Spiritual colonialism, neocolonialism, conquests: How globalisation turned Ugandans into marionettes and they embraced it gleefully
In Uganda these different colonialisms have been revamped under NRM rule, thereby reversing the independence and development of the country and enhancing the country’s entrenchment in the global debt trap, with the ruling now unable to tick without borrowing from the local and global money markets or attaching the country wealth and natural assets to the creditor countries.
Foreign appetite for Africa’s natural resources generates over 14 million refugees and internally displaced persons
With 3 per cent of its total population forcibly displaced, Africa has both a larger share and absolute number of forcibly displaced people than any other major region in the world.
Rape is ‘used in most Haitian camps as a deliberate tactic to control women’s access to humanitarian assistance’
There are currently more than 700,000 displaced people in Haiti, and 25 per cent of them live in makeshift displacement sites in Port-au-Prince like the one where Béatrice was killed. These are often schools, churches or government buildings that are overcrowded and where there is limited-to-no access to basic services, adequate food or healthcare.
Putin’s offer to compromise with Trump on Ukraine war raises doubts about Russia’s military might
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had no conditions to start talks with Ukraine and was ready to negotiate with anyone, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. But he said any deal could only be signed with Ukraine’s legitimate authorities, which for now the Kremlin considered to be only the Ukrainian parliament.
Bangladeshi government accuses Adani, already under investigation for bribery, of tax breaches
Bangladesh’s de facto power minister Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said the country now had enough domestic capacity to cope without the Adani supply, although not all domestic power generators were operational.
Major players in global economy wary of Trump policies even before he takes over reins of office
The upshot was US central bankers pencilled in estimates for higher growth next year than previously estimated, but also notably higher inflation. That left Powell repeatedly urging “caution” around additional rate cuts from here, which triggered a slide in stock prices and a recalibration of market estimates for further easing. Just a single Fed rate cut is now priced in for 2025.
Western official and Iran officials says the ME nation’s Revolutionary Guards are tightening control over Tehran’s oil exports
Six specialists – Western officials and security experts as well as Iranian and trading sources – said the Guards control up to 50 per cent of Iran’s oil exports, a sharp increase from about 20 per cen three years ago. The sources declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Mass graves sites in Syria expose ousted President Assad’s ‘machinery of deat’ with about 100,00 killed
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites...
Ukraine kills top Russian general in Moscow it accuses of chemical weapons crimes
Former president Dmitry Medvedev, now a senior Russian security official, was cited by the state RIA news agency as saying that Ukraine’s military and political leadership now faced imminent revenge for Kirillov’s murder.
Political hereditary: Uganda is on the cusp of ‘megdel syndrome’ mirrored by inherited political deafness and blurred vision
Hereditary political leadership leads to nepotism and corruption as those in power may use their positions to favour family members, friends and allies rather than making decisions based on the greater good. This can erode trust in institutions and undermine the rule of law. We have seen this take centre-stage in Uganda even recently when the president of Uganda did not hesitate to write that the military courts will continues to try civilians in military courts.
