BALLOT BLACKOUT MTN faces the heat to restore internet access amid reports of human rights violations during Ugandan elections 7 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
POLL POSITIONS On the campaign trail — the tactics shaping Uganda’s 2026 elections 5 min 0 By Gcotyelwa Jimlongo
Robert Kigongo Olivia Lutaaya and the price of courage in Uganda’s struggle for freedom 3 min 0 5 January 2026
PROTECTING DEMOCRACY Amid global geopolitical chaos, remember Uganda’s battle to unseat an authoritarian 5 min 0 By Tendai Biti, Greg Mills and Luis Ravina
ILLICIT TRADE Corruption at Congo-Uganda border as health officials sell fraudulent yellow fever documents 7 min 0 By Jérémie Kyaswekera
GUARDIANS IN THE MIST What gorillas and a pioneer vet taught us about disease, scarecrows and the future of conservation 7 min 0 By Yves Vanderhaeghen
ISS TODAY OP-ED Tanzanian president drops pretence of reform amid retreat from democracy in east Africa 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
GREAT LAKES CONFLICT Rwandan forces must withdraw from DRC, says Trump’s top Africa diplomat 4 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
CRIME GONE WILD How Uganda became the world’s top market for trafficked Galápagos iguanas 4 min 0 By Don Pinnock
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 31 MARCH 2025 War criminal forms rebel group to topple eastern DRC; Zimbabwe police block anti-Mnangagwa protests 5 min 0 By Reuters
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 30 MARCH 2025 War against Sudanese army not over, says RSF chief; Niger withdraws from Lake Chad military force 6 min 0 By Reuters
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 26 MARCH 2025 Sudanese army surrounds Khartoum airport; Islamist fighters attack Nigerian army base, military outpost 9 min 0 By Reuters
FUNDING CRISIS OP-ED The silent epidemic: Mpox's resurgence in Africa calls for urgent global health action 2 min 0 By Wilmot James, Richard Migisha and Nikki Romanik
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 11 MARCH 2025 Uganda deploys special forces in South Sudan capital; Trump’s aid freeze blocks distribution of vital medicine 6 min 0 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution 5 min 3 By Paul-Simon Handy
VOICES OF RESISTANCE The Rhinoceros and the Rain — the animal that does not sweat 6 min 0 By Eben Venter
OPEN SECRETS OP-ED Unaccountables 00042 — TotalEnergies: blood and oil 8 min 0 By Afua Duah for Open Secrets
COACHING KUDOS The ‘real deal’ — despite Bafana Bafana’s painful past with foreign coaches, Hugo Broos has proven his mettle 4 min 2 By Yanga Sibembe
FOOTBALL Bafana Bafana face tough battle against Uganda in Afcon qualifiers amid Safa woes 4 min 1 By Yanga Sibembe
