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AFRICA: In October 2019, Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in achieving peace and international cooperation. Particularly, this was for his decisive initiative to resolve the long-running border conflict with neighboring Eritrea. In its official announcement, the Nobel Committee detailed a litany of accomplishments for Abiy as prime minister. These included: lifting ...

Senior journalists are slowly fading away from the media and venturing more into politics. Just yesterday another senior journalist has joined a big political position. NBS’ Joseph Sabiti was appointed the head of communication in the Deputy Speakers’ office. Obviously, this position can’t keep him on TV due to the ethics of media. The question, therefore, is, is it easy ...

Renowned media personalities are leaving their jobs in big media stations. Most of them who have not just retired have chosen to concentrate on their own media platforms. Just recently, Solomon Serwanja threw in the towel and left NBS TV. He is venturing into his own media company focusing on investigative journalism. He has been doing the same thing even ...

Top research fellow from Economic Research Policy Centre Dr Ibrahim Kasirye has  asked government to borrow from external sources to finance country’s struggling economy. He argues that the covid-19 pandemic out break posed a considerable threat to maintaining Uganda’s macro-economic growth and sustained poverty eradication efforts. “Given the challenges of operating under the new normal, coordinated efforts are required to ...

Up until now, many African fathers don’t trust their girl children to inherit family property. This has left many asking what the problem is. Why is it hard to trust them? The world has moved forward and right now gender imbalance is an embarrassment to whoever takes part in it. The girl child has also gone to school just like ...