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Mozambicans Pay Dearly for a President’s Financial Mistake

Mozambicans Pay Dearly for a President’s Financial Mistake

Diagnosed HIV-positive two years ago, Kayana Kandagona* suffers regular episodes of dizziness. However, this is not the cause of the 34-year-old’s anxiety as she waits for a routine appointment at a faith-based organisation’s outpatient clinic in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Cradling her three-month-old HIV-negative daughter she explains that her 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son are […]

Bad News – International Monetary Fund Is Back

Bad News – International Monetary Fund Is Back

Lagarde is visiting when the government is desperate for new money but in no mood to listen. Usually that means no deal but possibly not when the IMF and Museveni need each other. Meetings between teams from IMF and planners of Uganda’s economy, especially President Yoweri Museveni, have historically involved divergent perspectives but common goals. […]

Kampala blazes a trail in cutting child deaths

Kampala blazes a trail in cutting child deaths

KAMPALA – Inside the second busiest hospital in Uganda, a Somali refugee gingerly paces up and down the maternity ward to ease her labour pains, passing a Congolese woman resting in bed after a Caesarean section. “I am happy because they welcomed me here. They help everyone, even if you are a refugee,” said Esther […]

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