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World Day Against Child Labour: 138 million children still trapped in child labour

On this year’s World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, the International Trade Union Confederation-ITUC has called on the global community to act with renewed urgency as the world...

How Trans Ugandans are building power through business

Achen, not her real name, is a soft-spoken 26-year-old from northern Uganda. She never imagined she would run...

CORRUPTION SCANDAL! Energy Ministry PRO Solomon Muyita & Other Govt Bosses in Trouble  

The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has ordered the Chief Administrative Officers-CAOs of Bundibugyo and Dokolo District Local Governments...

Minister Kahinda Otafiire and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Cited in Mitooma NRM Election Violence 

The National Resistance Movement-NRM party electoral commission chairperson Dr. Tanga Odoi has revealed that the election of Mitooma...

BOBI WINE TO MUSEVENI: Stop Using Judiciary to Suppress Opposition 

The National Unity Platform-NUP party leader Robert Kyagulanyi Bobi Wine, has warned President Yoweri Museveni against using the...

INSIDE EAST AFRICA’S PRODUCTIVE USE OF OFF-GRID SOLAR

This explainer is produced as part of African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to...

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...