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The five artists in the group show Artistic Vision of Uganda explore different styles in painting as they tackle themes in their immediate surroundings and of personal experience   ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | An exhibition of works by young artists is always full of surprises. Firstly, their art is …

   A Russian Company, a Chinese Network, and Uganda’s Surveillance State NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Kampala’s bustling streets now hold a new kind of gaze: the state’s watchful eye, embedded in every vehicle. Uganda’s Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), featuring mandatory digital number plates, is sold as a …

Good news for Ugandan lobbyists who fear loss of EU market COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On Sept. 23, the European Commission quietly sent a letter that set off ripples across global trade, agriculture, and environmental advocacy circles. In it, Environment Commissioner, Jessika Roswall, admitted that a proposed law …

While China has a strategic planning process, America has neither a plan nor a strategy COMMENT | STEPHEN S. ROACH | China’s leaders are hard at work putting the finishing touches on the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan. Meanwhile, since the beginning of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a …

Why a Constitutional Court judgment seeking to promote gender equality has upset traditional leaders COMMENT | ANTHONY DIALA | A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the …

Kampala, Uganda | Insurance has evolved from simple community risk sharing to complex reinsurance, allowing insurers to spread large risks. But how are the continent’s largest projects protected? Isaac Khisa spoke with Stephen Chikovore, MD of UAP Old Mutual Uganda, and here is the excerpt. Insurance, at its core, is …

    Without AGOA and other traditional instruments of soft power, the United States will increase its isolation from Africa COMMENT | WITNEY SCHNEIDMAN | The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), legislation that has been the cornerstone of the U.S.-African commercial relationship for the last 25 years, is set to …

The artist Nebay Abraha works with visual metaphors like gloomy eyes, spider and newspaper cuttings to express his longing to return home. ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Gloomy eyes greet you as you make your entry into the exhibition space at Umoja Art gallery. They communicate a feeling of sadness that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cybercrime group known as RevengeHotels has begun using artificial intelligence to steal guests’ payment data in a new wave of attacks on hotels worldwide, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky. The group, active since 2015, has traditionally targeted hotels in Brazil but has expanded operations …

It increases your risk of haemorrhoids, new study shows ANALYSIS | VINCENT HO | Many of us are guilty of seating long on the toilet, often scrolling our smartphones. But a new study from the United States, published today, has found this habit may increase your risk of developing haemorrhoids by …