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Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans” is ultimately a...

UGANDA: Dog Shelters Being Used To Scam Donors

ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS: How dog shelter content creators in Uganda are tricking people online. Many donors being scammed. 🎥...

EU Keeps Escalating Against Russia as NATO Crumbles – How Africa Will Pay the Price

Aaron Ainomugisha.  Imagine you are a farmer in Senegal or a truck driver in Kenya. You have never...

Inside White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Credit Al Jazeera. Donald Trump has been rushed out of the White House correspondents’ dinner at a hotel...

Are CSOs In Uganda Under Attack?

The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has frozen bank accounts belonging to several non-governmental organisations operating in Uganda as...

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,...