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Long live the kings and queens

King Charles might appear to be the vestige of an archaic system but that might be good for his subjects COMMENT | TOM GINSBURG | As Britain’s King Charles III is officially enthroned, the “empire on which the sun never set” is looking a little shabby. In addition to the United …

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One year of Parish Development Model

Could the latest government poverty eradication programme have done better? COMMENT | WALTER AKENA |   In February 2022, the President launched the Parish Development Model (PDM), the latest of a series of poverty eradication programs that the Government of Uganda has implemented. The model seeks to propel the 39% of …

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Debt Restructuring for Commodity Exporters

Even if they manage to convince their creditors to restructure their debts, commodity-exporting debtor countries are still vulnerable to sudden price fluctuations COMMENT | Jeffrey Frankel | The world is in the midst of a debt crisis. A recent report estimates that 61 emerging-market and developing economies nearly one-third of the International …

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Stop big pharma greed to save lives

Africa is not in  position to sustain the development of the public health sector while it’s held in a pricing vise by Western pharmaceutical companies COMMENT | Penninah Iutung | This is seemingly the same script but a different cast; the profiteering and greed of big pharma know no boundaries. We have …

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Crime and Punishment in Uttar Pradesh

  New Delhi, India | SHASHI THAROOR – PROJECT SYNDICATE |   Last month’s murder, on live television, of the notorious gangster and former member of India’s parliament Atiq Ahmed has triggered anguished debates about how such an event could happen in a modern democracy. Along with the killers, who were apprehended …

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Museveni speaks out on Sudan

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s remarks during the Virtual Meeting of IGAD Heads of State and Heads of Government recently.   FULL SPEECH Your Excellencies, The Heads of State and Heads of Government of IGAD; The Executive Secretary. I thank the Executive Secretary for calling …

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