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New ACME Report: The Widening Gap between Uganda’s Media Laws and Constitutional Protections

CREDIT - ACME.   Uganda’s media sector faces mounting constraints from restrictive laws, expansive regulatory controls and financial pressure, according to a new report by the African Centre for Media...

UGANDA: Children’s Home Director Sentenced to 46 Years for Trafficking & Raping Young Girls

The Director of a Community Based Organisation (CBO) has been sentenced to serve 46 years in prison on...

Crisis in Journalism

PRESS RELEASE. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, according to...

World Day Against Child Labour: 138 million children still trapped in child labour

On this year’s World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, the International Trade Union Confederation-ITUC has called on...

How Trans Ugandans are building power through business

Achen, not her real name, is a soft-spoken 26-year-old from northern Uganda. She never imagined she would run...

INSIDE THE DEAL: Will South African company Ithuba boost Uganda’s betting industry?

In August 2023, the Government of Uganda through Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has signed a 10-year contract with a South African lottery...

PANIC ENGULFS KENYAN OIL DEALERS AS UGANDA PICKS TANGA PORT INSTEAD OF MOMBASA

OIL & GAS. Kenyan oil dealers are in a crisis and panic mode after Uganda stuck to its guns and started talks with...