SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** This matter won’t proceed this week, the same having been adjourned to 14th July 2026 due to unavailability of the prosecution. When court next convenes, it …

  The project, however, remains the subject of criticism from environmental organisations, which have raised concerns about its ecological and climate impacts   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), one of Africa’s biggest energy infrastructure projects, has passed the 90% completion mark, bringing Uganda …

    Prosecution attempts to walk back DNA claims   SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X.  **** In a rather tense exchange (Frame 1 in X tweet bottom), prosecution seemed to walk back from their own …

As the number of Bundibugyo Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pushes past 1,000, doctors continue to fight the disease without a vaccine or cure. But the country’s top Ebola scientist tells SciDev.Net “there is still hope for this epidemic”. The outbreak detected in early May has spread rapidly across …

Around the world, childhood is being reprogrammed by digital technologies but children and young people are not experimental subjects, a captive market, or a commodity   COMMENT |  EMMANUEL MACRON AND TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS | From social media and online gaming to generative AI systems, digital environments are powerful determinants of …

  COMMENT |  DAVID BIRUNGI | Our neighbourhoods are looking disorganised. Even before the fiber wires arrived, we were not well organised. We live on 50×100 plots with no back alleys, no utility ducts, no aesthetically pleasing architecture or comfortable physical land use. It is not unusual to find a …

  Shareholders approved a final dividend of Shs6.4 per share, taking the total payout for the year to Shs16.6 per share, up 23 percent from Shs13.5 in the previous financial year   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has said it remains confident in its …

CAIRO | Xinhua |  Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Saturday the State Strategic Command Headquarters, known as “the Octagon,” in Egypt’s New Capital east of Cairo, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. In a speech marking the inauguration, Sisi described the new command as “a towering national edifice” …

  The exit of a lottery operator exposes both the strain and the strength of a booming digital gambling industry   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |  The exit of ITHUBA Uganda Limited from the National Lottery business has drawn fresh attention to the stability of Uganda’s fast-growing gaming industry, …

PRETORIA, South Africa | Xinhua | Chinese automaker Chery on Friday officially launched its manufacturing plant in Rosslyn, north of South Africa’s administrative capital Pretoria, marking its transition into a local manufacturer and deepening its long-term commitment to the South African market. Addressing the launch ceremony, Chery Chairman Yin Tongyue …