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US President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide.” COMMENT |  ADEKYE ADEBAJO | On the eve of America’s imperial invasion of the Philippines in 1899, the British poet and defender of empire Rudyard Kipling urged the United States …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 29th Dec 2025, I landed in an unexpected evening traffic jam at a place called Mpambire, around 40 km on the Kampala-Masaka road. I imagined there was an accident a few meters ahead that had slowed us down. I didn’t know that I would leave …

Many young people will one day do jobs that don’t yet exist or did not exist a few years ago  COMMENT | KOBUS MAREE | The world of work today, in the 21st century, is far more unpredictable than it was in the 20th century. Jobs come and go, roles …

  COMMENT | ALEX ATWEMEREIREHO |  Africa is not a sleeping giant; it is a suffocated one. Its lungs have long been pressed by the weight of imperial duplicity, its arteries drained by extractive economies masquerading as partnerships, and its political spine bent by postcolonial elites conditioned to administer decline on …

Globally, citizens often display their national flags at homes, offices, and public spaces as expressions of pride. Uganda is no exception COMMENT | JULIUS BUSINGE |  As Uganda journeys toward the January 15 general elections, the national flag has once again taken centre stage in public debate—raising questions not only …

    COMMENT | ELIJAH TUMUSIIME |  This Christmas and New Year season, many businesses and families will take a break, celebrating with loved ones and enjoying the festive atmosphere. While offices close and inboxes slow down, cybercriminals remain active, presenting significant risks during this potentially vulnerable time. Research indicates …

  COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI |  Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, are two wide contrasts of each other. Both minds come from different eras. Museveni was born in 1944. Kyagulanyi, in 1982. Born 38 years apart, little could be found in common between these …

  COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Scholars have defined political opportunism as aiming to increase one’s political influence at any price, or a political style that involves seizing every and any opportunity to extend political influence, whenever such opportunities arise. Typically, opportunist political behavior is criticized for being short-sighted or …

  COMMENT | ALFRED GERESOM MUSAMALI | I have seen an alarmist letter (attached) allegedly written by one Joram Khamboson Mayatsa, who calls himself Umukuuka IV uwa Inzu ya Masaaba (IYM), mobilising all Bamasaaba of Uganda, Kenya and the Diaspora to participate in and support the upcoming “Circumcision Day” for …

COMMENT | Simon Peter Tumwebaze Kyoma | This Christmas season, as the air fills with warm laughter, the smell of chicken luwombo, and the promise of a new year, we find ourselves thinking about the true meaning of home. It should be more than the four walls that make it, but, …