TotalEnergies has unveiled a biodiversity program in Tilenga development area Hoima, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | TotalEnergies EP Uganda will ensure that all the different kinds of life in its project area is well protected amid the ongoing oil and gas developments in the country’s pristine environment, according to its …
Read More »Time for EAC Standby Force
Why should regional armies cooperate everywhere but on battlefield? COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The 12th East African Armed Forces Field Training Exercise that took place in Jinja, eastern Uganda is a symbol of the resolve East African states have towards joint regional security matters. The two week exercise …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Time for EAC standby force
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Time for EAC Standby Force: Why should regional armies cooperate everywhere but on battlefield? THE LAST WORD How to broaden political appeal: Lessons for Uganda’s opposition from the repositioning of the National Front, …
Read More »Matt Kayem: Fraud or Creative Genius
The artist pays tribute to luminary Black African scholars and activists like Cheikh Anta Diop, Franz Fanon and Dr. Henri Clarke in his work | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Stuck Traveller was a conceptual, quite hypnotic installation that featured in the Kampala Art Biennale 2016 exhibition, that introduced the artist, Matt …
Read More »Why are some painkillers less effective in females?
| THE INDEPENDENT | Male and female bodies are physiologically different in more than one way — from hormone levels to molecular processes. While they may feel similar levels of pain, differing underlying biological processes mean that the same treatment may not work for both. Researchers have been investigating whether …
Read More »The fight to control malaria
Artificial light may become a new weapon | BERNARD COETZEE | The world has not yet won the war against malaria. While the total number of cases has declined from about 81.1 cases per 1,000 population to 59 per 1,000 since 2000, there were still an estimated 240 million cases …
Read More »European Union, IFU becomes new aBi Finance shareholders
The two new shareholders invests an additional US$9million in the company to support businesses | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 2, the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and the European Union (EU) were onboarded as new shareholders of aBi Finance Ltd. The EU will be investing $8.7m …
Read More »Easing food price hikes in east and southern Africa
The COMESA Competition Commission working together with national competition authorities, has the central role to play | GRACE NSOMBA AND SIMON ROBERTS | Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in east and southern Africa are getting a raw deal. To succeed they need fair and integrated regional markets. Research by …
Read More »Sierra Leone picks lessons from Uganda’s success in South-South Cooperation
The West African country is the sixth country to visit Uganda to benchmark on SSC success | THE INDEPENDENT | The Sierra Leonean government has lauded Uganda and FAO for championing the South- South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) framework, through which Uganda has registered milestones in agricultural production. Following a …
Read More »The ‘Muhoozi Project’
Testing the water or preparing the ground? SPECIAL FEATURE | KRISTOF TITECA | DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA | A particularly intense and visible campaign has been taking place in Uganda over the last few months to promote Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba – President Yoweri Museveni’s son – as the president’s successor. This …
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