Disempowerment: How postcolonial regimes turned Basoga, Baganda in Uganda and Luhyia in Kenya into serfs
Most writings on Busoga have created the impression that there was no Busoga before about 300 years ago. But Busoga is a water rich area with a large part of Lake Victoria within its territory, and the source of the longest river in the world – the Nile – which is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible (Amos 8:8: Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.) has its source in Busoga. It is important to ask: Why should such an area at the source of the Nile not have a prehistory but Egypt at the mouth of the Nile has a prehistory?
US researchers find probable launch site of Russia’s new nuclear-powered missile
The identification of the missile’s probable launch site suggests that Russia is proceeding with its deployment after a series of tests in recent years marred by problems, said Eveleth and the second researcher, Jeffery Lewis, of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Nigerian protesters accused of acting ‘with intent to destabilise Nigeria’ face death penalty
The protesters were charged under Nigeria’s Penal Code, which critics have described as one of the country’s harshest laws and one used by authorities to clamp down on dissent. The treason charge carries a death penalty.
Fall of Chwezi Kingdom is a tale of how Uganda’s traditional centres of power were killed to create Museveni Empire
For all intent and purposes, President Tibuhaburwa Museveni ruled like a king over a new kingdom called Uganda Kingdom. It was a new Chwezi dynasty in Uganda. He was glorified and worshiped. He promoted hereditary politics to service his new kingdom. The kingdom had laws and a judiciary but many laws were made by his word of mouth and what emanated from the judiciary as judgement often reflected what he wanted.
Swedish pop group ABBA bans presidential candidate Trump from using their music
Campaigns don’t need an artist’s express permission to play their songs at rallies as long as the political organisation or the venue has gotten what’s known as a blanket licence from the performing rights organisations ASCAP and BMI.
Harris vows tougher approach on migration along US southern border and arms for Israel
Kamala Harris also hewed closely to President Joe Biden’s strong support of Israel and rejected calls from some in the Democratic Party that Washington should rethink sending weapons to Israel because of the heavy Palestinian death toll in Gaza. She said she supports a strong Israel but “we must get a deal done” to get a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.
How American presidents paper over US military fiascos in Africa, Asia and Middle East
In his 2022 National Defence Strategy, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin laid out five key traits of America’s “future force.” The first among them: “Lethal.” In Pentagon-speak, in that instance, “lethal” meant possessing “anti-access/area-denial-insensitive strike capabilities that can penetrate defence at range.”
Trump marginally loses grip on the presidential race as Harris opens 4-point lead in opinion poll
The findings illustrate how the US presidential race has been shaken up over the summer. President Joe Biden, 81, folded his flailing campaign on July 21 after a disastrous debate performance against Trump sparked widespread calls from his fellow Democrats to abandon his re-election bid.
Prosecutors in Congo push for death penalty for three Americans implicated in coup attempt
Six people were killed during the botched coup attempt led by the little-known opposition figure Christian Malanga in May that targeted the presidential palace and a close ally of President Felix Tshisekedi. Malanga was fatally shot for resisting arrest soon after live-streaming the attack on his social media, the Congolese army said.
Trump faces revised US indictment in election subversion but the ex-president wants entire case thrown out
Bradley Moss, an attorney who specialises in national security, said the revised indictment reflects “a clear effort by the Justice Department to narrow the scope of factual information” to address the Supreme Court’s ruling on immunity.
