Coalition boss decries shrinking space, calls for constructive engagement with state Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Robert Kirenga, the Executive Director National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda spoke to the Independent’s Flavia Nassaka about his perspective on the international human rights defenders day and general human rights situation in …
Read More »World’s first human head transplant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A controversial surgeon who aims to carry out the world’s human head transplant claims to have successfully carried out the operation on a corpse in the past week. The 18-hour operation showed that it is possible to reconnect the spine, nerves and blood vessels, according …
Read More »Making Mandela human again
By Andrew M. Mwenda Attempts to make Mandela a secular saint and set his actions apart from the general experience in Africa distort history Two weeks ago, I committed “sacrilege” on my television show on NTV when I said that many of the things former South African president, Nelson Mandela, …
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