Domestic conflict threatens to wreck any chance of peaceful democratic transition promised by Nobel Peace Prize winner By David Pilling and Andres Schipani. “War is the epitome of hell,” Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, told an audience in Oslo last December on Read More …
Category: East Africa
What’s at stake as conflict flares in Ethiopia?
By David Pilling and Andreas Schipani Military confrontation in Africa’s second most populous country could spill out across the regionHeavy fighting has broken out in the northern region of Tigray after Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, announced he was sending Read More …
Chinese peacekeepers Boast South Sudan’s police with supplies to fight COVID-19.
Central Equatoria, South Sudan The Chinese peacekeepers have donated supplies to help South Sudan’s Central Equatoria regional police to contain COVID-19. According to information posted on Chinese embassy in South Sudan, Chinese UN police (UNPOL) serving in the United Nations Read More …
Uganda hosts the biggest number of separated children in the world.
By Aggrey Nyondwa Recent statistics by the UNHCR indicate that Uganda now hosts 36,000 children who have arrived unaccompanied to the border, having been separated from their families due to conflict, killing and displacement ‚Äì making it the country with Read More …
Funding Cripples Refugee Children Protection Activities in Uganda.
By Aggrey Nyondwa As the Uganda refugee crisis gradually continues to lose media attention, already underfunded services to protect children are being slashed. More than 1.3 million people found refuge in Uganda after fleeing violence and deprivation in neighbouring countries. Read More …
Magufuli, Magufulism, and Tanzanians Fading Hopes For Free and Fair Presidential Elections.
By Kalisa Aziz and Ssemanda Allawi. Gearing up for its 6th general election since the restoration of multi-party politics in 1992, Tanzania should be abuzz with political campaigns and the usual hubbub seen in an African presidential election: Political rallies, Read More …
Has COVID-19 Pushed Women in Politics off Kenya’s Agenda?
By Miriam Gathigah In 2013, Alice Wahome ran in her third attempt to win the hotly-contested Kandara constituency parliamentary seat in Murang’a County, Central Kenya. As is typical of rural politics, the field was male-dominated, with the stakes being high Read More …
Denmark gives Uganda $1,000,000 Grant to Counter Covid-19
Danish government has given Uganda additional financial support of $1,000,000 through World Health Organization (WHO), to support ministry of health’s efforts in containing Covid-19. Signing the funding agreement, Dr. Jane Ruth Acheng, Uganda’s minister of health hailed the support noting Read More …
Dutch Government Assists Over 200,000 School Children Through Milk Programmes
With assistance of Dutch government aid, more than 200,000 school going children benefited from the school milk feeding program and more than 7300 jobs were created for Ugandans in Agriculture sector and Netherlands is funding several development programs with focus Read More …
Uganda exports 1st batch of locally made smartphones to North Africa
Uganda has flagged off the exportation of its first batch of locally made mobile phones, to Morocco. The five-million U.S dollar firm, SIMI which is under Chinese electronics company Engo Holdings Group Limited, was launched by president Yoweri Museveni in Read More …