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Activist Praise Aloikin granted bail

UGANDA. Human rights activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje has been granted bail after spending 16 days on remand. She appeared before the Buganda Road Magistrates Court today Tuesday, October 14...

NO TALKS WITH GEN SALIM SALEH TO FREE BESIGYE – WINNIE BYANYIMA

Fresh reports of efforts to secure the release of jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye have emerged as...

How Sanctioned African Gold Refinery, Alain Goetz & his Gold Trade Network Continue to Thrive

Additional Investigations  - Bloomberg;  By Simon Marks, Jinshan Hong, Michael J Kavanagh, Hayley Warren and William Clowes.  Down...

Overall prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 & older is 5.9% – Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) 2025

Opinion by CAROLYNE MUYAMA, Uganda Media Centre. At a recent coronation event for the Omukama of Tooro, His...

Inside the piercing lines that caused Activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje’s abduction

Mixed concerns have been raised regarding the safety and whereabouts of 25-year-old law student and human rights activist...

Conserve biodiversity & culture to boost tourism – Miss Tourism Ankole 2022/23 contestant Lillian Namara Kigundu

Variety of life on Earth at different levels; genes to ecosystems encompassing the evolutionary, ecological and cultural processes that sustain life. There is a...

NWSC Mbarara struggling to supply enough water

The National Water & Sewerage Corporation-NWSC is struggling to collect enough water for supply,due to pollution of River Rwizi. The most affected areas are...

No access to water without Ugx1000 in Nakivale refugee settlement

A daily burden;walking long distances & braving the hot sunshine to fetch water from swamps & dams - since they can’t access the tap...

SHEEMA SAND BUSINESS MAYHEM: Prof Mesharch Katusiimeh & MP Dicksons Kateshumbwa implicated

TENSION IN SHEEMA AS SAND BUSINESS TURNS THINGS UPSIDE DOWN - CONCERNED CITIZEN, June 8,2022. Chaos might emerge from the impasse between sand dealers,...

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...