Last year the aesthetic firm released a report into the rise of GLP-1 use and related concerns about changes in facial appearance London, UK | AGENCIES | Beauty giant L’Oreal says the rise of weight loss drugs has affected beauty and skincare sales, as it designs products to …
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The Ugandan government, just like its peers across Africa, has embraced digital-surveillance to ostensibly improve public safety, but the technology is increasingly being used for political control COMMENT | WAIRAGALA WAKABI | In June 2025, Uganda switched on the Automated Express Penalty System (EPSAuto), using CCTV cameras, automatic …
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A pioneer of Uganda’s securities market and a champion of financial sector reform, Obel leaves a legacy on the country’s financial institutions and economic thought OBITUARY | IAN KATUSIIME | Geoffrey Onegi Obel leaves behind a lasting legacy in Uganda’s financial sector, where he helped lay the foundations …
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Musoke went to Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) in 2017 expecting to graduate in 2020. Six years beyond that deadline, he finally crossed the finish line Nkozi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mid-October equatorial sunshine bathed Uganda Martyrs University’s main campus at Nkozi on Sunday, October 18, as excited …
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Kasagga’s solo show, The Witness, explores human’s relationship with the universe by drawing on his past and present personal experiences with the moon, a giant mirror, to demystify the concept of the unseen in our everyday life and how it impacts us. ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | How …
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The science and suspicion behind Uganda’s travel restrictions SPECIAL REPORT | Uganda’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was officially declared over in August. Yet the United States and Canada continue to enforce restrictions affecting travellers linked to Uganda. The measures raise questions about public-health risk, economic costs and the …
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Second Doha Dialogue on labour mobility held in Dar-es-Salaam showed how worker protections are hard to achieve NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | For two days in early October, hundreds of delegates from African countries and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) gathered at the Indian Ocean-facing Hyatt …
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Rwanda’s plan to bring a Grand Prix to Bugesera in the 2030s reflects its ambition to become a global destination for sport, tourism and investment NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Rwanda has secured a place on Formula 1’s future calendar, ending the sport’s 33-year absence from Africa. …
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Africa, Western Asia saw decline in every wave since 2018 NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Poor access to healthcare, limited local influence over research priorities, and an unequal distribution of scientific benefits are undermining public confidence in science, experts warn, following the release of a global trust survey. …
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Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have no voice in the October 27 election, even as Israel’s government shapes their lives through settlement expansion, home demolitions and movement restrictions NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | In Jabal al-Baba, a small Bedouin community east of Jerusalem, Israel controls almost every aspect of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
