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Concerns mount over Senegal fiscal shortfalls ahead of election

Concerns mount over Senegal fiscal shortfalls ahead of election

Senegal's slower economic growth, its widening fiscal deficit and a potential delay in International Monetary Fund financing could cloud the outlook ahead of November 17 parliamentary elections, analysts say. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, just five months into the job, set the stage

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Sober Mbabazi promises success on third stint

Sober Mbabazi promises success on third stint

As the old saying goes, 'a drunkard's journey may be long, but the wise eventually find their way.'Such is the case for one of the country's most tactical minds Livingstone Mbabazi, returning to the Mbarara City h

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Tanzania to expand natural gas exports to neighboring countries

Tanzania to expand natural gas exports to neighboring countries

Tanzania is advancing plans to expand its natural gas exports to neighbouring countries, including Uganda, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Zambia, as it continues its ambition to become a regional cooking energy powerhouse.

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Champions SC Villa score four in league opener

Champions SC Villa score four in league opener

Champions SC Villa got their Startimes Uganda Premier League title defence off to a bright start with a 4-2 win over Mbarara City at the Muteesa II Stadium in Wankulukuku on Monday evening.Arnold Odong put the Jog

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Did Luganda VJs really do justice to the Prison Break film series?

Did Luganda VJs really do justice to the Prison Break film series?

Initially, this writing was supposed to talk about the Prison Break series coming back to the shelf. After spending a big part of the weekend rewatching the first episode of the series, I couldn’t help but wonder if what I was watching was exactly the same thi

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Justus Lyattu dedicated life to family and journalism

Justus Lyattu dedicated life to family and journalism

Douglas Ngobi could never have imagined that the joyous news of his first born's birth would one day end in the heartbreak of burying him.Forty-four years later, the retired educationist bid a final farewell to hi

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Bamasaba culture, deforestation are leading to the decline of the colobus monkey

Bamasaba culture, deforestation are leading to the decline of the colobus monkey

Black and white Colobus monkeys, a rare species of monkeys in the world, are on the brink of extinction in Mt Elgon National Park due to imbalu, a traditional male circumcision ritual among people living on the slopes of Mt Elgon, and deforestation.

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Chemutai goes for DL trophy in Brussels

Chemutai goes for DL trophy in Brussels

Peruth Chemutai has had quite a stellar season over the 3000-metre steeplechase event. It has been defined by two silver medals at the African Games in Ghana and the Paris Olympics in France.Denied a chance to ret

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How to plant coffee this rainy season

How to plant coffee this rainy season

Last week, Seeds of Gold received several calls from beginner farmers enquiring about the agronomy of Robusta coffee. The mad rush for coffee farming by Ugandans has hit record highs following the recent surge in prices of the crop at the world market. 

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No love lost as NUP set out to unseat Ssemujju

No love lost as NUP set out to unseat Ssemujju

Since its inception in 2020, the National Unity Platform (NUP) has turned introduction ceremonies (customary marriage) in its Buganda cradle into spaces used to spread its gospel of change. Whilst historically an introduction in Buganda has always been an apolitical ceremony for a few

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