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Hunt for Ebola in the Rwenzori mountains turns into discussion of nutrition, love, and sex The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding a five-year project known as the “Strategies to Prevent Spillover” in seven priority African and Asian countries whose aim is to strengthen their capacities to identity, …

Used as cannon fodder by Russia Wagner mercenaries COVER STORY | AGENCIES | Hundreds wailed as the body of a 33-year-old Tanzanian man, Nemes Tarimo, who was killed fighting in Ukraine as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s `Shadow Army’; the Wagner Group mercenaries, was on Jan. 24 returned home for …

The once significant army anniversary has been overshadowed by the rabble rousing General Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On Feb. 6, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) will mark the 42nd anniversary of its existence as a fighting force on a day popularly known as Tarehe Sita. It commemorates the …

Kampala, Uganda | THEINDEPENDENT | The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has said that court rulings on whether the military court should try civilians plunged his chambers into confusion. Kiwanuka, in a speech at the opening of the New Law Year 2023, said the confusion is arising from the judgments from the …

Pope Francis begins his Africa trip in a country whose vast Catholic membership plays a substantial role in society, especially in the health and education sectors. Kinshasa, DRC | BIRD AGENCY | As Pope Francis began his first official visit to Africa this week, the 86-year-old head of the Catholic …

Here is how this could reset the regional balance Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presence of oil in Somaliland has been confirmed by a recent exploration. The discovery has raised the stakes in Somaliland’s claim for independence from Somalia as it holds the potential for a new stream of …

How the UPDF became the anchor of security and diplomacy in the Great Lakes region Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What is the impact of Uganda’s contribution to the peacekeeping mission in Somalia? Its intervention in South Sudan in 2013 to stop the violent conflict tearing up the young nation; …

The fish rots from the head’ say experts Kampala, Uganda | Mubatsi Asinja Habati | Since mid-January in Uganda social media platforms have been awash with videos of travelers through Entebbe International Airport complaining about cases of extortion of bribes and unlicensed payments by airport staff. Following the outcry, the Uganda Civil …

What it means in numbers and money COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | As President Yoweri Museveni and his ruling NRM party celebrate their 37th year in power, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has given them a befitting anniversary gift; launching the country into crude oil production stage. Uganda’s …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | High-ranking U.S. officials are heading to Africa, hot on the heels of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held last month for the first time in eight years. Following U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to the continent earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield …