Uganda prepares to host Queen as infrastructure is swiftly put in place By Ugandan Correspondent Uganda one of the least-developing countries in Eastern part of African has dedicated its resources and energy to host the Queen of England, Her Majesty Elizabeth II slated in September. Despite poverty, prolonged wars in Northern Uganda where Kony […]
Welcome to Your Security
Welcome to the War on Terror. This isn’t your grandfather’s great patriotic war or your parent’s Cold War; it is our own special brand, a Simmer War. This is a war not to hot but not too cold, it is just warm enough to send everyone into a panic. This is the age of […]
Forests cleared for poppy plants
Forests serve as the reliable sources of timber and other wood-based products that could generate huge foreign exchange receipts when exported. But nowadays, the forests are also being explored and tapped for growing poppy plants. But the trade-offs are tremendous to the environment because clearing of the forests alone was observed to have exerted […]
Junking OPEC oil for alternative fuels
Heavy dependence on costly imported oil and gas is fast draining the economic coffers of most developing economies. Yet, most Third World government continue to import fossil fuels to run their various industries. Officials said this is their only way to keep up with the rest of the world. Otherwise, the economic lifeblood of these […]
Patient’s survival rests on time
Wake up in an ungodly hour of the night to find yourself gasping for breath. Or it could be your abdominal pain is unbearable. Or that your blood pressure shoots up to an unprecedented level? Without health insurance, whose monthly premiums are skyrocketing high and seemed unaffordable to those who only earn a measely monthly income, […]
Iraq’s billions of oil money in limbo
Iraq is known to have the super huge oil reserves the world over. Surprisingly, the country is still wallowing in political shambles and economic chaos so that basic services are not immediately available to most of those who need them. Various political factions, not to discount religious affiliations, are mixed in their interpretations on […]