China should focus more on availing  more capital for African electrification projects and renewable energy technologies ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | China should now focus its economic engagement with Africa towards supporting the continent’s energy access and energy transition objectives, recommends a new study by Boston University’s Global Development Policy Centre …

Global scientists want farmers to cut back on livestock production in next 12 years Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For a long time, much of the political focus on climate change has been on the global energy transition. What is also needed, however, is a food transition – especially away …

INTERVIEW | RONALD MUSOKE | Ambassador Sung-soo Park of the Republic of Korea to Uganda talked to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about what both countries need to do to take their partnership to the next level. How would you describe Uganda to people who have never visited? I think the former …

Civil Society actors want Govt to rethink funding approach to tackle country’s emerging health security threats Kampala, Uganda |  RONALD MUSOKE | Four years since the Uganda government went on a borrowing spree in its response towards the COVID-19 pandemic, civil society actors insist the government must fully account for all the …

Promotes ‘One Health’ approach to engage frontline communities Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE  | Uganda has embraced the ‘One Health’ approach in order to be able to predict, prepare and effectively respond to public health challenges. Clovice Kankya, an Associate Professor at Makerere University says the “One Health approach” entails …

  NEWS ANALYSIS  | RONALD MUSOKE | When, in 2019, Georgette, a mother of four fled Lonalo-Lotsikpa, her village in the Ituri Province of northeastern DR Congo following a flair-up in conflict which left her husband dead, she hoped she would soon return to her home. Instead, it has been five …

Postpartum hemorrhage death largely ended in high-income settings NEWS ANALYSIS  | RONALD MUSOKE | The European Union (EU) has partnered with the African Union (AU) to fund a new project to accelerate access to life-saving medicines by pregnant women in five African countries including; Uganda. Each year, around the world, about …

AU has prioritized vaccine manufacturing for up to 22 diseases NEWS ANALYSIS  | RONALD MUSOKE | The European Union intends to support its partner, the African Union, in its ambitious goal of producing 60% of vaccines on the continent for African citizens by 2040, according to Jutta Urpilainen, the European Commissioner …

Catholic faithfuls continue to pray for former Tanzanian president’s sainthood Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | RONALD MUSOKE | On the morning of Feb.18, the African Union alongside the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) unveiled a commemorative statue of former Tanzanian President, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, during the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of …

President Lula launches charm offensive with recent visit of continent Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | RONALD MUSOKE | When it was the turn of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to speak during the recently held assembly of African leaders at the African Union in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa; he did …