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 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the year winds down, the Northern Ugandan city of Gulu will host the second edition of the Gulu Marathon on Saturday 6th December. The marathon, launched at Kampala Club on Thursday, saw marathon officials and sponsors promising an even bigger and more …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump hosted his counterparts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda here on Thursday, witnessing them signing a peace deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict in eastern DRC while opening their critical mineral resources to the United States. Presidents …

  JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South Africa said Thursday that it will temporarily step back from the Group of 20 (G20) activities, after the United States, the new rotating presidency, confirmed it would not invite Pretoria to participate. “For now, we will take a commercial break until we resume normal …

COMMENT | DANI RODRIK |  We need new ideas to address the three greatest economic challenges of our time: climate change, the erosion of the middle class, and poverty. The first is an existential threat to our physical environment; the second drives polarization and undermines democracy; and the third is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have officially launched special registration plates for humanitarian vehicles and signed an agreement on the establishment of the Emergency Fleet Hub in Kampala. The new number plates were introduced during a handover ceremony attended by representatives …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | The Southern Africa Tourism Roadshow in Johannesburg, opening a week of Ugandan engagements aimed at strengthening tourism cooperation, trade partnerships, and regional market linkages across Southern Africa. The Roadshow brings together national tourism bodies, leading travel trade professionals, media, and private sector stakeholders …

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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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  C-Care Uganda and Rotary Uganda have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help boost community health in Uganda. This renewed agreement strengthens their highly successful collaboration, paving the way to expand essential healthcare services to communities across the nation. The organisations have already …