Retired but not tired: Musings of Ugandan scholar who straddled environmental conservation debate in East Africa
My own experience after 15 years of being in retirement, is that it is more rewarding allocating time and energy in/to what you feel comfortable with. Don’t care what other minds tell you. Care about what your mind tells you. After all after such a long time on earth, and away from the real world, few will be able to change your mindset. But they may influence you to give up smoking, drinking and womanising or manising, which will not add value to your life and can reduce it to nothing.
Revealed: Poor diets are killing more people than smoking or alcohol, yet doctors get almost no training in nutrition
Even though evidence suggests that nutrition education can be effective, there are many reasons why it’s lacking. Medical students and physicians are some of the busiest people in society. The amount of information taught in medical curricula is often described as overwhelming – like drinking out of a firehose.
Top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was UNRWA staff on forced leave on suspicion of ties with militia group
The UN’s internal watchdog has been investigating UNRWA since Israel in January accused 12 of its staffers of being involved in the October 7 attack on Israel, in which armed militants killed 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others. The allegations led more than a dozen donor countries to suspend their funding, causing an initial cash crunch of about $450 million dollars.
Humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders treated 25,000 victims of sexual violence in Congo last year
Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence as up to 300 armed groups fight for power, land and valuable mineral resources while others try to defend their communities. Some armed groups have been accused of mass killings, rapes and other human rights violations. The violence has displaced some six million people in the east.
One of greatest African basketballers to ever feature in NBA, Dikembe Mutombo, dies at 58
Dikembe Mutombo last played during the 2008-09 season, devoting his time after retirement to charitable and humanitarian causes. He spoke nine languages and founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997, concentrating on improving health, education and quality of life for the people in the Congo.
Fade out: Country music songwriter, singer and actor Kris Kristofferson goes silent forever at 88
Kris Kristofferson, who could recite William Blake from memory, wove intricate folk music lyrics about loneliness and tender romance into popular country music. With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks and counterculture songs influenced by Bob Dylan, he represented a new breed of country songwriters along with such peers as Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall.
Concerns rise in Tanzania after opposition implicates telecoms firm and state in illegal mining data
Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party Tundu Lissu addresses a press conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 25, 2024. Credit: Reuters
Kenya MPs prepare to deputy president in move seen as having President Ruto’s blessings
On Sunday, Mr Rigathi Gachagua told reporters that any impeachment motion would require Ruto’s assent. “Without the president’s go-ahead, the motion cannot reach parliament. If it reaches parliament, it is the president who has authorised it.”
Rwanda reports eight deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
The World Health Organization was scaling up its support and will work with Rwandan authorities to help stop the spread, WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday on the social media platform X.
Unrelenting Israeli strikes and kill Hamas leader in Lebanon, three Palestinian leaders in Beirut
The intensifying Israeli bombardments have killed a string of top officials of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel’s arch-enemy. On Sunday, Israel carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon and against the Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen.
