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Blood & Ballots in Uganda: Powerful Leaders including Speaker Anita Among Implicated

Uganda continues to grapple with serious setbacks hindering democracy countrywide, as citizens head to the polls to elect President and Legislators on January 15, 2026. In this "Blood &...

SCANDAL: Heritage International School Principal Dr. Kymmberli Stowe denied entry into Uganda,Head of School Alan Corfield,HR Boss Tiffany Stevenson,NSSF & others Implicated 

INSIDE STORY.  An American principal of Heritage International School, Dr. Kymmberli Stowe who has been at loggerheads with school’s management,...

When the Ballot Is Under Cyber-Attack: Crispin Kaheru on Why Protecting the Vote Should Be a Human Rights Duty

By Crispin Kaheru, Member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC. Whenever people speak of a stolen election, what...

INCUMBENT ATUKWASA RITA TO LOSE MBARARA CITY WOMAN MP SEAT TO CHARITY KIBAAJU AS CATHOLIC CHURCH & OTHER TOP CITY STAKEHOLDERS BACK KIBAAJU

By Rise News Uganda Network Political Torch, extensively covering the 2026 General Elections across the country. Tension within...

UGX22 BN CORRUPTION SCANDAL: NMG’S Daniel Kalinaki,MoWT Commissioner Winstone Katushabe & Others Implicated

MULTI-BILLION CORRUPTION SCANDAL. Daniel Kalinaki, the General Manager, Editorial,of Nation Media Group in Uganda, is in a spot...

DR Congo’s Reliance on Charcoal threatens Forests and Fuels Armed Conflict

Elodie Toto - KANYARUCHINYA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a circle of spectators, a troupe of performers takes center stage. Songs resound, accompanied by...

How Africa is facing disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs

By World Meteorological Organization. Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to a...

AFRICA: Can Green Technology Training Curb Unemployment?

Elias Ngalame. African climate stakeholders have called for more green technology training in specialized higher education institutions as a transformative opportunity to curb surging...

Is Uganda’s Kingfisher oil project bad for people, climate and the environment?

Mail $ Guardian / Brad Adams, the executive director of Climate Rights International.     From a distance, Ugandan anti-oil protests might not seem to...

KITEEZI LANDFILL TRAGEDY: EX-KCCA Directors Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi and Daniel Okello Sent to Luzira on 57 Charges

Kasangati Chief Magistrate's court has remanded former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses including executive director Dorothy Kisaka, her former deputy David Luyimbazi, and...

WHY ARE FLOODS STILL KILLING PEOPLE IN KASESE?

Western Uganda. The Saturday September 7, 2024 floods that hit parts of Kasese municipality have claimed two lives after River Nyamwamba burst its banks,...