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 ENVIRONMENT 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...