The CDF Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba intends to contest for the presidency in 2013, Daudi Kabanda, the head of Muhoozi’s office has revealed. Kabanda made the remarks during a meeting a press briefing attended by MPs and other leaders of PLU in Nakasero, Kampala. “The pronouncement has been done and it is confirmed,” Kabanda said, adding…
African youth are more optimistic about the future of their countries and the continent, but they say governments must create jobs, fight corruption and give young people a greater voice in decision making. The findings are contained in the 2026 African Youth Survey, which interviewed 4,901 young people aged between 18 and 24 across 16…
A Ghanaian tourism delegation has arrived in Uganda to meet President Museveni and urge him to support the campaign for a visa-free Africa. The team is led by Ras Mubarak, the campaign leader of the Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign. He told journalists in Kampala today that Africa must move towards abolishing visa restrictions if…
Benjamin Agaba Dear African presidents, Since European colonial powers divided Africa and imposed arbitrary borders, certain groups, such as the Tuareg—nomadic Berber-speaking people of the Sahara—have consistently rebelled against these artificial boundaries, particularly in Mauritania, Algeria, Mali and Niger. The Tuareg reject these imaginary borders, which vanish into the harsh desert dunes, and continuously challenge…
In a historic peace deal signed Friday, leaders of DRC and Rwanda agreed to end a yearslong war that largely played out in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces along the eastern edge of DRC. But people here say the agreement is far from a guarantee that violence in their region will end. In fact,…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi is not taking part in regionally brokered talks aimed at ending the rebel assault on the key eastern city of Goma, state media has reported. Kenyan leader William Ruto had invited Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame to a virtual summit, as corpses lay on the…
