On Saturday 20th February, Badru Kiggundu, the chairman of the outgoing Ugandan Electoral Commission, declared Yoweri Museveni the winner of the just-concluded presidential election. At the end of the new five-year term, his fifth as an elected president, Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 35 years.
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Hotbed of Terror – Kenya or America?
The assumption in many parts of the world is that Africa is a dangerous place. As a matter of fact, the assumption is so entrenched that CNN didn’t find it too difficult to label Kenya a ‘hotbed of terror’ in July 2015, thereby suggesting that President Obama would be in disproportionate danger during his visit… Continue reading Hotbed of Terror – Kenya or America?
Superman – Biblical analogies in pop-culture
The Superman character is inspired by historical and religious figures
We are first human
Cats were not created capable of knowing the value of sharing
Between a rock and a hard place: the dilemma of Syrian minorities
It is now safe to say that the West has failed Syria
An ode to campus
Where students pick phone calls under the ‘No Use of Cell Phones’ sign in the library
PETA should tell lions to stop eating antelopes
If animals are not ours to do all these things with, whose are they?
Ben Carson wants Muslims to think small
Carson needs to see that Muslims are people too, and that they are just as capable of leading a nation
Vestiges of humanity
The images of Aylan Kurdi prostrate on the surf-washed sands of a Turkish beach tore my heart, just as they did the hearts of pretty much everyone who saw them. The toddler, face in the sand, wearing a red shirt, black shoes, seems asleep until one remembers that he is on the beach and not… Continue reading Vestiges of humanity
A human shame
In today’s fast moving world, it is not uncommon for news items to go out of the global conversation table as soon as they appear. So it is not surprising that the United State’s Supreme Court decision to make gay unions equal to marriage in the whole country is already stale news.