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A true story by Prof. John Sebuwufu; former vice chancellor of Makerere University Kampala, about student strikes. In spite of occasional skirmishes, some order had returned to students’ politics, until February 2001 when the calm was rudely interrupted by the murder of a first-year student and a resident of Lumumba …

SOUTH SUDAN: Bringing peace puzzles regional big men Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The Nov.12 deadline for forming a government of national unity in South Sudan was never going to be met. A tripartite summit where President Museveni met both President Salva Kiir and his former vice president-turned-rival Riek …

  Entebbe, Uganda | AFP -Michael O’HAGAN | South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have been given another 100 days to form a power-sharing government after failing to resolve differences over a peace deal. The two leaders, whose fall out in 2013 sparked a conflict that …

Paris, France | AFP | Ethiopia’s construction of a massive power dam on the Blue Nile is raising tensions with Egypt, which depends on the river for 90 percent of its water supply. As the neighbours and Sudan met in Washington Wednesday for mediated talks on the potential conflict flashpoint, here …

  Washington, United States | AFP | Democrats celebrated Wednesday after marquee election wins in two US states — including an upset in a Republican stronghold — seen as tests of President Donald Trump’s political standing ahead of the 2020 elections. In a sign of trouble for Trump, Democratic challenger …

Does Twerwaneko mean he will run against People Power in 2021? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Kizza Besigye’s recent launch of a national campaign dubbed Twerwaneko (Let’s defend ourselves) is being seen by some as a strategy for the veteran politician to launch himself right back into the political …

Why the language policy is failing rural children Kampala, Uganda | MEDADI SSENTANDA | Uganda’s language policy requires that rural schools should choose a dominant local language to use as the language of learning and teaching for the first three years of primary school while English is taught as a …

How ‘survival’ is destroying university Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Joel Rukoroboza is one of many parents affected by the strike at Makerere University. He has a daughter who is in her second year studying a Bachelor of Medicine at the university. He pays tuition of Shs1.4 million per …

  Deepak Nayyar, the  Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford, explains how Asia transformed from the poorest continent in the world into a global economic powerhouse In 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world’s population and more than one-half of …

Industry executives to respond to Mutebile’s call upon carefully evaluating their commitments with clients Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Commercial Bank top executives plan to respond to the central bank’s call to lower interest rates upon carefully analyzing their current loans and sector developments. The Bank of Uganda Governor, …