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INSIDE SPEAKER ANITA AMONG’S WEALTH IN UK: President Museveni orders probe  

President Museveni has directed the Inspectorate of Government and Ethics Ministry to probe into Speaker Anita Among's UK wealth after he was briefed by the UK government prior to...

UNESCO: 70% of environmental journalists attacked for their work

A new report published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-UNESCO on World Press Freedom Day...

Africa’s Anti-LGBT+ Laws: A big setback in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Progressive voices across the world will have to double their efforts in countering the escalating threats to LGBT+...

CLIMATE CRISIS: Floods kill 72 in Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda as Heavy Rains Persist

Floods have killed 58 people in Tanzania and 13 in Kenya over the last two weeks, as heavy...

HOW UGANDAN MARKET WOMEN ARE THRIVING AMID CHALLENGES

In 1990, Ms. Jane Bigirwa lost her husband, becoming a young widow at the age of 26. She...

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...

HOW NYABUHIKYE & KIBURARA PRISONS ARE DEGRADING IBANDA WETLANDS

Environmental defenders and authorities in Ibanda district have decried escalating degradation of wetlands especially by government institutions which put the environment/climate at a high...

NEMA orders Hoima Sugar Ltd to restore degraded areas in Kikuube, cancels approval for urban centre development in the ecosystem 

The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA statement on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. NEMA has ordered Hoima Sugar LTD to restore degraded parts of Kikuube mixed...

IS THE EACOP UNDER ATTACK BY EU?

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa has condemned resolutions by the European Parliament against construction of the East African Crude Oil...

MBALE FLOODS: 9 BODIES RECOVERED SO FAR, SERVICES PARALYSED

A body of Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF officer is among the nine that have so far been recovered following floods that swept through Mbale...

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...