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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The new Museveni, Mbabazi connection: Can their new plan stave-off coup fear? THE LAST WORD The Uganda-DRC case: How the ruling against Uganda presents Africa a golden opportunity to expose the hypocrisy of …

  Why plenty of observers are confident that workers who feel ignored will become a far-right constituency COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | A few victories by center-left parties in large countries hardly makes for an international trend. Nonetheless, wins by the U.S. Democrats in 2020 and the German Social Democrats …

Unless the US can show that it’ll fight, Ukraine won’t escape from Russian influence to true independence COMMENT | NANCY QIAN | The buildup of Russian forces near Ukraine’s border has led to fears of a new war. But the conflict is hardly new, and nor are Russia’s objectives. Ukraine, …

What is African art and should African diaspora artists enjoy the  African artists identity? Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The term African Contemporary art despite its success in global art circles in recent years, has not been without controversy. In the early 1990s and before, the term generated a …

Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai say they have developed a technology combining the speed of the rapid antigen test with the accuracy of PCR testing. | THE INDEPENDENT | Chinese scientists say they have developed a COVID-19 test that can process results as accurately as the polymerase chain reaction …

How COVID-19 undermines cross border efforts to curb the vice Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As countries introduce more comprehensive anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) laws and policies, cross-border FGM has emerged as a new trend among practising communities to evade prosecution. And it has been escalated by the COVID-19 …

This comes as the company plans to switch on Karuma Dam  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) on Feb.08 flagged off some of its staff to Zambia to acquire more skills and enhance the institution’s capacity to manage operations of electricity generation facilities countrywide. …

New report shows 89% occupancy rate in the Kampala Metropolitan Area Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Stanbic Properties Limited inaugural report on properties shows that the average occupancy rates in Kampala stood at 89% for Grade A, 83% for Grade B and 74% for Grade C buildings in December …

Uganda scores poorly on all indicators – health, education and social protection Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | East African countries have recorded impressive economic growth in the past two decades but there has been little progress in reducing inequality in its population. A new report by a global organisation …

Here’s what you should know about terror alerts Kenya remains in a state of heightened alert following travel warnings by French, U.S. and European Union officials of imminent terrorist attacks. Kenya has suffered deadly terror attacks claimed by the Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab. As a result it has beefed up …