It’s not just the economy, Americans are dumping their homeland for Europe citing narrowing civil liberties
Government visa and citizenship data, as well as interviews with eight relocation firms, indicate an increased number of Americans are considering moving to Europe in the wake of Trump’s election – though the figures remain quite small for a nation of 340 million people.
Genocide: During Museveni’s 40-year reign over a million people were killed by Uganda military and rebels
We are aware that justice is becoming more and more captured the military and militarised as the judiciary is becoming more and more subject to the dictates of the executive. We are also increasingly aware of the disappearance of police in Uganda police with soldiers in command and in the rank and file of the police force and more and more subject to the dictates of the CDF. The Citizens cannot easily distinguish between the soldiers and policemen/women when human rights Violations are carried out by men and women in uniform.
Fleeced? Despite state assurance on expatriate jobs Kenyan public scepticism remains
The cabinet secretary disclosed that, since a major recruitment drive in October last year, the ministry has processed close to 1,000 job offers from a pool of 3,000 qualified candidates, an achievement made possible through strategic bilateral agreements with various foreign governments.
As African militaries stockpile drones militants are switching to hit-and-run tactics to stretch armies
As African militaries embrace drones as weapons of choice, the sobering reality is that they are not an answer to proliferation of conflicts on the continent. A report published by the African Centre for Strategic Studies on May 2, says African governments need to develop a more complex understanding of...
Kenya, Ethiopia in East Africa join league of fast expanding military drone industry in Africa
The proliferation of drones in Africa is being driven by a wide variety of factors, including low costs, growing availability, the desire for enhanced surveillance capacity and the ability to project power against an exposed adversary at a low risk to the user.
Fed up with Putin foot-dragging on Ukraine war ceasefire US readies Russia sanctions for Trump to okay
The US National Security Council “is trying to coordinate some set of more punitive actions against Russia,” said the source familiar with the issue. “This will have to be signed off by Trump.”
Industrial factory farming: If use of cereals as animal feed were ended, two billion more people could be fed
The IFC website dismisses as a myth the argument that industrial animal production is bad for the environment. However, factory farms disgorge large amounts of manure, slurry and ammonia that pollute air and watercourses.
While full impacts of US aid cuts are still emerging, it is already evident South Sudan is in uncharted territory
Last year, national elections scheduled for December 2024 were cancelled, extending the transitional period for a fourth time. The economy, too, is in crisis: In parts of the country, food prices have surged 800 per cent since 2023. Many speak of the urgent need for a change in leadership.
Uganda’s ruling NRM is a criminal gang and Museveni a ‘Luwero Triangle massacre’ criminal
Ugandans will remember that when the NRM supremo, Tibuhaburwa Museveni, opened up to multiparty politics and offered himself for electoral politics, the illegal bush war organisation, NRM, was registered as a political party under the name National Resistance Movement Organisation (NRMO) to legally participate in local council, parliamentary and presidential elections of 2006.
Resurgence of terrorism in north-eastern Kenya prompts five foreign embassies to invest region’s economy
Speaking during a press briefing at the Garissa county headquarters, the UN Resident Coordinator Stephen Jackson said that they were working to bring the two sides of the equation together; development investment and security for sustainable development because they are two sides of the same coin.
