UN experts worry South Sudan is on brink of civil war after peace accord became ‘lucrative venue for elite power politics’
Many political leaders and civilians in South Sudan are “deeply sceptical” a 2018 peace agreement can deliver stability to the world’s newest nation and worry it may be heading back into conflict, UN experts said in a report circulated Monday. The experts pointed to political disputes between former rivals now...
Rebuttal: Forget the mantra that you ‘eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper’
Breakfast earned its title as the most important meal of the day back in the 1960s after American nutritionist Adelle Davis suggested that to keep fit and avoid obesity, one should “eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Breakfast literally means “to break...
Military budgets shoot up as Kenya, Uganda and Angola top Africa against backdrop of terrorism, extremism
Total world military expenditure increased fractionally in 2021 to reach $2,113 billion, surpassing the $2 trillion mark for the first time, new research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has revealed. Military spending also increased in Africa. SIPRI on April 25 said 2021 saw the seventh consecutive year...
Public fetes for Uganda President Museveni’s son send clearest signal he’s preparing to succeed his father
Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda’s leader are raising concern that he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently being groomed to succeed his father, President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986. Three events marking Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s 48th birthday have been held in recent...
