Uganda’s political pastors aspire to the heaven in State House where eternity awaits them with Museveni
Presidentialism is a vice because the holder of the title of president is in everything small and big and exudes fear personally and officially, and is also fearful of everything, including the people he rules. He takes the people as enemy number one of the state but uses authoritarian populism to create the impression that is for them while doing everything within his power to undermine the various types of democracy and democratisation in all dimensions to enhance his personal power, influence and wealth. He frequently presides over the making of policies and laws that disempowers and impoverish the people and weaken state institutions.
Trump’s health secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy sets off Big Pharma panic, triggers share plunge
Robert F. Kennedy Jr gestures during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, US, on October 27, 2024. Credit: Reuters
Ravages of drought force farmers along Kenyan coast to abandon maize, cassava for seaweed
It is Tanzania’s third largest export and employs over 26,000 farmers, said George Maina, a scientist at The Nature Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit that supports seaweed farmers in Kenya and Tanzania.
Woman with personality disorder jailed for eight years for demanding Putin’s death over Ukraine
On May 14, 2022, she posted over three dozen times on VKontakte, a social network, hurling insults at Putin and saying he bore personal responsibility for the deaths of men, women and children whose bodies were being pulled from under the rubble of Ukrainian apartment blocks.
Russia relapses into dark era of Soviet paranoia as citizens spy on each other over Ukraine
In news reports, court cases and on social media, examples have come to light of neighbour informing on neighbour, churchgoers denouncing priests and students reporting on teachers. For some, the resulting current climate is reminiscent of the atmosphere of mutual distrust and suspicion under Soviet Communist rule.
Malians ‘kill’ forests to save their lives, believe firewood is forever and trees are not going to disappear
The loss of forests has become a pressing issue across Africa as the Sahara Desert continues to creep southward. Over the past three decades, nearly 7,722 square miles (20,000 square kilometres) of forest have been lost in Mali, according to the environmental nonprofit Tree Aid.
Five Eyes: Nomination of Gabbard as US intelligence chief by Trump rattles spy world
A Western security source said there could be an initial slowdown in intelligence sharing when Trump takes office in January that could potentially impact the “Five Eyes,” an intelligence alliance comprising the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
