Malawi’s constitutional court has annulled last year’s controversial election, which saw President Peter Mutharika re-elected. The judge found there had been widespread irregularities in the May 21 vote. This is the first election to be legally challenged since Malawi’s independence. A new vote will take place within 151 days. There have been regular anti-government […]
Renown musician and Kyadondo East member of Parliament, Hon. Robert Kyagulany Sentamu a.k.a Bobi Wine is on his way back to Uganda from the United States where he had gone for medication. Bobi Wine revealed on Monday that he is set for the journey and will arrive in Uganda on Thursday. “A message to fellow Ugandans […]
Its Evident that the threat of Ebola has calmed down in the United States and West Africa in the last two years, the disease continues to ravage parts of the African continent and Uganda has opened two Ebola treatment centers along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to help combat it. According to […]
A new study has found out that eating a lot of omega 3 fatty acids found in oily fish like tuna and salmon can greatly increase one’s chances of survival from bowel cancer. The study released and published Wednesday by the British journal Gut bases its findings on an analysis of data from more than […]
A delegation from the United States of America(USA) and European Union(EU) walked out on Uganda President Yoweri Museveni swearing-in ceremony in Kampala. The point of departure the dignitaries said was the attendance of Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and the remarks he made on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Museveni said court is Irrelevant to the Africa. ICC Chief Prosecutor, […]
Film Your Issue Global Competition: The United Nations, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other organizations and media leaders have joined forces to engage young adults (14-24) in contributing to the public dialogue on pressing social issues using the power of the Internet and user-generated content. Film Your Issue invites high school and college […]
We have learnt with sadness that Uganda’s Tennis ace Duncan Mugabe is stranded in the United States of America where he had gone for training. Mugabe reportedly reached United States last month and started sending missiles to the Uganda Olympic Committee boss, Rogers Ddungu and the Uganda Lawn Tennis Association. Information reaching us is […]
The Institute for Humane Studies Scholarships of up to $15,000 are awarded to undergraduate or graduates to study in the United States or abroad. About 180 scholarships are awarded to outstanding undergraduate, graduate, law, and professional students who are exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society through their academic work. Each […]
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women Studies: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation’s Women’s Studies Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for PhD candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. The Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies encourages original and […]
The Media for Liberty Award seeks to acknowledge and encourage media contributions that explore the relationship between economic and political liberty. The most outstanding entry, published or transmitted in the preceding calendar year (between January 1 and December 31) will receive an award of $50,000. Economists and political theorists have long debated the relationship between […]