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Why his papacy mattered for the continent – and for the world’s poor and marginalised COVER STORY | STAN CHUN IIO | The death of Pope Francis at his residence on April 21 marks the end of a significant era for the Vatican and the global Catholic following of 1.3 billion …

LONDON | TASS | Moscow is ready for a very serious conversation about a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, but is not moving away from its previously taken position, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said in an interview with the British television channel ITV. “I will say …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of Rotary International, Stephanie Urchick says that peace is possible in all countries and that this is of great importance to the Rotary Organization. Urchick was speaking during a Peace Symposium at Makerere University, where a group of students graduated from the …

UNAIDS urges leaders to ‘act now’ to ensure human rights for people affected by HIV ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | At the 25th International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2024), UNAIDS urged all participants to stay committed because the end of AIDS is within grasp. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) called on …

But it lacks shared values and a unified identity around which to cohere to benefit equitably from the current global order COMMENT | ANTHONI VAN NIEUWKERK | The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the …

A deeply divided world has stepped into a modern colosseum; who will emerge victorious from this battle? COMMENT | SALIH KAYA | It is quite common for us to forget the recent past. Just as in the greatest stages of humankind’s history, the West once applauded the arrival of a new …

But earlier this month, the 194 members of the WHO World Health Assembly passed several International Health Regulations COMMENT | MICHAEL BAKER & ALEXANDER GILLESPIE | The international community’s recent failure to conclude a global pandemic agreement leaves large gaps in our capacity to deal with the next major infectious disease …

How America uses the United Nations to falsify information in pursuit of its ulterior designs for the world THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Sometime in March of this year, I received a telephone call from an anonymous number. I rarely pick calls from numbers I do not know. By a …

Historic move makes world better prepared for, and ready to respond to, future public health emergencies ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Government that are state parties to the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have inched closer to signing the world’s first agreement to strengthen global collaboration among governments …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Today Friday, 3 May is World Press Freedom Day, which this year is dedicated to the importance of journalism amid a series of mounting environmental crises. Environmental journalists are often the chroniclers of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. …