Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, …
Read More »The wars of the new world order
Beyond Gaza and Ukraine a fundamental global geopolitical rebalancing now appears all but inevitable COMMENT | BRAHMA CHELLANEY | The crises, conflicts, and wars that are currently raging highlight just how profoundly the geopolitical landscape has changed in recent years, as great-power rivalries have again become central to international relations. With …
Read More »Democracies are not ‘backsliding’
The world is not moving “back” toward some regimes familiar from the past, nor moving by “accident’ COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | It seems that 2023 will be another dismal year for democracy. There have been several coups in Africa. Tunisia long touted as the Arab Spring’s one democratic success story …
Read More »World is falling short on gender equality – UN
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year’s edition of the UN Women “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023”, launched on Thursday, paints a worrisome picture halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “The …
Read More »Bank of China transacts first direct investment in yuan in Argentina
Bueno Aires, Argentina | Xinhua | The Buenos Aires branch of the Bank of China has transacted the first direct investment in yuan in Argentina, marking a new milestone in the incorporation of China’s currency as an asset in the South American country. Chinese energy firm Brunp Recycling becomes a …
Read More »Expanded BRICS could re-set world politics
But picking new members isn’t straightforward Kampala, Uganda | BHASO NDZENDZE & SIPHAMANDLA ZONDI | Eager to escape perceived western domination, several countries mostly in the global south are looking to join the Brics bloc. The five-country bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is also looking to grow its …
Read More »World Hepatitis Day: “One life, One liver”
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every year, the world commemorates World Hepatitis Day on the 28th of July as part of the efforts to raise awareness about this lethal but preventable viral disease that affects the liver causing liver cancer. As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark …
Read More »A world of cronyism and corruption
To eliminate it, we must first improve our understanding of its mechanisms and incentive structures COMMENT | KAUSHIK BASU | Imagine the following scenario. A political outsider wins a critical election by promising to root out corruption. Even if that is a sincere intention, upon assuming office, they will quickly realise …
Read More »Archbishop intensifies anti LGBTQ+ campaign, urges Africans to evangelise the World
Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda province Dr. Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has urged Multitudes of Christians in Nebbi Diocese to desist from homosexuality tendencies. Archbishop Kazimba Mugalu told the multitude of Christians who thronged St. Stephen Church Goli compound that it is the high …
Read More »719 arrested during overnight violence in France
Paris, France | Xinhua | At least 719 people were arrested overnight from Saturday to Sunday in France, the fifth night of nationwide violence sparked by the killing of a teen by a police officer, France’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, 45 police officers and gendarmes …
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