Kampala, Uganda | URN | Scientists and health officials have urged African governments to integrate treatment for rare blood disorders such as haemophilia and thalassaemia into routine healthcare services, warning that poor awareness and delayed diagnosis are causing unnecessary suffering and deaths. They note that health workers are often clueless …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu has dismissed speculation surrounding an impending cabinet reshuffle, saying she remains confident of retaining a ministerial position in the next government. Speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony for newly sworn-in Nakaseke South MP, Charles Kawuma Nsereko Basajjassubi on Wednesday, Nankabirwa said …

NEWS ANALYSIS |  MAURICE ONIANG’O – GIJN |  It all started in January of this year, just days before Uganda’s national elections. That’s when the Kampala-based African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), a GIJN member, was among several civil society and human rights organizations that received a letter from the country’s National Bureau …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump visited the Temple of Heaven on Thursday in Beijing. Xi greeted Trump outside the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The leaders had a photo taken in front of the Hall and took a tour of the …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Moses Kawumi Kazibwe as the new Deputy Chief Justice, filling a position that became vacant following the elevation of Flavian Zeija about three months ago. According to a statement issued by State House Uganda on Thursday, the appointment forms …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Tomasz Grysa as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, marking a significant new chapter in relations between the Holy See and the Ugandan Catholic Church. The appointment was officially announced on Thursday afternoon by Rev. Fr. Georges Kwami Kouwonou, Chargé …

  COMMENT | MIRANDA BAGEINE MUSOKE | One of the most powerful forces in our economy remains consistently overlooked. It rarely sits in boardrooms, does not dominate headlines, and is too often missing from mainstream success narratives. Yet it is everywhere, embedded in the lives of women who are building, …

  New study shows where the gaps lie   COMMENT | OBASANJO BOLARINWA & SYLVESTER OKEKE | HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for approximately two-thirds of about 40 million people living with HIV globally. Young people continue to account …

  Experts blame outdated credit ratings, underperforming guarantee Instruments, and short-term loans for infrastructure built to last decades   COMMENT | ANA M.CAMELO VEGA | In African countries, there’s a gap between the financing available for renewable energy and the projects it’s meant to reach. Funds are not reaching the right …

NEWS ANALYSIS | Xinhua |  In recent years, China-U.S. relations have experienced twists and turns. Some observers fear that China and the United States may repeat the historical pattern of major-power rivalry known as the “Thucydides Trap.” Yet, Chinese President Xi Jinping has rejected this notion: “There is no such …