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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...

How Hackers Stole Ugx62 billion from Bank of Uganda

Authorities in Uganda are investigating circumstances under which hackers stole Ugx62 billion ($17 million) in a sophisticated manner. Sources confirm that the attack on the...

CHILD TRAFFICKING: Ugandan socialite Don Nasser Nduhukire and co-accused Promise Gatete remanded

Ugandan socialite Nasser Nduhukire, a self-styled tycoon commonly known as Don Nasser and his co-accused Promise Gatete have appeared before Buganda Road Court this...

UGANDAN PASTOR ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HACKING PREGNANT WIFE TO DEATH

A 48 year-old pastor (names withheld due to privacy) from Christ Church in Bukhabusi sub county Namisindwa district eastern Uganda has been arrested for...

UGANDA: THE STORY OF PADDY SSERUNJOGI (SOBI),SELF-CONFESSED ARMED ROBBER & GANG LEADER

INSIDE STORY. This is an exclusive interview (Mafia State - Ensi Ya Ba Kifeesi by Kazibwe Bashir Mbaziira in 2018) with Paddy Sserunjogi (SOBI),...

HENRY KATANGA MURDER: WIDOW MOLLY KATANGA & DAUGHTER MARTHA FAIL TO APPEAR IN COURT AS 3 SUSPECTS ARE FURTHER REMANDED

Three suspects facing charges related to the murder of Kampala businessman and Ankole prince Henry Katanga on November 2, 2023 appeared before Nakawa Chief...

HENRY KATANGA MURDER: WHAT NEXT FOR MOLLY KATANGA, 2 DAUGHTERS & OTHER SUSPECTS?

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 sanctioned the charge of murder against prominent military contractor and...