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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…

Many African countries are grumbling with the issue of corruption that is almost becoming an acceptable norm for wealth accumulation as all the would-be safety nets have been eroded. In simple terms corruption is a form of dishonesty or…

President Yoweri Museveni has said the historic relationship between Africa on one hand with Russia, China, India and other third world countries on the other, can bring about stability in the world through balanced and mutually…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met on the sidelines of the Russia–Africa Summit in Sochi. The two leaders had initially interacted at the opening ceremony of the…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today left for the Russian Coastal city of Sochi where he will join other 36 heads of State and governments for the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum that opens tomorrow Wednesday at the Sirius…

In an effort to fight climate change, the United Nations announced Sunday that Gabon will become the first African country paid with international funds to preserve its rainforest. Through the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI),…

All countries on the African continent, save for Western Sahara have gained independence from the former colonial masters, however, the facts on the ground show that actually no African country is truly independent. The economic models,…

The last decade in Africa’s recent history has been marked by some dramatic and significant developments on the continent’s political terrain. These developments have been as varied as they have been contradictory. The changes which have…

HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA: President Yoweri Museveni has said partnerships especially around trade and trade facilitation will ensure global prosperity of nations which leaders must understand, adding, however, that mutual support around trade…