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Kenya: Behind the Sins of Country's Closet Gays
Some months ago, a friend who resides in Cape Town called me a lesbian. She did not give me that honourable title because I do the things which lesbians do - which I do not know - but because I sleep late and wake up early and I do not buy pirated DVDs.
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Kenya: Africa's Biggest Wind Farm Project Runs Into Stormy Weather
Long term lenders behind the massive Lake Turkana Wind Power Project - Kenya's largest green-field wind power scheme - are now asking for a government guarantee to cover the risks in the private-sector funded project.
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Kenya: Ruto Moves to Clear Name in Poll Chaos Report
Agriculture minister William Ruto Friday moved to court seeking to expunge his name from a report linking him to post-election violence.
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Uganda: Shilling Could End Year At 1,700 to the Dollar
Buoyed by returning off-shore investors especially in the oil sector, increased remittances from Ugandans working abroad, and inflows from exports, the shilling has appreciated 25% against the dollar over a six months ending October 31.
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Uganda: Juba - Building Market Not Way Out for Country
Parliament is in a tag-of war with the Foreign Affairs Ministry over Shs 17 billion the ministry needs to build a market for Uganda traders in Juba, Southern Sudan.
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Rais mpya wa EU azusha maoni tofauti
Uteuzi wa viongozi wawili wasio na umaarufu mkubwa kushika nafasi za juu kwenye muungano wa Ulaya umechagiza maoni tofauti kutoka sehemu mbalimbali.
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Mashabiki wa soka wazua ghasia Misri
Polisi mjini Cairo wamepambana na vurugu zilizosababishawa na waandamanaji karibu na ubalozi wa Algeria.
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Uganda: HIV-Positive Women Need Family Planning Services, Study Shows
HIV-positive women in western Uganda want fewer children than women not living with the virus, but often do not have access to family planning services, a new study reveals.
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Uganda: Museveni's Love-Hate Relationship With Media
Over the last twenty years, President Yoweri Museveni has baffled observers with his relations with the Ugandan media. He has simultaneously been the strongest promoter of press freedom and its biggest threat. He has jailed and prosecuted as many journalists as he has dined with.
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Africa: Leaders Tackle Plight of Their Victims
Five heads of state, ministers and delegates from across the African continent met in Kampala last week for a special summit to deal with forced displacement in Africa.
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Africa: Citizens, Not Mo Ibrahim, Will Deliver Change in Their Leaders
The Mo Ibrahim Award for excellence in African leadership has in its short lifetime become one of the world's most talked about honours.
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Polisi S Leone wasajili vijana wa kujitolea
Sierra Leone imezindua mpango wa kuwajumuisha vijana kusaidia kukabiliana na uhalifu Freetown.
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Uganda: Mutebi Lets Art Talk to Gulu
Ravaged by war for over two decades, the northern region of Uganda has arguably the highest NGO per capita in Uganda and, I could bet an arm and leg, in the whole of Africa. It is easy to know why.
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Uganda: The Politics of Hydro-Power Stations
It should be a blessing for a country to have natural energy resources such as petroleum, gas, coal, water with fast running rivers and falls.
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Uganda: State of UPDF Barracks
Shs 500bn spent on army per year but soldiers live in huts, lack toilets, dead bodies kept in patients wards
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Uganda: Swine Flu Mystery; is It Exaggerated Or Genuine Scare?
Joan Katushabe, a Senior Four student at Ishaka Vocational Secondary School in Bushenyi district, is scared of the AH1N1 virus (swine flu) that attacked Kitabi Seminary which is about 20km from her school. She says the press reports and strict guidelines the school authorities have issued increased her worries about the disease, which was first detected in Mexico early this year.
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Uganda: Tuition Loans Good for Education
Kampala International University (KIU) recently marked out a new path by launching Uganda's first ever university tuition fee loan scheme.
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Uganda: Year End Accidents Start
On October 26 presidential advisor on Religious Affairs Albert Byaruhanga died when his car knocked two pedestrians at Kyanda on Mubende Mityana road leaving one dead.
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Uganda: Soon You May Go to Prison for Modifying Women's Body Parts
On November 3, 2009, government announced a plan that will criminalise Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a cultural practice among the Sabiny of Kapchorwa and Bukwo districts, and a few communities in Moroto and Nakapiripirit districts. FGM involves partial or total removal of a woman's external genitalia without medical recommendation or for non-therapeutic reasons.
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Uganda: Nigeria Makes Nation Shine
Last week, I was in Lagos, Nigeria and witnessed the tragedy of African politics. Nigeria is home of anything between 140m to 160m people. It has some of the most educated, intelligent, innovative and hard working Africans.
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