ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

Jan
27
EDITOR'S NOTE

First, we hope our readers survived 2020 in as good a shape as possible despite the COVID-19 pandemic. We wish to express our most sincere condolences to those who lost loved ones and empathy to those who suffered from COVID-19 symptoms or other problems associated with the pandemic. We hope that 2021 will be a better year than 2020.

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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS

Jan
27
Okot Nyormoi, Editor

Riot at the US Capitol“Attempted Coup d'état In Washington”, “Insurrection In US Capitol”, “US Capitol Riot”, “Mob Attack On US Capitol”, “Democracy Under Siege”, “Assault On US Democracy”, were some of the screaming headlines of newspapers and social media all around the world. 

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THE HILL WE CLIMB

Jan
27
Amanda Gorman, the national USA youth poet laureate

Amanda GormanOn January 20, 2021, the world was treated to a powerful inauguration poem by a 22-year-old African American national youth poet laureate, Amanda Gorman. The poem was in stark contrast to ex-President Trump’s inspired insurrection on January 6, which, if successful, would have prevented the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

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THE UK’S INANE ATTEMPT TO TEAR APART THE EUROPEAN UNION

Jan
27
By Jonathan Power, a Foreign Affairs Columnist

Brexit VoteWriting in 1751 Voltaire described Europe as “a kind of great republic, divided into several states, some monarchical, the others mixed but all corresponding with one another. They all have the same religious foundation, even if divided into several confessions. They all have the same principles of public law and politics unknown in other parts of the world.”

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UGANDA ELECTION, NO CHANGE

Jan
27
By Peter Kasolo, a correspondent

TNancy Kalembehe outcome of the January 14th, 2021 presidential election was as predictable as day follows night. President Museveni "won" again amidst accusations of state violence and election rigging.

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