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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)...

WHY WAS BUSHENYI GOLD MINER SHOT DEAD?

Artisanal miners in Greater Bushenyi want police and other local authorities to investigate the shooting and killing of a gold miner identified as Robert...

ILLEGAL GOLD MINING IN BUHWEJU: MINING IN THE DARK HOURS

On Friday, December 9, 2022 at around 5pm, grief engulfed residents of Bihanga Sub County Buhweju District western Uganda and other people miles away...

Buhweju Gold Mine Kills Four: Security starts crackdown on illegal miners 

Security authorities in Buhweju district have started a crackdown on illegal miners following the death of four people who perished when a gold mine...

GOLD MINING: HOW CHINESE COMPANIES ARE DEGRADING THE ENVIRONMENT & VIOLATING PEOPLE’S RIGHTS IN KITAGWENDA 

Residents, environmental activists and local leaders in Kitagwenda district are up in arms accusing Chinese mining companies; Shaft sinkers, Simba mines and Tyang Tyang group...

Two officials who gave out 13 hectares of Ibanda Local Forest Reserve arraigned before Anti-corruption Court

Two government officials who gave away 13 hectares of Ibanda Local Forest Reserve to a Cooperative Society without permission have been arraigned before the...

HOW GOLD & SAND MINERS ARE DEGRADING THE ENVIRONEMNT IN ANKOLE

Residents, leaders and environmental/climate activists in the districts of Buhweju, Sheema and Rwampara in Ankole sub-region western Uganda have expressed concerns over the escalating...