Children in schools and homes, some of them for blind and autistic, are dying and injured in fires, and property is destroyed in market places
In defiance of a supreme court ruling, Uganda’s parliament under the National Resistance Movement’s President Yoweri Museveni has passed into law that civilians can be tried in military courts
When I was a child, my younger brother, Bob Kizito, drowned in a pond at the age of just eight
Countries such as Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC must learn from the devastating 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.
Generations of women, from the United States’ Harriet Tubman to South Africa’s Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Uganda’s Winnie Byanyima have fought for human rights
When wildlife isn’t monitored rigorously, populations can disappear within just a few years, as tigers did in India’s Sariska tiger reserve
The suspension and withdrawal of US support for people’s rights in Africa is a setback
Diseases don’t respect national borders … governments all over the world need to work together to rein them in
What happens when artists challenge beauty, publishing and politics? A fair like no other
The veteran politician was abducted in Kenya, apparently by Ugandan intelligence officers
Aid, regardless of whether it’s for infrastructure, health and humanitarian, goes beyond simply donating money. It is a proven strategy in geopolitics
It is incumbent upon the government to alleviate poverty, the leading cause of divorce and separation in Uganda
Ugandans don’t trust the National Resistance Movement government with our coffee, forest reserves, welfare, natural resources and taxes even when it has a social contract with the citizens
Key documents relating to Valerie Huber’s Protego project are being kept away from the public eye
Violations of people’s human rights continue unabated in the country
Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas
It is all of our responsibility to defend brave people such as Uganda’s Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, Agather Atuhaire, Bobi Wine and Kenya’s Kasmeul McOure
The Clade Ib strain has already jumped borders, with cases being reported in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya in the last two weeks
The DRC is rich in the minerals needed for renewable energy technologies, central to reducing our carbon footprint, but they come at great environmental and human cost
People’s livelihoods depend on the coffee industry, but climate change is changing weather patterns, introducing or increasing pests and diseases and disrupting where the plants can be grown
Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants
The representatives of the people in parliament need to be free to speak out
The region has also seen an increase in its contribution to the continent’s broader economic growth
According to Transparency International’s 2023 Corruption Perception Index, Uganda scored 26 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)
Spiritual leaders are in the pay of the government and need to liberate themselves from state capture
The strongman thrives on populism, low civic involvement, political elitism, fear, poverty, illiteracy and the abuse of the rule of law
The documentary, Bobi Wine, the People’s President, shows the confluence of music and art in the pursuit of freedom and democracy
The Israeli occupation of Palestine
The journey to empowering women’s entrepreneurship will not be achieved by any one isolated approach
South Africa’s part in World War I shows the importance of collective memory in recalling the ignored names of those who died in service
Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested the government could demarche the Polish ambassador for diplomatic offence