Ugandan youth take a cue from neighbouring Kenya, attempt to storm parliament to flush out corrupt MPs

Ugandan youth take a cue from neighbouring Kenya, attempt to storm parliament to flush out corrupt MPs

The protests were organised by Ugandans who hope to emulate efforts by people in neighbouring Kenya, where demonstrations recently forced the President William Ruto to dismiss almost his entire cabinet after widespread opposition to a proposal to impose new taxes.

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From Kenya to Uganda: Outraged African youth to turn social media to put corrupt regimes to the sword

From Kenya to Uganda: Outraged African youth to turn social media to put corrupt regimes to the sword

One beneficial aspect of social media is its ability to spark outrage and incite change within the people, affecting the democratic state of a country as is currently happening in the East African nation of Kenya right now. When this happens, traditional politics does not come in. Nor does one need to evoke foreigners as the cause. However, the spread of misinformation is a digital crisis as the misinformation spreads quickly and widely. The powers that be must be well equipped to confront this not by guns but by brains to correct the impression created by misinformation.

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Skills training: IFAW targets Ugandan law enforcers in war against rising cross-border wildlife crimes

Skills training: IFAW targets Ugandan law enforcers in war against rising cross-border wildlife crimes

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have embarked on training of law enforcers as a long-term response wildlife trafficking between the two neighbours. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), says in a press statement issued in Fort Portal on Tuesday October 19, Uganda that the one-week training will...

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Glaciers on Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and Mt Rwenzori to melt in two decades – WMO report

Glaciers on Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and Mt Rwenzori to melt in two decades – WMO report

Africa’s fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave three per cent off continental GDP by mid-century, the UN climate agency warned on Tuesday. The latest report on the state of Africa’s climate...

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