The people of Gaza, Palestine, and the broader Middle East deserve a concerted international effort to establish a lasting peace. COMENT | Xinhua | As the world approaches the one-year mark of the latest Gaza conflict, the Middle East is spiraling into an alarming escalation of violence, with its nations …
Read More »COMMENT: Open advise to President William Ruto
COMMENT | Donald B Kipkorir | Your Excellency, I keep saying that I am proud we have known each other since 1992. And in our old age, we will both retire to Eldoret and be wheat and dairy farmers. Those surrounding you now met you the other day & will abandon …
Read More »Retirement saving is key in eradication of old-age poverty
Nearly 50% of orphaned children live with their grandparents COMMENT | LYDIA MIREMBE | Recently I was riding in a taxi, enduring Kampala’s evening traffic jam, as motorists and cyclists crisscrossed between lanes, taking advantage of every available space to pull forward. Suddenly I heard the driver of our taxi shouting …
Read More »UN Security Council: African states face hurdles and dangers in getting permanent seats
The emergence of a new world order produces stresses and strains COMMENT | ANTHONI VAN NIEUWKERK | There is growing global consensus among the members of the United Nations that the UN Security Council, responsible for maintaining international peace and security, requires reform or restructuring to reflect the current balance of …
Read More »The slow Mpox response is another pandemic wake-up call
The response to the current mpox outbreak in Central Africa suggests that we have not learned the lessons of COVID-19 COMMENT | NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA | It feels like a movie we have already seen. A new viral strain is killing people in some of the world’s poorest countries, and although vaccines against …
Read More »COMMENT: US sanctions on Ugandan police officers is hot air
How has the United States managed to get away with such duplicitous behaviour for so long? COMMENT | LEONARD RONALD EGESA | Reports just in indicate that the United States is imposing sanctions on four officers of the Uganda Police Force over accusations of involvement in gross human rights abuses. …
Read More »Museveni at 80: ‘Uganda: Starting Over’
COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | Luweero has its hold on President Yoweri Museveni – as the cradle, the Mecca, the Rome of the National Resistance Army (NRA) bush war which brought Museveni to power in 1986. Luweero has a special place in Museveni’s revolutionary heart and Uganda’s political history. Capturing the …
Read More »It is all about the people
COMMENT | Doreen A. Muhangazi | In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape worldwide, the caliber of Human Capital in any given organization has become pivotal to its success. Collectively, human Capital refers to the set of skills, knowledge and experience possessed by the Organization’s workforce, and these have since emerged as the …
Read More »Why Africa is set to become the world’s growth engine
The continent has natural resource wealth and great strength in its young, talented, growing population COMMENT | TOSIN ENIOLORUNDA | Tech innovations empower individuals, drive financial inclusion and foster economic resilience across the continent. Africa’s economic revival is real. Economic progress in Africa has seen various false dawns. Whether halted by tragic natural …
Read More »Africa’s climate-security agenda
Across Africa, effects of climate change are deepening gaps in access to food, water, and energy COMMENT | HAKAINDE HICHILEMA | With vast arable lands, rich reserves of critical minerals, and almost endless solar and wind power potential, Africa could practically be the world’s engine room. Many of its economies continue …
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