NEWS ANALYSIS

Several high-carbon emitting countries in Africa are developing just energy transition plans while still focusing on exploiting their fossil-fuel reserves. Luanda, Angola | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s carbon-intensive economies are racing to develop just energy transition plans as more green funding commitments begin to flow in. However, these oil and …

Seventeen African nations are to start testing the Single African Air Transport Market between their territories, fully opening their skies to each other as part of the pilot – a first for the continent. Dakar, Senegal | BIRD AGENCY |  Intra-African air travel under the Single African Air Transport Market …

  New programme seeks to make small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner and more profitable Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A new five year project is seeking to eliminate mercury use among Uganda’s artisanal and small scale miners. The project which is targeting 4,500 artisanal miners working in 11 mines …

EBOLA FIGHT: The good and bad news Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health on average receives about 160 alerts every day of possible Ebola, according to the Disease Outbreak News (DON) of Nov.24 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It says during the week commencing Nov.14, …

HIV experts want priority shifted to vulnerable groups Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the world gears up to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day which is celebrated every December 1, experts in the HIV prevention, treatment and research want the international community to focus and support more ‘priority populations’ …

Will he turn on the charm or signal end of schmoozing? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. President Joe Biden has invited 49 of 54 African leaders for a three-day summit scheduled for 13-15 December. Not invited are Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Eritrea, and Western Sahara. This means that …

🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Tunisia vs Australia 1pm ⚽ Poland vs Saudi Arabia 4pm ⚽ France vs Denmark 7pm (UBC TV) ⚽ Argentina vs Mexico 10pm Doha, Qatar | QNA |  A great success at all levels is currently being witnessed by the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which was inaugurated by HH …

Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | So the Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United love affair came to a messy end on Tuesday night with the club and player both announcing that the 37-year-old’s contract had been terminated by ‘mutual agreement.’ This comes in the wake of an explosive TV interview, in which Ronaldo …

NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The clamor for the management of city markets is far from over given the contracting new directives from President, Yoweri Museveni. From directing that the markets are run by vendors and backtracking to instruct the City Authority to repossess the markets, Museveni’s directives have not …

COMMENT | NANCY QIAN – PROJECT SYNDICATE |  Nine months after Russia invaded their country, Ukrainians are seizing back their territory and giving their people hope of a military victory. But when it comes to long-term peace and prosperity, a military victory would be only the end of the first …