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Some scientists say once enough people get Covid-19, it will stop spreading on its own. But the costs could be devastating | ANTONIO REGALADO | There are basically three ways to stop the Covid-19 disease for good. One involves extraordinary restrictions on free movement and assembly, as well as aggressive …

Insights from a Ugandan settlement | SARAH VANCLUYSEN AND BERT INGELAERE | Typically, refugee camps or settlements, whether in Greece, Jordan or Libya, are seen as lawless environments. They are characterised by a lack of structure, rules and norms. But, based on our study with South Sudanese refugees in northern …

African banks, including central banks, have been quick to appraise the situation in the wake of the lockdowns induced by Covid-19 and most have put mitigating measures in place. These, writes Neil Ford, will go a long way to reducing the impact of the inevitable loss of business across the board. | …

They are next in the fight against the coronavirus | MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF | The spread of COVID-19 has transformed many of the world’s great cities into tragic household names as their reported cases and deaths rise: Wuhan, Milan, Madrid, New York City, and more. But as the pandemic continues …

TOURISM: ‘Uganda cannot just sit back and wait for the crisis to be over’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | If the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t happen this year, this was supposed to be a “super year” for Uganda’s tourism industry. “By November, last year, we already knew that we would …

Political analysts consider options for the new National Unity Platform Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi’s aka Bobi Wine has been clearing hurdles in the way of his presidential bid in 2021. His latest move was on July 22 when he announced …

Why Uganda’s opposition is going to hand Museveni an easy victory next year THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | As we approach the 2021 general elections, it is apparent that the opposition, as expected, has handed an easy victory to President Yoweri Museveni and his party, the NRM. …

FALSE START FOR BOBI WINE: Can he pass the next two tests? Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Since he emerged as the head of the People Power pressure group in 2018, the Kyadondo East MP Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, has faced one critical test; whether he would …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Bobi Wine fails first election test: Can he pass the next two tests? THE LAST WORD Uganda’s politics of self-destruction: Why Uganda’s opposition is going to hand Museveni an easy victory next year …

Stanbic, Coca-Cola, Nice House of Plastics sign plastics deal Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Faced with the undeniable consequences of a toxic tide of plastics, three private firms have entered into a partnership to recycle plastic waste. Stanbic Bank, Cola-Cola Beverages Africa and Nice House of Plastics on July.22 signed a …