The East African

Would you eat lab-grown meat alternatives?

Environmental and ethical concerns around the meat industry are also driving interest in vegetable alternatives and the potential for lab-grown products.

Profit from illicit mining behind insurgency in Great Lakes

Commitment by countries to the military solution was also praised at the UN Council, with the special envoy welcoming the progress to eradicate...

Lobbies query World Bank's interest in EA pipeline

The petitioners accuse the Bank of giving ‘backdoor support’ to the infrastructure project that is deemed to be dangerous to the environment and...

Uhuru endorses regional action on Mozambican crisis

It’s the first public indication of support for cooperation by EAC and SADC on conflict.

EAC staff recruitment scramble exposes wars splitting partner unity

Uganda, Burundi, South Sudan feel most aggrieved at process; Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda appear content.

News

Chadema chief’s trial on hold after judge quits

The case has been going at the High Court’s Corruption and Economic Crimes Division in Dar es Salaam since August 31.

Profit from illicit mining behind insurgency in Great Lakes

Commitment by countries to the military solution was also praised at the UN Council, with the......

Samia and Ndayishimiye sign more deals, plan grand entry into Congo

Rwanda appoints members to Atomic Energy board for power plant set up

Lobbies query World Bank's interest in EA pipeline

EAC staff recruitment scramble exposes wars splitting partner unity

Uhuru endorses regional action on Mozambican crisis

Fuel shortages block food aid in famine-threatened Tigray: UN

Business

Hackers skim $4m off banks in Uganda

Interpol director Charles Birungi said the theft was carried out via technology and involved bank fraud, fake visa issuance and online business.

US denies any part in Zimbabwe economic woes

Zimbabwe maintains that the sanctions are an attempt to push for regime change....

Offshore investors give Uganda’s bourse wide berth, turnover dips to $5,500 a day

Low vaccination rates will slow sub-Saharan economic growth recover growth

Uhuru pledges $225m stimulus for jobs before 2022 polls

Uganda cannabis exports firm eyes local market

Why Sudan’s Red Sea ports are coveted by regional powers

Kenya, Uganda set November date for sugar, milk trade talks

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Follow the rules to resolve EAC jobs deadlock

The EAC is split down the middle with Burundi, South Sudan and Uganda on one side, against Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.

BUWEMBO: School in Uganda will not be the same come 2022

January 2022 will find Uganda rising from the Covid-19 shock two years since the pandemic......

OBBO: Malaria vaccine nothing short of gift to Africa

AKINYEMI: New realities and opportunities have been birthed ,grabbed

NGUGI: Trial of Sankara killers a sign of justice

BUWEMBO: Uganda’s land belongs to us all, but we are now worried about it

ULIMWENGU: Wole peeled my eyes to spot charlatans from afar

EYAKUZI: Controversies in Prof Gurnah’s Nobel Prize win

Magazine

Echoes from the past at the Takwa ruins in Lamu

The ruins are located in the south-eastern region of Manda, the largest of the Lamu islands.

Italian food served al fresco at hidden gem in Nairobi

The fritto misto is a combination of deep-fried seafood, served with chips and vegetables....

Would you eat lab-grown meat alternatives?

Cheating death in the warm sea

Bold and vivid imagery at 'Memories of the Unknown'

Karamoja Tour goes off the beaten path

ʻThe Greedy Barbarian’ opens people’s eyes and wins award

Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin kills woman on set

Science & Health

COP26: Book calls for more scientific research to advance blue economy

The Global Ocean Science Report of 2020 concludes that major disparities exist in the capacity around the world to undertake marine scientific research.