Uganda’s history of power grab and refugee-powered regimes stretches back to Tembezi dynasty and Kitara Kingdom

Uganda’s history of power grab and refugee-powered regimes stretches back to Tembezi dynasty and Kitara Kingdom

The Batembuzi are historically characterised as superhumans who were divine with creative powers and never died but merely disappeared in thin air or underground. The founder of the Batembuzi is said to have been Ruhanga considered to be a creator

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Kenyan court finds housemate of murdered gay rights activist guilty of the offence

Kenyan court finds housemate of murdered gay rights activist guilty of the offence

Edwin Chiloba was studying fashion design at the University of Eldoret and was widely known in the country’s LGBTQ community for his fashion sense, activism and for speaking out against discrimination.

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British R&Bs icon Elton John loses eyesight, struggles to see his new stage musical

British R&Bs icon Elton John loses eyesight, struggles to see his new stage musical

John wrote the score for ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ a stage musical based on the 2006 movie about a young journalist navigating the glamour and egos of a glossy fashion magazine.

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Fossil footprints in northern Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted 1.5 million years ago

Fossil footprints in northern Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted 1.5 million years ago

The researchers reanalysed trackways that were previously discovered nearby, determining that both species were present together on fossilised muddy surfaces over a period spanning roughly 200,000 years.

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New study reveals Covid vaccines caused hundreds of death of healthy people

New study reveals Covid vaccines caused hundreds of death of healthy people

Hulscher says the study’s republication signals a “pivotal victory for transparency and accountability in science.” It also marks “a significant setback” for actors in the biopharmaceutical complex and “their Academic Publishing Cartel,” Hulscher said. Hulscher’s co-authors include Dr Harvey Risch, Dr Peter A. McCullough and Dr William Makis.

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Book review: ‘Crossing Borders’ is a new release that vaults reader into exciting world job market

Book review: ‘Crossing Borders’ is a new release that vaults reader into exciting world job market

Whether the reader is a recent graduate, an experienced professional seeking a new direction, or a career changer, Crossing Borders lays out a clear and inspiring path. Through powerful stories and hard-earned lessons, Silper invites readers to discover the resilience required to thrive in this challenging field and gives practical steps for achieving success in humanitarian role around the world.

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South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85 in Paris

South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial oppression, has died in Paris, his family announced on Sunday. He was 85. Breytenbach was a celebrated wordsmith, a leading voice in literature in Afrikaans – an offshoot of Dutch that...

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Ugandans lack socioeconomic transformation because public funds are only dished out to the ‘politically correct’

Ugandans lack socioeconomic transformation because public funds are only dished out to the ‘politically correct’

Land-grabbing and the settlement of an alien group of people in all parts of the country where the traditional ethnic groups of Uganda have thrived for centuries have brought into focus a well-coordinated plot to own every resource in a cultural void.

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Rethinking environment:  Why Uganda’s diverse ecologies face extinction in absence of informed management and conservation

Rethinking environment:  Why Uganda’s diverse ecologies face extinction in absence of informed management and conservation

Few environmental managers are aware that time is an integral component of the environment. They are also unaware that the environment is more than the physical environment (the ecological-biological) and include the socio-economic dimension, the socio-cultural dimension and the socio-cultural dimension (which includes the sociopolitical perspective).

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Fast fashion as not Africa’s environmental hazard, but also a cultural and economic disabler

Fast fashion as not Africa’s environmental hazard, but also a cultural and economic disabler

In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles of garments, eager to pluck a bargain or a designer find from the stalls selling used and low-quality apparel imported from the West. At the other end of the street, an upcycled...

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