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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A new UNESCO report underscores the importance of school meals in the health and learning of children. Although these days many pupils have access to school meals, not enough emphasis is placed on the nutritional value of the produce used. UNESCO advocates the use of healthier and more nutritious … The post […]

Almost three years into a devastating war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appear to have regained control over the capital ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on March 26 that “Khartoum is now free” after his troops successfully recaptured the […]

Reports estimate that trade-based money laundering costs Uganda over $6.6 billion annually Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Financial experts have called for sustained collaboration between Uganda’s public and private sectors to strengthen the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) framework, following its recent removal from the Financial […]

  COMMENT | ESTHER MUTHONI |  When women get their finances together, the whole society is better for it. Every day, this fact gains growing importance as we at PostBank roll out our products into communities across the country. The way our society is, by accident or design, financial matters are supposed to be handled … The post Women growing […]

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigerian film stars Kanayo O Kanayo and Patience Ozokwor have received the African Ikon of the Year accolades at a ceremony in Kampala celebrating influential figures in African cinema. This was at the 3rd edition of the glamorous Ikon awards Saturday at the Kampala Serena Hotel, as Uganda’s best in the […]

Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UNICEF is launching a comprehensive assistance programme designed to support vulnerable girls’ secondary education in the West Nile, Lango and the Acholi sub regions of Uganda. The contribution which will see 5,000 vulnerable girls in secondary schools supported to complete their education through a Cashplus […]

KHARTOUM | Xinhua | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo acknowledged on Sunday his paramilitary group had withdrawn from Khartoum, part of Sudan’s capital region, calling the move a tactical repositioning to Omdurman, another city within the tripartite capital region. In an audio message circulated via Telegram, Dagalo […]

I hope on the morning of 2nd April, not 1st April ( it’s fools day), you will gather your loved ones over a meal and proudly tell them you built this republic with integrity. When you do, tell them Umeme was NSSF’s Cash cow, and that Social Security is not what NSSF pays us when … The post A final toast to the last Umeme employees standing […]

INTERVIEW | On March 26, Sudanese army forces reclaimed control over the presidential palace in central Khartoum, dislodging the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and claiming a major new tactical and strategic victory that could signal a new phase of the war. With the army now on the verge of reclaiming the entirety of the capital … The post […]

Why not all African countries should venture into vaccine business ANALYSIS | The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufactures 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. Africa currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since April 2021, when the AU tasked the […]