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  COMMENT | Samson Tinka | At a security briefing at Police headquarters end of March, Commissioner Fred Enanga informed the public that nine private security companies had been suspended and two banned from operations. Of course reasons were advanced as to why Police authority had to take that action. The …

  COMMENT | TOM JOSEPH MUKASA | Following the full opening of our economy, one can now say, ‘the year started on a good note.’ But even better is the blessing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) by crucial players TotalEnergies, CNOOC, UNOC and TPDC in our oil and gas …

COMMENT | KATI MARTON  |    As a horrified world searches for a way to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, there is one person who might be able to get through to the Kremlin’s dangerously isolated autocrat. Angela Merkel, until recently chancellor of Germany, held Putin to some …

It is becoming clear that the Ukraine war’s economic and humanitarian repercussions – especially rising food prices – will be felt far beyond Europe, and international community must act now. COMMENT | NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA | The war in Ukraine is causing immense, heart-wrenching human suffering. At the World Trade Organization, …

  An open letter to Uganda’s opposition leaders OPINION | BRIAN GEORGE AMPAIRE | For many years now, I have questioned my role as an opposition politician in this my beloved country, Uganda. I have soldiered on hoping that at one point in time we will collectively find a way …

COMMENT | Moses Baguma | When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus endorsed Anita Among for speakership on March 24 2022 , Andrew Mwenda, a very influential, articulate and highly opinionated Ugandan journalist tweeted: “NRM has endorsed Anita Among, a former FDC politician, as its candidate for speaker. Jacob Oulanyah …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | A month has passed since Russia launched a “special military operation” in Ukraine. The United States has not only failed to take practical measures to de-escalate the situation, but continued to “fan the flames” through weapon assistance and sanctions. The root cause of the outbreak …

The kerosene and charcoal used for cooking in much of Sub-Saharan Africa limits the continent’s ability to meet its climate goals and damages the health of millions of women and children COMMENT | BRIAN MALIKA | As the world races to meet the goal of net-zero carbon emissions, most regions …

Democratization push in Africa’s poorest countries has failed to produce legitimate governments capable of delivering security and development, and the increasing frequency of military coups should trigger a rethink COMMENT | RABAH AZREKI | At the end of the 1980s, political liberalization swept across Africa, seemingly indicating that it was …

AVIATION DIGEST | JARED KALERA |  In my last article last month Preparing for Air travel, we talked about the initial preparatory steps for air travel. I now wind up with a second segment on the same subject – travel preparation. COVID pandemic Nothing has changed air travel like the COVID-19 …