COMMENT: By Aubrey Hruby Regardless of its professed lack of interest, the day-to-day workings of U.S. bureaucracy mandate an African strategy The United States under President Donald Trump will still have an Africa policy. This goes against the popular view that an inward-looking Trump administration will ignore African countries and …
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COMMENT: By John Campbell It’s boring bureaucrats, not his Twitter feed, that will shape his administration’s Africa policy President Donald Trump has not said much about Africa, but judging by his explosive Twitter feed, he is no great admirer of the continent. He has called South Africa a “total – …
Read More »COMMENT: Akol should resign over oil cash
COMMENT: By Joseph Were She should have known that her role in the saga could damage URA; an institution whose brand is integrity One of the most glaring omissions in the ongoing debate around the so-called oil cash bonanza has been the absence of comment and action from the Ministry …
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COMMENT: By Winnie Byanyima The global economic system harms hundreds of millions of people who are already stricken by poverty and exploitation In 2015, the 62 richest people in the world held as much wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest and most vulnerable. In 2016, a mere eight people did, …
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COMMENT: By Sundeep Waslekar Countries that share riparian systems need regional security arrangements to preserve it The changing of the guard on the 38th floor of the United Nations building in New York, with António Guterres taking over for Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary-General, has taken place at a …
Read More »COMMENT: Hoping for the best against trump
COMMENT: By Ian Buruma His election is more like an earthquake, unleashing forces no one can control Is there any reason for liberals to feel optimistic after a year of political disasters? Is there even a shred of silver lining to be found in the tatters of , Donald Trump’s …
Read More »COMMENT: Impoverished opposition can’t win
COMMENT: By Morris DC Komakech Mwenda’s targeting Besigye ignores reality that political power aligns with economic interests and vice versa In the last few weeks, our political space is simply polluted by a lackadaisical analysis of politics and the space causing forces that shape those spaces. Andrew Mwenda’s cruel targeting …
Read More »COMMENT: Mwenda’s attack on Besigye
COMMENT: By Emmanuel Mukama Why should he expect “stupid and mentally retarded” FDC supporters to be as equally reflective as he? On the night of December 30, 2016, I received recordings of the 93.3 FM radio Hot Seat talk show hosted by renowned journalist Andrew Mwenda. I listen to these …
Read More »COMMENT: South Sudan’s puppet master
COMMENT: By Duop Chak Wuol How Museveni diplomatically outsmarted the U.S’s Obama on his role in war-torn nation President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda is the epitome of a Pan-Africanist. He is known for threatening Western leaders whenever his strong-man mentality comes under attack. He has outsmarted the USA …
Read More »COMMENT: The plant-based solution to hunger
COMMENT: By Barbara Unmüßig Poverty, malnutrition, and hunger must be recognised as a result of politics, not scarcity The way people eat in the industrialised world is unhealthy, unjust, and unsustainable. Far too much of the meat consumed is produced under questionable ecological, ethical, and social conditions. And now that …
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