AFRICAN ARGUMENTS | Mohammed Girma | At the end of Zagwe dynasty around the 14th century, medieval Ethiopia was in disarray. Provincial warlords were battling for supremacy and the nation was on the brink of disintegrating. Ethiopia was at threat of breaking itself apart through internal fighting as its standing in the world diminished. …
Read More »How can Uganda boost its industrial sector?
Study shows sector is worse off today than it was eight years ago Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | How has the Uganda’s Industrial Policy performed since it came into existence 10 years ago? Is it at par with the changing socio-economic issues? Will it be redesigned in such a …
Read More »Mexico murder rate soars with 7,667 killed in 3 months
Mexico City, Mexico | AFP | Some 7,667 people were killed in Mexico in the first quarter of 2018, up 20 percent on the same period last year, making it the most violent year in two decades, government figures showed Sunday. In 2017, the figure stood at 6,406 violent deaths, …
Read More »Why BoU sells banks cheaply
Auditor General spills secrets of Coop Bank, Greenland Bank Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On March.23, Auditor General (AG) John Muwanga wrote a confidential note to the Governor of the Central Bank, Emmanuel TumusiimeMutebile. The note a copy of which The Independent has seen is titled Draft report of the …
Read More »Iran threatens to ‘vigorously’ resume enrichment if US quits deal
New York, United States | AFP | Iran warned Saturday it is ready to “vigorously” resume nuclear enrichment if the United States ditches the 2015 nuclear deal, and said further “drastic measures” are being considered in response to a US exit. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in …
Read More »Security challenges loom over Buhari’s re-election bid
Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to end Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria played a large part in his 2015 presidential election victory. With elections approaching next year and Buhari,75, having declared his intention to seek a second, four-year term, the extent to which he has …
Read More »Minister’s ouster unlikely to slow Sudan’s push to get off US ‘terror’ list
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | President Omar al-Bashir’s dismissal of Sudan’s foreign minister, Khartoum’s top negotiator with Washington, is unlikely to affect efforts to have Khartoum removed from a US “terrorism” blacklist, experts say. On Thursday, Bashir sacked Ibrahim Ghandour, who headed negotiations with Washington that in October helped lift …
Read More »Amin’s Legacy was Genuine Emancipation of Ugandans – Son
kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jaffar Remo Amin, one of the sons of former president Idi Amin Dada, has said his father’s legacy was genuine emancipation of Ugandans and removing the chains of imperialism. Jaffar Amin told Uganda Radio Network that General Amin, who grabbed power in a military coup …
Read More »How police ICT director was pushed into resignation
kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Tuesday this week, the Inspector General of Police-IGP Okoth Ochola appointed Felix Baryamwisaki, the Director Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) in Uganda Police Force. Baryamwisaki took over from Amos Ngabirano whose contract expired on March 20th, 2018. Prior to the expiry of his contract, …
Read More »AGE LIMIT: Dramatic Wednesday in Mbale
Age limit petition: Parliament flouted procedures-Petitioners’ lawyers tell judges Mbale, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Five Constitutional court Justices presiding over the age limit petition at Mbale have heard that the whole process of conceptualizing, debating and passing of the Age-Limit Bill in Parliament was marred with irregularities. Lead counsel representing the petitioners …
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