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Environment / Climate

ANOTHER WAVE OF STATE-SPONSORED ABDUCTIONS? How Activist Ninye Tabz was abducted 

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has raised alarm over the reported activist Andrew Natumanya, popularly known online as ‘Ninye Tabz.’ NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said Natumanya was...

Blue Community Network officially Welcomes Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM

The Blue Community Network has officially designated and welcomed another partner in Africa, Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM from Uganda. RISECOM...

Is Africa’s climate crisis a legal crisis too?

Is Africa's climate crisis a legal crisis too? States' duties under human rights law. A landmark climate case is being heard...

Human Rights Foundation Calls Out Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Immigration Officers for Harassing Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has  called out Dutch immigration officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for what it...

D/Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Implicated: Who is Fighting Victoria University VC Dr. Lawrence Muganga 

What began as a routine ministerial vetting quickly turned into one of the most dramatic sessions before Parliament’s...

Support fruit growing for food security – Laban Kanywa

Lack of fruits in different homes both for home consumption and commercial purposes has been raised as a growing threat against food security, prompting...

Environmental defenders brutalized as authorities give away wetlands

Environmental defenders, whistleblowers and concerned citizens in Kayabwe town council Mpigi district central Uganda,and other parts of the country continue to cry out to...

Two arrested with 24 hippo teeth & 12 elephant tusks  

Police in Mitooma district western Uganda has arrested 2 men found in illegal possession of 24 hippo teeth & 12 elephant tusks. The duo were...

UPDF soldiers deployed to fight African armyworms

The government has deployed Uganda People's Defense Force-UPDF to fight African armyworms that have so far invaded about 40 districts in different parts of...

SAVE RIVER RWIZI: Locals & key stakeholders call for strict enforcement

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” – British-American poet Wystan Hugh Auden (RIP). River Rwizi, that used to be a beautiful river...

The WORRYING state of RIVER RWIZI

Activists & concerned citizens want the government & partners to up the game in restoration of River Rwizi to avert water scarcity,and other environmental...