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ANOTHER WAVE OF STATE-SPONSORED ABDUCTIONS? How Activist Ninye Tabz was abducted 

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has raised alarm over the reported activist Andrew Natumanya, popularly known online as ‘Ninye Tabz.’ NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said Natumanya was...

Blue Community Network officially Welcomes Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM

The Blue Community Network has officially designated and welcomed another partner in Africa, Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM from Uganda. RISECOM...

Is Africa’s climate crisis a legal crisis too?

Is Africa's climate crisis a legal crisis too? States' duties under human rights law. A landmark climate case is being heard...

Human Rights Foundation Calls Out Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Immigration Officers for Harassing Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has  called out Dutch immigration officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for what it...

D/Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Implicated: Who is Fighting Victoria University VC Dr. Lawrence Muganga 

What began as a routine ministerial vetting quickly turned into one of the most dramatic sessions before Parliament’s...

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...

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,...