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The reasons for the charm offensive aren’t pretty | JOSEPH SIEGLE | Russia is the source of less than 1% of the foreign direct investment into Africa. Substantively, then, Russia brings little to the continent. But the fact that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a high-profile trip to Africa …

Museveni shrugs off US-Russia enmity Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Affairs minister, wrapped up a four country Africa tour and Uganda was always going to be a key stopover for the long serving Lavrov. It was the first time someone at the level of Foreign …

Why the cooperation agreement between NRM and DP should form the example in the evolution of our democracy THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The cooperation agreement between NRM and DP is an important political innovation in our country’s politics. Uganda needs this kind of cooperation between competing …

President Yoweri Museveni has once again said Ugandans need to shift to electric vehicles. COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | In a televised address on July 20, the President said shifting to electric vehicles is one of the long lasting solutions Uganda needs to adapt to cope with the current …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni’s electric buses and cars: The dreams versus reality THE LAST WORD In admiration of Nobert Mao: Why the cooperation agreement between NRM and DP should form the example in the evolution of …

Transition from Electroplating to Hot Dip Galvanization technology for steel wires hurts industry COMMENT | SOLOMON A. MUTAGAYA | The East African Standards are prepared by the East African Standards Committee (EASC) that was established in accordance with the East African Community Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act., 2006. …

Here’s why, and how to fix what is driving it up based on what is being experienced in Kenya COMMENT | XN IRAKI | Inflation has hit many countries recently, from the United States to Sri Lanka. In Kenya, too, the rising prices of basic commodities have left most citizens …

And you really can also die of happiness | ADAM TAYLOR | Dying of a broken heart was just a figure of speech until 2002 when Dr Hikaru Sato and colleagues at Hiroshima City Hospital described it in a study. Sato named the condition takotsubo cardiomyopathy. It was quickly dubbed …

Survey aims to document unusual periods post-vaccine | JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL | Kathryn Clancy got her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021 and 10 days later found herself sitting uncomfortably in a work Zoom meeting during one of the heaviest periods she’d experienced. “I had what’s often called …

The branch will facilitate the financing of trade and investment transactions between the Middle East and Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | United Bank for Africa Group has extended its operations to the United Arab Emirates with the official opening of its new branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). …