NEWS ANALYSIS

Colonial powers tried to stifle it and failed and today it’s a powerful force  ANALYSIS | MAJA JAKARASI | In Zimbabwe’s Shona language, mental illness is known as chirwere chepfungwa or kupenga. Before British colonial settlers arrived in 1890, traditional healers (n’anga) played an important role in helping people to manage …

Easier cross-border trade thanks to a new continental trade agreement, a rise in quality of made-in-Africa goods, lower market prices, and accessibility compared to those in Asia, US and European markets, is driving Africa to trade more with Africa than with the rest of the world, according to the latest Africa …

What’s needed to grow the sector ANALYSIS | MJ (THINUS) BOOYSEN & JOUBERT VAN EEDEN | In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these problems but …

Why Civil Society want Govt to make birth registration a less cumbersome process for parents Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In 2014, Laila Ndagire became a first-time mother. She delivered twins at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. But she knew little about the fact that her babies had to …

Currently, 62% of rangers lack any life insurance and 40% need more health and safety training, according to the International Ranger Federation ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | In a week which saw a Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) ranger, Pte Jonathan Ojara, succumb to a poacher’s bullet while on patrol of a …

The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The southwestern Colombian city, Cali, has recently hosted COP16 or the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The UN conference on biodiversity began on October …

Papua New Guinea on Oct.31 declared a boycott of next month’s UN climate summit, branding the global warming negotiations a “waste of time” full of empty promises from big polluters. ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | While plenty have criticised the annual COP summit in the past, it is rare for any government …

How the Electoral College works ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov. 05 Americans are heading to the polls to elect their next president. Many Ugandans, like many other non-Americans across the globe, have always taken keen interest in the American presidential elections. The election, which happens every four years, often …

Zambia is as generous with patients from neighboring Zimbabwe as it is with its own citizens. That could mean problems for both countries Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe | Gamuchirai Masiyiwa Global Press Journal Zimbabwe |  When Dube was diagnosed with gallstones in 2013, the public hospital in Zimbabwe recommended surgery costing close to 4,000 …

New report explores why women who want equal opportunity to work, still expect men to pay for every thing ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | The latest survey report by Afrobarometer published in Kampala on Oct.03 has revealed several contradicting perceptions on gender issues among Ugandans. Why, for example, does gender-based violence rank …