponential developments in technology and communications. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated these changes, notably …

Kampala, Uganda | ALI MONZER | Does your business have a sustainability plan with respect to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles? If not, it’s time to come up with one. From business in the telecom sector to banking and from manufacturing to aviation, ESG is taking centre stage as the …

  Why the framework of our civilisation shouldn’t be premised on the destruction of the planet COMMENT | NNIMMO BASSEY | The struggle for environmental justice in Africa is complex and broad. It is the continuation of the fight for the liberation of the continent and for socio-ecological transformation. It is …

But Putin has never looked weaker and more vulnerable to the Kremlin’s powerful elites uniting against him COMMENT | MATTHEW SUSSEX | It is increasingly clear that a rattled Vladimir Putin’s political end is approaching. All that really matters now is whether it comes sooner or later. Having appeared on national …

Together with social isolation, they rare associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | A new study confirms an association between social isolation, loneliness, and mortality. The authors investigated how the two phenomena were linked to all-cause deaths and deaths from cardiovascular disease and breast cancer. …

Who’s behind it and how it could be controlled Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news. In March 2023, a Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical middleman were found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot after they brought …