đ World Cup 2022 âł TODAY â˝Â Tunisia vs Australia 1pm â˝Â Poland vs Saudi Arabia 4pm â˝Â France vs Denmark 7pm (UBC TV) â˝Â 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 …
Read More »Goodbye Man Utd, but what’s next for Ronaldo?
Doha, Qatar |Â Xinhua |Â 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 …
Read More »Presidential directive throws city markets into another phase of chaos
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, Museveniâs directives have not …
Read More »Post-war reconstruction is a good investment
COMMENT | NANCY QIAN – PROJECT SYNDICATE |Â 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 …
Read More »Climate disinformation at COP27
âFalsehoods affecting perception of climate crisisâ NEWS ANALYSISÂ | RONALD MUSOKE |Â When Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General warned last month that the world cannot beat climate change without tackling climate misinformation and disinformation, he could not have predicted any better what was to happen at COP27 in Sharm el …
Read More »How Uganda could cushion itself from global food supply shocks
FAO research urges Govt to prioritize investments in agriculture to spur growth and reduce poverty Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A set of economic studies by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has found that modest but well-prioritized investments in Ugandaâs agricultural sector could in the long run lower food …
Read More »Police strategy under scrutiny
Eyes on Deputy IGP Gen. Katsigazi over attacks on stations Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |Â The attack on Kyanja Police Post on the night of Nov. 13 was as daring as they come: assailants riding on motorbikes and firing rounds of bullets at the station with intent of capturing guns. …
Read More »Dr. Ssemogerere’s death marks end of an era
OBITUARY | Michael Wambia – URN | Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere aka Ssemo has been described as an âemperorâ of Ugandaâs democracy and his passing away is the end of an era. Dr. Paul Ssemogerere has been a thread and needle that attempted to bring different opposition groups to unite for …
Read More »I urgently need to inherit Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere’s Big, Black Book
OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali |Â Now that former Democratic Party (DP) President-General Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere (aged 90 years) is dead, I urgently need to inherit one of his intellectual property items â to wit, the Big, Black Book in which during the 1980s he conceptualised recording the names of …
Read More »The fight against Ebola
Why women must be central to the response NEWS ANALYSIS | SOPHIE HARMAN | No time for thatâ was the constant refrain heard by gender and womenâs health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to deal with the crisis. It …
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