NEWS ANALYSIS

COMMENTS | Oscord Mark Otile | The recent remarks made by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, suggesting that Uganda’s tax burden is among the lowest in the region, merits a critical examination. While the statement may hold some statistical truth, it does not accurately reflect the lived realities of …

World leaders debate in New York this week ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | It’s time for UNGA 79! Quick explanation: the United Nations General Assembly is an annual world leaders’ summit that has gone on for nearly eight decades since the international body’s founding in San Francisco. It’s a place for long speeches, …

Autopsies on more than 100 bodies showed deaths from starvation, strangulation, suffocation, and injuries from blunt objects ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Shukran Karisa Mangi always showed up drunk at work, where he dug up the bodies of doomsday cult members buried in shallow graves. But the alcohol couldn’t numb his shock …

XI: Democracy is not an ornament to be put on display, but an instrument for addressing the issues that concern the people BEIJING | Xinhua |  Earlier this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping participated in a joint group meeting of the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese …

Despite significant strides, progress towards health targets remains off track, exacerbated by ongoing humanitarian, social, and climate crises ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners will call on world leaders to address critical global health challenges, and invest in global public health, at meetings throughout the …

Thousands of land and environmental activists  killed since 2012 including five in Uganda ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Nearly 200 land and environmental defenders were killed last year while working to protect their homes, communities, and the planet, according to a new report released on Sept.10 by Global Witness and its …

While Egypt and Saudi Arabia support the Sudanese Army, United Arab Emirates, Libya and Russia through the Wagner Group support the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ANALYSIS | MAY DARWICH | The United Nations has accused foreign players of prolonging the war in Sudan, making it harder for the country to find peace. The …

Our civil society needs to challenge those in power or who seek it to ensure good governance and accountability FROM THE ARCHIVES -2006  | Dr. Joe Oloka-Onyango | Most government officials react negatively to critical statements made by civil society actors and academics. They accuse us of being armchair politicians, meaning …

A snap CNN poll of voters watching said that Harris performed better and betting markets said the same ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Donald Trump and Kamala Harris met for the first time on the presidential debate stage in Philadelphia on September 10. They may have shaken hands, but they did not hit it off. …

The lender has supported more than 6,575 projects across Africa and invested US$77bn in numerous projects in the past 10 years ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | On Sept.10, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), the continental premier finance institution, celebrated its 60th anniversary with its current President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina (PhD), …