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Nearly two weeks after disaster struck Uttarakhand’s remote villages in Chamoli district, the search and rescue operations are still far from over. While several army personnel, battalions of Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) and staff of state and centre disaster response forces (NDRF and SDRF) persevere to rescue workers and villagers along the basin of two rivers – Rishi Ganga and Dhauliganga, the hope of finding survivors is diminishing with each passing day. According to the information ...

Mental Justice of the NT-DNTs in Context of the Pandemic Mental justice of Nomadic and Denotified Tribes (NT-DNTs) should be the most important aspect of their overall access to social justice. Mental health needs to be redefined as a justice issue, especially in the context of marginalised communities. The NT-DNTs being perhaps one of the earliest communities worldwide to be criminalised for dissenting, the ramifications have acutely affected their mental justice over the last 150 years. This...

This week, President Museveni suspended the operations of Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), which is a principal funder of about 74 civil society organizations across the country citing subversion and its structure which is exclusively foreign headed. The President also ordered the Inspector General of Government (IGG), police and State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate how the Ministry of Finance authorised the multi billion dollar fund group to operate in Uganda without involving ...

In June 2005, we were so ecstatic in celebrating the debt relief offered us, a relief of over $20billion dollars, which was beyond the total revenue of Nigeria for one year. So happy were we that President Olusegun Obasanjo as he was then) GCFR, had to make a broadcast to the nation on June 30, 2005. He followed the broadcast by appearing before the joint sitting of the National Assembly on July 26, 2005 to speak on the issue. In the broadcast, he declared, “How did we work to get out of this...

Share In June 2005 we were so ecstatic in celebrating the debt relief offered us, a relief of over $20billion dollars, which was beyond the total revenue of Nigeria for one year. So happy were we that President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, had to make a broadcast to the nation on June 30, 2005. He followed the broadcast by appearing before the joint sitting of the National Assembly on July 26, 2005 to speak on the issue. In the broadcast, he declared, “How did we work to get out of this debt quag...

Now we are in a dilemma over our debt profile. I am sure we are not expecting another debt relief

ZIMCODD Youth in Partnership with Memeza Network brings you a podcast where the youth speak about the ills of inequality. During this Global week of Action Against Inequality we demand an end to inequality. both the Rich and the poor should get the same treatment and opportunities when it comes to issues of access to Education and Shelter. The government should provide social safety nets during Covid 19 to help the poor survive and close the existing gap between the ...

The Duchess of Sussex has taken action against Associated Newspapers Ltd over publication of the letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas, before her wedding to Prince Harry in May 2018.

Around the globe, we need to take a page from Uganda’s history to remind ourselves that democracy needs to be fought for every single day, for it can be far too easily lost to demagogues.

Democracy in Uganda is Down but the Spirit of Its People is Not Around the globe, we need to remind ourselves that democracy needs to be fought for every single day, for it can be far too easily lost to demagogues. Voting materials for the presidential elections are checked upon arriving at a voting center in Kampala, Uganda, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner World19/Jan/2021 In Uganda’s presidential elections held on January 14, 2021, Yoweri Museveni, the incumbent, came back to power, d...