Somalia-Turkey maritime deal is a win for both, not a power play for the Horn of Africa

Somalia-Turkey maritime deal is a win for both, not a power play for the Horn of Africa

The Turkey-Somalia agreement should be seen in the light of what the deal gives each signatory. Not as part of a new system of regional alliances that are adjusting to the deal signed between Ethiopia and Somaliland at the beginning of 2024.

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Once mighty Sudan Armed Forces have made military and political errors, raising prospects of breakup of Sudan

Once mighty Sudan Armed Forces have made military and political errors, raising prospects of breakup of Sudan

The Sudan Armed Forces should be thought of as a complex institution. They are not just an amalgamation of caricaturised generals preoccupied with furthering their personal interests or ethnic agendas.
The institution itself is older than independent Sudan and has always guarded its autonomy from the state and society.

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Uganda’s lords of poverty: Where political elite find thrill in poverty for it earns them fat paycheques

Uganda’s lords of poverty: Where political elite find thrill in poverty for it earns them fat paycheques

Uganda has the largest percentage of the world’s freshwater resources, which are unfortunately being degraded by leaking chemicals and oil in them. Her freshwaters are naturally productive, but their productivity is in danger of plummeting due to unwise policies and use of the land and natural resources such as oil.

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It’s not Makerere University that’s sending its retired staff to early grave, it’s Uganda’s deathly benefits structure

It’s not Makerere University that’s sending its retired staff to early grave, it’s Uganda’s deathly benefits structure

Today, the sociocultural and socioeconomic environment of Uganda is not friendly to the old and the young. Many retirees have entered the wider society when the extended family system, which used to provide social and economic security to the old and elderly is collapsed, and government’s preferred economic models do not favour the old and elderly

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Museveni, the chameleon: Multiple colours of Ugandan president ensure he’s the turning point in a still wheel

Museveni, the chameleon: Multiple colours of Ugandan president ensure he’s the turning point in a still wheel

One school of thought is that the president does not need to rely on NRM as his powerbase, since he still takes UPDF as his personal army. According to the school he has conquered DP and UPC, which boast of many old people, but has not conquered Ssentamu Kyagulanyi’s National Unity Platform (NUP), which boasts of numerous youths and a few oldies,

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Why Uganda should rethink specialisation in higher education for turning over ‘sausages’ in the name of professionals

Why Uganda should rethink specialisation in higher education for turning over ‘sausages’ in the name of professionals

We are living in “A rapidly changing ‘wicked’ world, which demands conceptual reasoning skills that can connect new ideas and work across contexts.” We, therefore, need to quickly rethink education to train for now and the future, not for the past.

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‘Sudanese war is horror I’m personally caught up in, no longer as a journalist and impartial witness but a victim’

‘Sudanese war is horror I’m personally caught up in, no longer as a journalist and impartial witness but a victim’

My inability to cover this conflict has left me silent and tearful. This is not the first civil war Sudan has experienced, but it is the worst. It’s a conflict that has challenged all taboos, where everyone stands to lose – and yet we still have no idea when it may end.

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Thy kingdom come: Revisiting political, cultural contests at the heart and soul of Busoga ‘Kyabazingaship’ in Uganda

Thy kingdom come: Revisiting political, cultural contests at the heart and soul of Busoga ‘Kyabazingaship’ in Uganda

The Kyabazinga is also called Isebantu, which means “father of the people”. This name was a symbol of unity derived from the expression and recognition by the people of Busoga that their leader was the “father of all people who brings all of them together”, and who also serves as their cultural leader. The wife of a Kyabazinga is called Inyhebantu or the mother of all Basoga.

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Why African universities should introduce environmental studies across all disciplines

Why African universities should introduce environmental studies across all disciplines

Failure to incorporate environmental studies into curricula could result in environmentally ineffective and insensitive education, which fails to address the urgent need for sustainable practices and environmental conservation.

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Preaching water, drinking water: How I revolutionised environmental knowledge at Makerere University

Preaching water, drinking water: How I revolutionised environmental knowledge at Makerere University

The aspect that made the programme sensitive to the human environment was the well-developed field perspective, which enabled us to interact with as many groups of people – locally expert trained experts – and the managers of forests, national parks game reserves in Kenya and East Africa. It was as if all environment was about forests, national parks and game reserves.

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