Researchers have long argued that greywater could bolster South Africa’s food security if it’s used to water domestic food gardens.
A student protest outside Makerere University’s Lumumba Hall in October, 2019, keeping true to a long-running tradition.
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Just as Christians in the 1800s were persecuted for embracing foreign teachings, today the regime in power vilifies civil society and opposition political parties as foreign agents.
A farm worker picks medical cannabis flowers in Kasese, Uganda, in 2020.
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Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
A peacekeeper protects civilians who fled violent clashes between the army and the ex-rebels of the “M23” in eastern DRC in January 2022.
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Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commander of Uganda’s land forces and President Yoweri Museveni’s son.
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James Hammond, International Livestock Research Institute ; Dan Milner, International Livestock Research Institute , and Mark van Wijk, International Livestock Research Institute
Stricter measures had major impacts on farmers’ livelihoods and food security.
Police officers cordon off a crime scene in Kampala, Uganda, in 2021.
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Rebecca Tapscott, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Uganda uses unpredictability to combine democratic institutions with authoritarian power.
Text messages were found to work in increasing tax compliance in Uganda.
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Receiving any text message increased the likelihood that an individual would pay their tax.
Supporters celebrate President Museveni’s win after the recent presidential polls. On Feb 26, President Museveni launched the bottom-up ‘parish development model’. Luke Dray/
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Kampala’s current transport system is not working to the benefit of its users, its operators or the government. It is not providing a mobility service.
Mother and child fleeing fighting between DRC and rebels backed by Ugandan forces shelter at a refugee camp in Zambia in 2003.
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Whereas digital work can bring freedom and flexibility into the lives of workers in Africa, it can also contribute towards their precarity and vulnerability.