Like fish that rots from the head, entire body politic of Uganda is corrupt from the presidency to, now, environment
Political corruption, cultural corruption, spiritual corruption, Cyber corruption, moral corruption, social corruption, health corruption, academic Corruption, intellectual corruption, Mental corruption, scientific corruption, policy corruption, legislative corruption, executive corruption and judicial corruption belongs to the socio-cultural dimension of the environment.
New knowledge cultures in Africa: Centrality of criticality in academic, intellectual, educational, ideological, AI and public discourses.
God is the source of all knowledge, wisdom, understanding and insight. He desires that leaders (religious and non-religious) and rulers lead and govern his people with love, justice, mercy, wisdom, understanding and insight towards change for the better.
Study in Sweden reveals sexual harassment is still a taboo subject even in gender-equality hotspots
The Lund findings echo those of a 2022 study2 of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in European research settings, which found that the prevalence of gender-based violence was fairly uniform across 15 nations.
Top scientists flee US following Trump’s research funding cuts; the academics prefer to work in Europe, Asia – even Africa!
More than 200 federal grants for research related to HIV and AIDS were abruptly terminated last month. Cuts to grants from the US National Institutes of Health for Covid-19 research were revealed, and the government began a $400-million reduction in research grants at Columbia University in New York City, because of campus protests supporting Palestinians in the conflict with Israel.
‘I’m going to Saudi Arabia or to my grave: How hope became frustration, then despair among Ethiopia’s Oromo youth under PM Abiy
The government or its militias “can accuse anyone of being OLA and try to get money from them. If you don’t pay, you’ll be put in prison, and unless you pay you won’t get out,” Østebø says. “There is so much discontent and hopelessness.”
Poor Pope and People’s Pope: While John Paul I was a paragon of tenacity and courage, Pope Francis was citadel of theological learning
Pop John Paul I: We have no temporal goods to exchange, no economic interests to discuss. Our possibilities for intervention are specific and limited and of a special character. They do not interfere with the purely temporal, technical and political affairs, which are matters of your government.
White South Africans scramble for exile in US as non-white refugees are deported on Trump orders
Some of the South African applicants have taken part in a first round of interviews in Pretoria, three of them said, describing positive encounters with US officials who seemed well-disposed towards them and their accounts of persecution.
President Ruto says Kenya keen to learn from ‘China’s remarkable journey of transformation’ day after blistering attacks on US President Trump, UN
President William Ruto, an evangelical Christian from a modest background, was elected on promises to help Kenya’s poor in a country struggling with debt. Earlier in his presidency, Ruto favoured the West and the United States over China. But as US President Donald Trump pulls back from engagement with Africa and slaps tariffs on trade partners, Ruto is making overtures to Beijing.
Cash-strapped Kenya rolls out pension scheme for self-employed people
Speaking at a past engagement with journalists in Kakamega, the CEO of KNEST Rose Musonye said the institution will manage all the savings of Kenyan workers who are self-employed.
Government and rebels agree to cease hostilities but situation in eastern Congo remains volatile
The statement said the parties had agreed to “work towards concluding a truce” and that they were reaffirming their commitment to “an immediate end to hostilities.” Previous commitments to a ceasefire, announced unilaterally, have not held, and Wednesday’s statement was the first such commitment to be announced jointly.
