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 …

  GUANGZHOU | Xinhua | For Austrian resident Denis Yurchak, the search for an air conditioner to survive this year’s scorching summer felt like embarking on an adventure. Since late June, a relentless heatwave has grilled Europe, shattering numerous temperature records. After spending two days looking for a portable air conditioner …

    LONDON | Xinhua |  Britain is preparing for its seventh prime minister in a decade following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation amid mounting political pressure and declining parliamentary support. Andy Burnham, former mayor of Greater Manchester, is currently the only declared candidate for the Labour leadership and is …

  How ordinary Ugandans in security forces and the judiciary are the quiet levers of the Machinery of Injustice   COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI |  Anybody of a clear conscience must have felt a sense of personal torture the night we saw images of Eddy Mutwe (Edward Ssebuufu), the former …

    Nairobi, Kenya | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Pan-African institution AGRA has been awarded the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion by the World Food Prize Foundation, in recognition of the institution’s two decades of contribution to advancing food systems transformation across the continent. Since 2006, AGRA has worked with its partners, …

  BEIJING, | Xinhua |  Since its founding 105 years ago, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has kept standing at the forefront of China’s transformation, leading the country through construction to become one of the world’s foremost economic powers. Now with more than 101 million members, the CPC is …