In The Magazine

    A wave of opposition arrests, military detentions and treason charges signals a deepening political crisis   COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda’s security agencies’ continued abduction and torture of political opponents, with Erias Lukwago, former Kampala Lord Mayor and lawyer to the incarcerated Dr Kizza Besigye on …

  Whether via emergency evacuation or outreach vaccination, Uganda’s boat ambulances are life-preservers for remote island communities   Mukono, Uganda | JOHN MUSENZE | When 36-year-old Rebecca Nabiryo began bleeding four months into her pregnancy, midwife Ruth Gokyalya was more worried than she would have been if they hadn’t both …

  CONNECT-VAS project brings together four African countries to  build stronger vaccine systems and reduce reliance on imports   Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When scientists, policymakers, regulators and development partners gathered in Kampala on June 11 for the inception meeting of the Collaborative Network for Vaccine Research in West …

  Why there is unlikely to be an agreement between America and Iran soon over that country’s nuclear program   THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Now that we have the actual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the USA and Iran over which both Washington and Tehran agree is …

Arua is currently Uganda’s second-busiest airport after Entebbe and sits at the centre of a region rich in agricultural, tourism and mineral resources   Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda secured €155.99 million (Shs 677.4 billion) in financing from the African Development Bank Group to transform Arua Airport into …

  Uganda’s Shs84.4tn budget, the largest in the country’s history, allocates substantial funding to security, transport infrastructure, healthcare, education and agro-industrialisation   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s economic prospects will depend less on policy announcements and more on execution, economists and business leaders have warned, as the country …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has said travellers leaving the country do not require Ebola-Free Certificates for international travel, visa applications or overseas employment, as authorities seek to curb misinformation and fraudulent testing schemes targeting prospective migrants. Prof. Charles Olaro, Director General of Health …

  BB Energy initiated legal proceedings in London’s courts last year, alleging that South Sudan failed to deliver oil cargoes purchased under the prepayment arrangements   London, UK | AGENCIES | London’s High Court has upheld an injunction preventing South Sudan from entering into new oil prepayment agreements until it …

    Ever since Haitian revolutionaries first rebelled against the French, imperialists have had a special interest in ensuring that Haiti fails   COMMENT | JULIA GAFFIELD  | Ahead of its first match in the 2026 World Cup, the Haitian national soccer team was forced to make a last-minute change. But …

There are a lot of concessions and empty promises from Trump, in return for little   COMMENT | JESSICA GENAUER | The leaders of the United States and Iran have signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war between their countries, as well as Israel’s military assault on Hezbollah …