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By Andrew M. Mwenda President Yoweri Museveni’s suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) has caused uproar. This has been a big programme by Uganda’s “development partners” aimed at “providing harmonised, coherent and…

By Peter Mwayi Following severe strains on livelihood caused by a collapsing economy, hyperinflation, at 200% and a nationwide food crisis, citizens of Sudan took to the streets in non-violent protests that led to the overthrow of long…

While in incarceration just weeks away from his 17 January 1961 horrific assassination at a tender age of 36, the Congolese liberation hero and Pan-africanist Patrice Lumumba, put in poignant words his final views on the state of his…

By Goolam Mohamedbhai On 29 August 2020, India announced its new National Education Policy (NEP 2020) which proposes comprehensive and over-arching reforms to the whole spectrum of education in India, replacing the previous education…

Africa has been blessed with a number of great men and women who fought for the liberation of a black man, and some who still continue the struggle for Africa`s full independence and are celebrated within the continent and beyond, these can…

Paris, France - Highlighting the growth of fast fashion - at least in the form of increasing volumes of cheap and disposable clothing - TRAID's warehouse in London was receiving around 3,000 tonnes of donated clothes every year before…

In the past two decades, there has been a marked increase in the involvement of military forces in the development activities that have traditionally been outside the military sphere. And this trend has been particularly evident in third…

The conflict theory, suggested by Karl Marx, claims society is in a state of perpetual conflict because of competition for limited resources. It holds that social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than consensus and…

Africa’s dream of creating a borderless $3.4 trillion market is set to face the litmus test in July next year when the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement comes into force. Launched in Kigali, Rwanda, in May this…

A wave of sub-Saharan African countries became independent in the 1960s, 17 achieving self-rule from colonial Belgium, Britain and France in 1960 alone. Portugal's colonies would only break free in the 1970s and it took other…