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WESTERN UGANDA: Kabale journalists decry intimidation by LCV Chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija

Kabale-based journalists in Kigezi sub region western Uganda have decried continued intimidation by the Kabale district LCV Chairman, Nelson Nshangabasheija. The journalists on December 1, 2023 stormed Kabale Resident District...

WORLD AIDS DAY 2023: LET COMMUNITIES LEAD

Statement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS-UNAIDS as the world marks World AIDS Day...

UGX186 MILLION SCANDAL: Uganda Netball Federation president Sarah Babirye Kityo remanded

Embattled president of the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF) Sarah Babirye Kityo has been remanded to Luzira prison by...

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM 2023: Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSOLIDATES PETITIONS & APPLICATIONS

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19)...

COP28: Environmentalists want Uganda’s governance issues highlighted

Environmentalists under the National Association of Professional Environmentalists-NAPE want the Ugandan delegation to highlight issues that relate to governance during the 2023 United Nations...

130 PEOPLE KILLED BY FLOODS IN ETHIOPIA, KENYA AND SOMALIA

CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA. At least 130 people have died and services disrupted in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains this week,...

CAN AFRICAN FARMERS EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE?

African farmers have been challenged to embrace different efforts through climate action to effectively manage plastic waste, as the continent and the world at...

NEMA & RWAMPARA DISTRICT LG START 2-WEEK WETLAND RESTORATION PROGRAMME

The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA southwestern Uganda office together with Rwampara district Local Government have started a 2-week wetland restoration programme. This programme or operation...

FIGHTING PLASTIC POLLUTION: Women environmental defenders launch grassroots campaign

BY Aaron Ainomugisha, RISE NEWS UGANDA NETWORK, western Uganda. Women Environmental Defenders in western Uganda have launched a grassroots campaign to fight the escalating...

HOW CORRUPTION & POLICY GAPS ARE HINDERING THE RESTORATION OF RIVER RWIZI 

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Environmentalists and other concerned stakeholders in Mbarara city western Uganda have attributed the terrible pollution choking River Rwizi to corruption, connivance...