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It has dark side for users attracted to influencers | SAMIRA FARIVAR | Do you follow influencers on social media? Do you always check their posts? Do you find you’re spending too much time or becoming obsessed with checking influencers’ accounts? And when you can’t check in, do you feel …

Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent | TOOZE-ADAM | In the coming decades, we face a revolutionary shift in the balance of world affairs—and it is likely not the one you are thinking of. Since the 1990s, the idea …

‘In Somalia, your only protection is the number of weapons you have’ | ABDALLE AHMED MUMIN | The price of an AK-47, the standard weapon of Somali militias, has soared on gun markets ahead of a fraught ballot this weekend, when lawmakers will select the country’s next president. Parliamentarians from …

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |  Tafara Mugwara – Xinhua | Twenty-year-old Mduduzi Jele is eagerly learning the art and craft of leather making from one of the industry’s seasoned experts. With steadfast determination, Mduduzi Jele, son of a leather technician, hopes to accumulate the prized skill so that he can also pass …

Journalists are among the country’s worst-paid professionals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is the second worst country to be a journalist in the East African region, according to the latest 2022 edition of the World Press Freedom Index published on World Press Freedom Day May 03. The World …

 Why it remains one of the biggest beneficiaries despite poor human rights record Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A U.S. government report released in March indicated that the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) had the highest number of trainees among African countries who underwent foreign military training by the …

  | THE INDEPENDENT | Elon Musk recently completed the purchase of 9.2% of Twitter’s stock and became the social media company’s largest shareholder. He was also offered a seat on the company’s board, which he declined. On one level, Musk’s investment seemed to make a lot of sense: Musk …

  Electric fencing, lodge owners on the spot Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 26, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) announced sad news of the electrocution of three lionesses in Queen Elizabeth National Park. UWA said in a 110-word statement that “the lions were found dead on an …

Prosecutors cry out for resources to tackle the vice Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda is unique in the human trafficking matrix because it is a “source, transit and destination” for traffickers, says Tyler Dunman who works with The Human Trafficking Institute, an American NGO that empowers police and …

The case of Rwanda and the UK UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on April 4, 2022 that Britain would relocate some asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda. The plan was condemned by the opposition as well as human rights groups such as Amnesty International. The UK has …