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Playing roulette with nation’s security COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | In the one year that Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been Chief of Defence Forces, he has become mainly known for playing Russian roulette on his X account—-sometimes raising heightened fear among opponents, engaging in light banter with the public, or …

She is dedicated to changing community behaviour HEALTH | AGENCIES | Sarah Naluyima is a dedicated community health worker at the forefront of Uganda’s Ebola outbreak response. For 15 years, Sarah has worked in her community, raising awareness about various health issues. Today, her focus is on preventing the spread of …

Where the `Leave No One Behind’ commitment is an unfulfilled promise rather than a transformative reality COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | The principle of “Leave No One Behind” is a global commitment to eradicate poverty, eliminate exclusion, and address inequalities hindering human potential. To achieve this, world leaders birthed the 17 …

His approach to weakening it could spell the end of the US dollar’s reign as the dominant international currency COMMENT | JEFFREY FRANKEL | In 1985, U.S. officials met with their counterparts from the other G5 countries at New York City’s Plaza Hotel to negotiate a coordinated intervention to bring down …

Trump palpably lost in their first direct diplomatic face-off as Putin showed he can effortlessly outmaneuver him COMMENT | NICK PATON WALSH | A “no” is not a “yes” when it is a “maybe,” a “probably not,” or an “only if.” This is the painfully predictable lesson the Trump administration’s first …

The great South African playwright captured what it means to be human OBITUARY | DENNIS WALDER | I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away on March 08, 2025. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him …

The RISE platform enables financial institutions to create demand for sustainable finance by turning societal, economic, and environmental challenges into transformational business opportunities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March 20, the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) launched the Reshaping Industries for a Sustainable Economy (RISE) Program, an initiative that is …

The report finds African governments impose average export tariffs of more than 13% on finished consumer goods, compared to under 4% for primary goods  ANALYSIS | JOHN BASQUILL |   Tariff structures in developing markets are holding back efforts to add value domestically and export finished goods, limiting firms’ access …

The government seeks to create 150,000 jobs for the youth Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | US based Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm, Helpware, has welcomed the government’s newly launched BPO policy, saying it will boost the country’s global competitiveness and attract foreign investment to the sector. The policy, developed by …

Sex workers have been twice victimised, first by the virus and then by the stigma, but advocates hope the government will prioritise their safety Kampala, Uganda | ESTHER NAKKAZI | When Brian Lubega, a 30-year old resident of Kawempe in Kampala, heard a radio announcement about mpox vaccine distribution in his …