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Opinion: Only We Africans Can Guarantee our Strategic Security
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out over the last few weeks, our central concern in these pages has remained to emphasize again and again, that we the African people are the only true guarantors of our strategic…
Julius Malema Calls Out Western Media for Double Standards Over Russia Operations in Ukraine
When NATO murdered Muammar Gaddafi, Western media called it “Military intervention” and they no longer bother to report that the evil military action led by Obama has left Libya in worse condition.
George Bush and Tony Blair lied that…
Full Text: Vladimir Putin’s Speech Announcing ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine
In a televised address Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he was launching a “special military operation” in Ukraine to protect people who have been facing “humiliation and genocide” perpetrated by the Kiev regime.…
Ugandans will remain poor until they own their bank
By Ezra Suruma
One of the most blatant aims of new colonialism (neocolonialism) is to ensure that Africans are denied access and control of capital. The evidence is overwhelming.
It started in 1987 when the World Bank financed…
A UK-Africa Trade Deal Could be Fair Wind for African Economic Unity – Museveni
By Yoweri K. Museveni
In Uganda, schools recently reopened to face-to-face teaching for the first time in 24 months. Buying time through various forms of lockdown, the vaccines we need to safely reopen have begun to arrive in recent…
Ugandan Capital Kampala still Under Control of Western Colonialists – Suruma
By Ezra Suruma
It started in 1987 when the World Bank financed consultants to do “diagnostic “ studies of locally owned banks: Bank of Uganda, Uganda Development Bank, Cooperative Bank and Uganda Commercial Bank. The findings were that…
Uganda’s industrial journey so far: Progress, achievements and prospects
By Morrison Rwakakamba (Chairman Uganda Investment Authority).
In the first few years of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) administration, about 1986 to 1992, the policy debates and actions were dominated by restoring security,…
Stealing Africa’s Commodities: European Destruction of African Development
Despite lacking in the environmental conditions necessary to grow many of the world’s most valuable commodities, Europe dominates the global commodity trade. Data shows that Switzerland, despite being a relatively minute and landlocked…
Wake up call! Uganda’s workforce slowly becoming impotent
Dear Nile Wires, I was intrigued by an article titled; “fiery tales of parenting during lockdown”. The writer captures a few scenarios of dilemmas of parenting during the pandemic lockdown.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a hard toll on…
Why Are Members of Opposition Hostile to UPDF Operations Against ADF Terrorists?
By Hellen Acoko
Some members of the opposition have come out to criticize the
deployment of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) by President Museveni who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces to hunt for the Allied…