The company operates four power stations — Nalubaale–Kiira, Isimba, Namanve and Karuma — with a combined installed capacity of 1,213MW Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), the state-owned power producer, reported a sharp fall in annual profit for the 2024/25 financial year, underscoring the …
Read More »Phase two of Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces political gridlock as core governance questions remain unresolved
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House on Wednesday that the second phase of the Gaza peace plan is “going to happen pretty soon,” with media speculating that the announcement could come before Christmas and ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s next …
Read More »The Last Great Bulls – Inside Botswana’s silent struggle over its elephants
SPECIAL REPORT – ALL AFRICA.COM | ADAM CRUISE | When Dr. Mike Chase banks the small survey plane over northern Botswana’s mopane woodlands, he can see the country’s wildlife story written in the dust below. Carcasses—some months old, others more recent—lie scattered along ancient elephant paths, mute evidence of drought, …
Read More »Africa’s hidden stillbirth crisis
New report exposes major policy and data gaps ANALYSIS | MARY KENNEY | Nearly one million babies are stillborn in Africa every year. Behind every stillbirth is a mother, a family and a story left untold. Most of these are preventable, many unrecorded, and too often invisible. Each number hides a moment …
Read More »Trump’s ‘Third World’ migration pause – what it means for Africa
Though US President Donald Trump’s threat to freeze migration from Third World countries may be more bluster than law, it risks accelerating shutting a quiet door that is already closing to Africa Washington, US | AGENCIES | US President Donald Trump’s vow to “permanently pause” migration from what he called “Third …
Read More »Africa’s fight with global credit ratings: Bias or hard reality?
Experts say Africa may challenge global ratings, but until it fixes its own numbers, institutions and governance, the mirror will only reflect what it already is Entebbe, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When policymakers, economists and civil society leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community …
Read More »How mining companies are undermining Uganda’s EITI bid
A defiant mining industry is testing whether transparency in Uganda’s extractive sector can survive on goodwill alone Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When Gloria Mugambe, the Head of Uganda’s EITI Secretariat (UGEITI) stepped up to the podium at the launch of the country’s Fourth Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Report …
Read More »How is Airbus alert on A320 disrupting global flights?
Despite localized disruptions, global airlines were moving quickly toward stabilization by Saturday, with most affected aircraft already cleared to return to service. PARIS | Xinhua | Global airlines have rushed to implement an urgent software fix for A320-family aircraft after Airbus issued a safety alert on Friday, initially raising concerns …
Read More »Chasing 5G: Uganda’s digital leap faces reality check
From Karugyembe to Kampala, the new technology is on the horizon, but most users still connect via 4G NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | A few kilometres outside Mbarara City, in the tranquil village of Karugyembe, an American Tower Corporation (ATC) mast stands tall among the banana groves, its steel …
Read More »Africa’s climate fix that almost everyone missed
African nations lead in global soil-carbon capture as new report flags major omissions elsewhere. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African governments are moving faster than most of the world to put soil health at the centre of climate action, according to a new analysis that highlights a major blind …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price