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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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), …
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Project has so far received pipes for 700km of the pipeline route as 80 individuals face lawsuits over compensation refusal COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | The Ugandan government, together with its oil development partners, are pressing forward with the multi-billion-dollar project despite ongoing opposition. The East African country discovered billions …
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COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | During the May 2 Capital FM Desert Island Discs radio show, host Flavia Tumusiime, asks her guest, National Unity Platform (NUP) leader, Bobi Wine aka Robert Kyagulanyi, about his foray into politics. Her question lays the ground nicely. “You were okay, you had a family…leadership …
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AfDB gives city 40 months more to complete roads rehabilitation project Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Kampala Capital City Authority officials have got another 40 months to waste on a roads rehabilitation project funded by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) which was supposed to be completed by 2025. This …
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The Uganda Martyrs are the first black saints of modern times, and the first people south of the Saraha desert to be canonized COMMENT | PROF DEREK R PETERSON | This is a hugely important moment in Uganda’s church history. The relics of the Uganda Martyrs that are being …
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