Uganda's English language policy is at odds with the situation on the ground in the country's rural schools.
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Unused biomass residues from maize, sorghum, rice, millet and groundnut in Uganda show to offer unique opportunities for circular production and soil amendment of biochar.
New evidence has made possible a more accurate estimate of how many African personnel have died since the Somalia mission deployed in March 2007.
Kenya announced plans in 2017 for a long-term action plan to end the institutionalisation of children.
Midlevel health workers can provide diagnostic and therapeutic services with lower entry qualification requirements and shorter training periods than doctors.
There are a number of effective interventions to prevent gender-based violence among adult women and men at risk of HIV infection. But little is known about the effectiveness of these in young people.
Local communities are wary of the sudden arrival of outsiders and of their interest in regions where there's been violence for years
There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression especially when the people criticise their president.
Residents have come up with solutions to make usable products out of organic waste materials.
If African countries can get the fundamentals right, cloud computing could become a powerful ally in the push for sustainable development.
Most universities focus on teaching basic sciences with little reference to commercialisation of ideas and new technologies.
Uganda is the testing ground for a new vaccine that could work on more strains of the Ebola virus and other haemorrhagic fevers.
In a surprising change in trends, citizens in many African countries increasingly support government restrictions of press freedom.
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made vaccination and post-infection therapy available. But the number of those infected annually and dying from viral Hepatitis continues to be high.
Uganda's police have powers to use excessive force on citizens.
There is little evidence that pads alone will keep girls in school – stigma, lack of appropriate infrastructure, and embarrassment need to be dealt with too.
African leaders who have sought ICC involvement have all seen the court as being beneficial to the survival of their governments.
Factors behind the hits and misses of the higher education sector in Kenya and East Africa. What needs to be done to address the problems.
Ugandan women MPs are working with men to amplify their own voices and pass meaningful laws.
Hidden for decades in a vault at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the photographs depict a regime fixated on establishing order, meting out punishment and stoking nationalism.
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Senior Country Economist (Cities) and Manager of Cities that Work, International Growth Centre
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Higher Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Lecturer, Department of African Languages, Makerere University
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication, La Trobe University
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Senior Law Lecturer in transitional justice and human rights, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Professor of Political Science and SARChi Chair in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in African Languages, Makerere University
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi
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Educator and Researcher, The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
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Policy Economist, International Growth Centre
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Jimmy Spire Ssentongo is an Associate Dean (Research and Publication), School of Postgraduate Studies and Research at Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Martyrs University
