NEWS ANALYSIS

      JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | South Africa’s anti-migrant protests have entered a prolonged and increasingly complex phase, evolving into a regular every-Thursday protest that is reshaping public debate over immigration, security, and governance. While civic groups behind the protests have vowed to sustain pressure until undocumented migrants leave …

    East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more. The 2025 State of the Climate in Africa report (page 13) estimates that the ice areas on Mt Kenya, the continent’s second-highest peak, have shrunk 96% in the past 115 years. The …

As Africa’s digital economy expands, fintechs are moving beyond payments to build the trust infrastructure that makes cross-border trade, investment and financial inclusion possible.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  Africa has spent the past decade building the infrastructure to move money digitally. The next phase is focused on making …

  Uganda says modern outbreak science has changed what investigators can know. Is it time to rethink the 42-day rule?   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | When Uganda’s Ministry of Health announced on July 28, 2026, that the country had declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, something unusual …

  Businesses are still struggling with higher costs caused by global events, including renewed conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted energy markets and pushed up fuel prices   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Ugandan businesses are feeling more confident about the months ahead, but rising fuel prices, …

   It started with an insult. In mid-May, during an open court hearing, Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant referred to some unemployed young people as “cockroaches” and “parasites.”   COMMENT | SHASHI THAROOR |  For those accustomed to viewing Indian democracy through the prism of grand electoral contests or …

    Taking control of Safaricom is accelerating Vodacom’s shift from a traditional telecommunications operator into a digital financial services business powered by M-PESA.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | South Africa-headquartered Vodacom is entering its biggest strategic reset in decades after taking control of Safaricom, the Kenyan telecommunications …

  How a crook infiltrated the highest office in Uganda and caused untold disruption   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | Erina Kagisha is the wife of the former commander of SFC, Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa. She works in the legal department of the Office of the President at …

How Uganda’s youth are using media and partnerships to influence policy and development   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | When 16-year-old Martin Luther Nyanzi walked into Parliament with a petition seeking legislation to establish a National NGO Fund, he was doing more than presenting a policy proposal. He was …

  The continent receives less than one percent of global clean air investment, a gap experts say must be urgently addressed   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has no shortage of evidence that polluted air is harming people’s health, slowing economic growth and placing an increasing burden on cities …