How ‘gun and violence democracy’ flourished in Uganda, suffocated popular forms of governance

How ‘gun and violence democracy’ flourished in Uganda, suffocated popular forms of governance

Some leaders combine demagoguery with force, as did happen in 2017 and 2024 in Ugandan parliament when President Tibuhaburwa Museveni wanted Age Limit Bill and Coffee Bill respectively passed. Indeed, in the visons of Socrates and Plato, demagoguery constitutes a grave danger to the security and prosperity of a democratic society (Stefan, 2023).

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Why American intelligence community tag Trump as Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin’s errands boy in geopolitics

Why American intelligence community tag Trump as Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin’s errands boy in geopolitics

Today, the US intelligence community believes that Russia wants to help Trump win again in 2024. That means that it is vital that Americans finally understand the truth about the Trump-Russia case, and about the dangerous relationship between Trump and Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin.

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Unkind governance: Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis is a proxy indicator for a weak healthcare system

Unkind governance: Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis is a proxy indicator for a weak healthcare system

Out of Nigeria’s roughly 34,000 primary healthcare centres, only 20 per cent are believed to be fully functional. The vast majority of PHC’s are dilapidated, understaffed and lack essential drugs – especially in the north.

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Elon Musk’s US citizenship hangs in balance after 1,300 posts on X about immigration and voter fraud, bribing voters

Elon Musk’s US citizenship hangs in balance after 1,300 posts on X about immigration and voter fraud, bribing voters

Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor at Cornell Law School and faculty director of its Immigration Law and Policy Program, says that it’s not clear that if Musk worked in the US without authorisation and attested he hadn’t, that would be considered important enough to denaturalise him.

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With East Africa more vulnerable to climate swings, governments should now give priority environmental security

With East Africa more vulnerable to climate swings, governments should now give priority environmental security

If the right to the 10 types of justice they mentioned exist, the right to natural justice, climate justice, environmental justice, environmental cooperation, environmental peace and environmental diplomacy also exists.

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Interpol investigation exposes how transnational organised criminal gang Black Axe funds, fixes who rules Nigeria

Interpol investigation exposes how transnational organised criminal gang Black Axe funds, fixes who rules Nigeria

Scrutiny is needed on governments in China and the United Arab Emirates that serve as major financial transfer hubs for Black Axe’s illicit transactions.

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Taliban morality law: New code stipulates length of men’s facial hair, considers woman’s voice ‘intimate part of the body’

Taliban morality law: New code stipulates length of men’s facial hair, considers woman’s voice ‘intimate part of the body’

Without doubt, the part of the law that has received the most media attention is Article 13, which stipulates that a woman’s voice – when engaged in singing, reciting, and reading in public – is considered awrah, or an intimate part of the body. It goes on to say that a woman should “cover” her voice when out in public.

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Taliban’s new morality law has sparked fears Afghanistan is returning to the repressive and abusive rule of the 1990s

Taliban’s new morality law has sparked fears Afghanistan is returning to the repressive and abusive rule of the 1990s

The 35 amendments to the Law on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice include prohibitions on everything from men’s haircuts that are deemed to be against shari’a to storing any visual representations of living beings on mobile phones.

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After murdering their parents and being handed life sentences, Menendez brothers birthed prison reforms the US is now replicating

After murdering their parents and being handed life sentences, Menendez brothers birthed prison reforms the US is now replicating

The Menendez brothers’ work is ongoing, with the ultimate goal of transforming the prison yard “from an oppressive concrete and gravel slab into a normalised park-like campus setting surrounded by a majestic landscape mural,” according to the project’s website.

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Press Freedom: Reporters Without Borders raise alarm over security risks journalists in Sahel region face

Press Freedom: Reporters Without Borders raise alarm over security risks journalists in Sahel region face

At least two community radio journalists were killed and two kidnapped by armed groups in Mali and Chad since November last year, Reporters Without Borders said in a statement calling for the protection of local journalists.

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