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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 …

The wildly popular app has been in the headlines for weeks as US lawmakers face off against TikTok’s Chinese parent company over a potential nation-wide ban. Here’s why the app is so special ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once …

  A persistent threat to maternal health in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | A shadow lingers over childbirth in Uganda. It’s named pre-eclampsia – a pregnancy complication marked by high blood pressure that remains the second leading cause of maternal mortality. This preventable condition, affecting up to 16% of …