A narrative trapped between elite pseudo optimism and hard realities of citizens By Elijah Kisembo Africa is not one country. It is a collection of many countries. A good defence put forward when one writes a story about the continent that is deemed damaging and retrogressive by the political elites …
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The French presidential elections in 2022 will surely reverse the pro-EU result By Isidoros Karderinis The election of the Europeanist Macron, who is a real child of the banking system and of the forces of globalisation, to the presidency of France has prevented, on the one hand, the automatic …
Read More »COMMENT: Toward a global treaty on plastic waste
No single country or company, however determined, can address the problems of plastics on its own By Nils Simon and Lili Fuhr If there are any geologists in millions of years, they will easily be able to pinpoint the start of the so-called Anthropocene – the geological age during which …
Read More »COMMENT: The Primate Lodge story
COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa | Towards the end of 2005, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) called for expression of interest in running two rooms that existed in Kibale National Park and I thought since there was no indigenious Ugandans seriously running an accommodation inside a national park, I would give it …
Read More »COMMENT: Trees as long term investment
Cooperatives should consider commercial forestry as a strategy for capitalisation By Leonard Okello Capital growth in cooperatives is an important strategy for medium and long-term development. However, many cooperatives in Africa are devoid of realising this. Often times the ones that make profits share dividends and equally provide for retained …
Read More »COMMENT: Time for environmental criminal court
A Global Witness report documented 185 killings across 16 countries in the year 2015 alone By Phyllis Omido The announcement of the winners of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize is an opportunity to celebrate activist leaders. But it is also a moment to recognise just how much courage their efforts …
Read More »COMMENT: Uganda isn’t a bad country, it is us who have let Uganda down
Uganda isn’t a bad country, it’s us the people who have let this country down. Lets walk our talk. Talk doesn’t cook rice like the Chinese say COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa | Rey is an amazing guy based in Fort Portal where he owns and runs Philippine Wood-works and Construction. His …
Read More »COMMENT: The top job at Uganda’s CAA!
COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa Last evening some guys were talking about how people were lobbying so hard for Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) top job and my heart sank. CAA is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters and if we miss the train …
Read More »COMMENT: Taking politics out of development
China’s `One belt, one road’ initiative should not be treated as ploy to replace U.S. as dominant power By Keyu Jin Later this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping will host a summit for many of the leaders of the 65 countries engaged in his “one belt, one road” (OBOR) initiative, …
Read More »COMMENT: AMISOM needs a mandate for peace and development
COMMENT: Providing security and fighting al-Shabaab isn’t enough – AMISOM can do much more in Somalia By Meressa K Dessu and Omar S Mahmood Addis, Ethiopia| ISSAFRICA| The mandate of the African Union (AU) Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officially expires today, 31 May. Although the AU Peace and Security Council …
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