Interview: Dan Loscphe on COP30 and Africa’s renewable energy capacity
Halting and reversing deforestation is a major goal. What are your thoughts on achieving this by 2030?
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He played Uganda’s first anthem, saw the flag rise: Farewell to the grandfather Zephenieh Ajwer
At the age of 94, Mzee Zephenieh Ajwer departed this world having lived a life so selfless and so deeply intertwined with Uganda’s journey as a nation that words can scarcely do justice to his legacy.
Nyanzi and Kenzo stir heated debate on copyright law
Media entrepreneur Nyanzi Martin Luther recently stirred discussion by questioning the value of the current copyright system in Uganda.
Government’s shifting goal post: “Killing teachers for us mentality”
Once intellectual giants reasoning with clarity, teachers now turn on each other like mudfish trapped in a parched swamp, yearning for the next rainy season.
Face to face with surgeries: my own story
My fifth surgery was in February 2021 at Mengo Hospital’s Eye Clinic. I was 72 years old. Cataracts were removed from my eyes to restore my declining vision.
The ace of spades: Awany Cingmalo upsets the political applecart in Lira City
Disgruntled by the nauseating nepotism in the UPC, Awany is openly supporting Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, the Minister of Health and Woman Member of Parliament for Lira City.
Click to Pay: Frictionless payments for the digital consumer
Click to Pay is a universal checkout experience that enables consumers to pay online without entering card details every time.
Forwarding fake news in the information age
The fake letters from Lango Diocese (which is definitely not the Diocese of Lango) and another from Lira City Council which came out simultaneously though the dates are stamped differently have caught my attention.
The crisis of credible leadership in the NRM elections
The recently concluded NRM primaries that climax with the delegates conference marks a sharp line of departure in the way the NRM has always conducted in elections.
Uganda should adopt a positive response strategy to suicide
In Uganda, recent data from Mental Health Uganda’s toll-free counselling line recorded 1,023 cases of suicidal ideation in 2024, with males accounting for 66.4% and females 33.6%.
“Access to abortion is a human rights issue” says UN SR on Right To Health
Dr. Mable Bianco: “We categorically denounced that the restrictive laws for abortion and sexual and reproductive health in our countries are creating high maternal mortality and morbidity rates.”
80th UNGA must act to stop regressive pushbacks against health and gender
“As we are looking ahead to the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this month, my call to African leaders is that countries cannot afford ‘polite promises’ any longer.”