Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States launched a year-long campaign in Uganda aimed at promoting what it calls “The American Edge” — a blend of innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and education that Washington says continues to shape partnerships across health, business, research and youth development in Uganda. The …
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COMMENT | NICU POPESCU & FREDRIK WESSLAU | For decades, much of Europe viewed military engagement through the lens of NATO or the European Union, since these structures have long shaped how Europeans thought about conflict, deterrence, and security. But the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed …
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The king’s speech pushed in interesting ways at the boundaries of what a British monarch might be expected to have said in Trump’s America COMMENT | PHILIP MURPHY | King Charles’s recent speech to the US Congress – only the second such address by a British monarch – …
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As crises become more complex, less predictable, and increasingly intertwined, the global system is no longer anchored by shared rules and norms COMMENT | MARK LEONARD | The US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and launched the United States’ most consequential Middle Eastern adventure since …
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COMMENT | MOHAMMED AL DHAHERI & RIKARD JALKEBRO | Diplomatic instinct suggests that, when conflicts intensify, parties should head to the negotiating table. That impulse might be rooted in genuine moral concern, but there are times when heeding it is dangerous. Now is just such a time: negotiations to …
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WASHINGTON | TASS | Iran presented its ten-point plan to the US on the 39th day of the conflict. US President Donald Trump said the proposal was “a workable basis on which to negotiate” and announced a suspension of attacks on Iran. Pakistan’s prime minister, who has acted as a …
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After years of U.S-backed investment, the transfer of data systems marks a shift from external support to state control COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | In a district hospital in eastern Uganda, a mother waits as a clinician opens an electronic medical records system instead of reaching for a paper …
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CAIRO | Xinhua | The ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is sending shockwaves across the globe and affecting multiple sectors. As attacks between the warring sides continue, shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a vital global transport chokepoint, has been heavily disrupted. Beyond the energy …
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The controversy and promise of Uganda’s new health pact with the United States Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Dec. 10, 2025, Uganda entered into one of the most consequential health partnerships in its recent history. At the Ministry of Finance headquarters in Kampala, senior officials from Uganda and the …
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Iran’s use of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) places the United States and its allies in a position of economic disadvantage and depletes stocks of expensive missiles, The New York Times (NYT) reported. Advisers to US President Donald Trump have urged him to declare victory …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
