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Uganda bets on ICGLR’s mineral certification mechanism as it battles for legitimacy in the global gold market COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | For years, Uganda has carried the uncomfortable label of being “the gold laundering capital of Africa.” Watchdog reports, including investigations by the UN Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of …

The high-stakes meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin was billed as a vital step towards peace in the Ukraine war. ANALYSIS | LAURA GOZZI | But with no ceasefire and an invitation to Moscow, the almost three-hour meeting between the two leaders has yielded …

Sustainability initiatives will never achieve transformative change, because the current economic framework is structurally misaligned with planetary and societal boundaries COMMENT | IOANNIS IOANNOU | Companies have long justified sustainability initiatives as a way to boost their reputation, comply with external and internal standards, or generate incremental profits. But the …

COMMENT | MAGALIE MASAMBA | Many African countries are already struggling with heavy debt burdens. Climate change is making this worse. Africa contributes the least to global emissions but suffers the most from extreme weather, rising temperatures and drought. These disasters affect not just people’s livelihoods but also national revenues, making …

Powering the telecom sector to drive socio-economic transformation isno longer a luxury — it’s a national imperative, experts say Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s push toward a digitally enabled economy received renewed momentum at the Telecom Sector Power Forum 2025, held on Tuesday, August 5, in Kampala. Hosted under …

  Working with figurative portraits and vivid expressive palettes Bwambale and Mugabe relive intimate memories of their childhood experience and their present immediate surroundings as a symbol to the subject of social cultural heritage conservation ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | There’s a singular commonality in the paintings of two young …

Bees pollinate crops including coffee, tea, avocados, mangoes, beans and tomatoes — making them key to an agricultural sector that accounts for 30 percent of GDP and 70 percent of employment in Rwanda ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The use of pesticides in East Africa, some sold by European firms despite being …

Findings from 10 African countries, including Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya in East Africa ANALYSIS | OBASANJO BOLARINWA, ALI MOHAMMED & CLIFFORD OBBY ODIMEGWU | Even after more than three decades of global efforts to promote inclusive sexual and reproductive health policies, many women with disabilities in Africa still face serious challenges. Their …

Lungu led Zambia from 2015 until 2021 when he lost the election to Hichilema by a large margin Pretoria, SA | AGENCIES | A South African court has ruled that Zambia’s government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family’s opposition. …

In 2024, malaria cases rose by more than 45 per cent in one year, reaching 620,000. Kigali, Rwanda | KELLY RWAMAPERA | After years of progress in reducing malaria cases, Rwanda is confronting a surprising resurgence and signs of treatment resistance that have forced officials to revisit vaccine intervention the country …