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Brics alliance strengthens as six nations join inclusive global club

The Brics alliance is counting on its expansion to strengthen global governance reform and offer an alternative to Western-dominated institutions
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Beyond resources: China’s transition to investment-driven Hunan model reshapes Africa engagement

China's Africa engagement shifts from resource extraction to prioritize agriculture, technology, and trade partnerships
Exhibition stand staff at a Trade Expo in Hunan Province, China
OpinionPolitics & Policy

World Bank’s loan freeze tests its supposed non-political stance

The World Bank's recent decision to halt new loans to Uganda over its anti-homosexuality law highlights the blurred lines between economics and politics, raising questions about its approach to navigating complex social issues
The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC.
OpinionPolitics & Policy

Kenya’s election should ring alarm bells on digital influence campaigns

Online influencers played a significant role in shaping the outcome of Kenya’s 2022 election, partly by amplifying misleading narratives. African countries preparing for elections should be on guard
Social media networks in one group on an iPhone
Politics & Policy

Mwai Kibaki wasted opportunity to fix Kenya

Kenya's third president initially enjoyed broad goodwill among his own population until he failed to confront the gross excesses he had promised he would reform
Mwai Kibaki at a conference in London, in 2012
Politics & Policy

DRC is set to join the East African Community: what’s in it for everyone?

In February, East African Community ministers recommended the Democratic Republic of Congo's admission. The decision is set to be formalised by the bloc's presidents on 29 March
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda welcomes presidents Felix Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Politics & Policy

US sanctions Ugandan refinery over illicit gold trade

The United States has sanctioned a network of companies controlled by Alain Goetz, a Belgian businessman who owns a gold refinery in Uganda, for participating in the illicit trade of gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo
A group of people looking at gold bars
Politics & Policy

The Rwanda border is open but distrust could close it again

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse. But the issue is not yet a settled matter
Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame at State House, Entebbe, in March 2018.
EconomyPolitics & Policy

A mindset change is best route to broader and resilient growth

The Uganda government must encourage citizens to participate in the national development agenda. It must start by viewing citizens as agents of economic growth and development, not a burden to the government
Politics & Policy

Uganda’s prolonged closure of schools: the impact is deep and uneven

To understand how the prolonged closure of schools affected the lives of adolescents in Uganda we conducted interviews with 36 young people and predominantly from a low socio-economic status
Learners in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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