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For Africa to feed its ever-growing population, govts must `listen to the soils’ ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa’s soils upon which millions of smallholder farmers depend to grow food are dying and need urgent revival if they are to continue supporting the continent’s most important economic activity: agriculture. That was …

Helicopters are more dangerous than planes ANALYSIS | SCOTT NEUMAN | The crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other top officials on May 19 was the latest high-profile deadly helicopter accident in recent years. For most people, the death of retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter …

The telecom company paid Shs1.1 trillion to URA in tax revenues compared to Shs 927bn in the previous year as a contribution to the country’s fiscal and economic development goals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda shareholder are set to earn a record dividend of Shs 403 billion for …

“L’État, c’est moi: The founders would be stunned that’s how an American president invokes power COMMENT | RICHARD K. SHERWIN | The drama starring former U.S. President Donald Trump that is now playing out in a New York City courtroom is more than just a criminal trial. It is a contest …

Uganda’s power cut as Kenya, DR Congo, S. Sudan spend more on armies COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2023 recorded the biggest percentage increase in military spending in the world, according to new data from SIPRI, the Sweden-based security think tank. DRC’s spending …

How there is an increasing reliance on war and sanctions as the main instruments of Western foreign policy THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Western nations are facing a foreign policy crisis. This is especially so with the United States and her poodle, the United Kingdom. Since 1991, they have increasingly …

Its adoption of an aggressive stance towards Congress over its forced sale legislation backfired COMMENT | NANCY QIAN | TikTok is now one of the biggest stories in business and geopolitics. U.S. President Joe Biden has just signed a law that will ban the massively popular app in nine months if …

Study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the income, …

It is the psychological and cultural trait that explains the identification of people with the Palestinians COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | These are crazy times. Biblical disturbances in nature, such as the repeated torrential rain in Dubai or the mass fish die-off in Vietnam’s overheated reservoir, seem to mirror our overheated …

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and other gig corporations are blessing for unscrupulous employment practices COMMENT | SANDEEP VAHEESAN | Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and other gig corporations are once again seeking the law’s blessing in the United States for their unscrupulous employment practices. Ahead of November’s election, these firms have proposed …