In a noble cause rarely seen on the African continent, the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta, started the Beyond Zero campaign. This is a campaign that aims at improving access to maternal and child health outreach services throughout the country combining the fourth, fifth and sixth Millennium Development Goals. With the 2015 deadline […]
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly have finalized plans to tour the East African Community Partner States (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda) to collect stakeholders’ views and submissions on the envisaged East African Community Electronic Transactions Bill 2014. The visit which involves the Assembly’s Committee on Communication, Trade and Investment chaired by Ugandan […]
Every person sailing on waters of rivers, lakes, seas and oceans has one risky thing coming to his/her mind-drowning anytime. The first thing every right thinking person sailing on water bodies should do is to wear a life jacket. In the East African Community, many fatal boat accidents occur every year between July and October […]
This brief guide to understanding Boko Haram goes behind the headlines about “Islamic militants” to the more complicated story about poverty, corruption and Islam in Nigerian politics. The guide is divided into 8 topics, each one shorter, sometimes much shorter, than a page. Resources for further reading are also included. Boko Haram at a Glance […]
The Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM/A) in opposition, have signed Agreements on Cessation of Hostilities and Question of Detainees. The Chairperson of IGAD Special Envoys, Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin says that the signing of the agreements in Addis Ababa marks an important milestone in the IGAD-led mediation process […]
Mozambique President Armando Guebuza arrives Tuesday in Uganda to give military skills to Ugandan army, the Uganda Peoples Defence forces (UPDF) currently fighting Al Shabaab Islamic militants in Somalia. Guebuza of the Democratic Republic of Mozambique jetted into Uganda where he is scheduled to spend four days starting on October 8 – 11, 2013 at […]
Information reaching our news desk has it that Uganda’s soldiers have been secretly hired to monitor Kenya’s national election exercise. The sources in Kenya told us that Nairobi accepted to hire Ugandan soldiers because they are rough enough to encounter any type of post election hooliganism and violence. Uganda soldiers will partner with other regional […]
Here’s a post that Eric Schimidt, Google Executive Chairman made after visiting Africa last week. I thought it would be a worthwhile read. After a week of business meetings in the cities of sub-saharan africa, we can surely say three things are new for the continent: a) the despotic leadership in Africa from the 1970s […]
The Pan African Parliament has approved a motion for the creation of a Youth Caucus intended to strengthen and consolidate efforts to empower young people in Africa. Uganda’s newly sworn in representative Hon. Jacquiline Amongin (NRM, Ngora district) moved the motion, which came at the end of the First Session of the Third Parliament sitting […]
The World Bank has advised resource rich countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to build strong institutions that promote good governance, rule of law, accountability, and increase transparency so that the natural resources can benefit their citizens. The World Bank further says despite the slowdown in the global economy, Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the fastest growing […]