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Karamoja Still Trapped: CSOs Call for Enough Govt Funding

Civil society organizations (CSOs) have warned that Karamoja sub region will continue to suffer deep-rooted poverty unless the government boosts funding for the region and addresses long-standing inequalities. At a...

INJUSTICE: Mbarara PFF Mobilizer & Science Teacher in Trouble over Illegal Money Lending 

Authorities in Mbarara city and Mbarara district have been asked to investigate illegal money lenders that are conniving...

CSOs Condemn UN’s Move to Dismantle UNAIDS

Civil Society Organizations-CSOs have condemned the United Nations proposal to dismantle the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS-UNAIDS...

EXPOSED: Charles Mwesigwa,a man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods and exploiting vulnerable women 

Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide...

Cisco: Africa presents AI leapfrogging opportunity

Additional reporting by Paula Gilbert, Connecting Africa. Africa's entrepreneurial workforce and young population can help catalyze an artificial...

National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024: Where Are the Gaps?

MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU, Parliament Watch. On Thursday, 24th October 2024, Parliament voted to advance the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which proposes the dissolution...

UGANDA: WHY FARMERS MUST EMBRACE CLIMATE-FRIENDLY & SMART FARMING & AGRICULTURE  

Still relied on as the backbone of Uganda in terms of generating income and being a leading source of food, farming and agriculture across...

WHAT IS HINDERING UGANDA’S FIGHT AGAINST FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE?

Leaders from over 10 districts of Ankole sub-region have decried gaps in the fight against foot-and-mouth disease-FMD ravaging the cattle corridor, which led to...

OVER UGX30 BILLION COFFEE MONEY SCANDAL: HOW NELSON TUGUME OF INSPIRE AFRICA COFFEE TRICKED PRESIDENT MUSEVENI

On March 23, 2023, President Museveni held a meeting at State House Entebbe with National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Regional Whips to promote the...

BILLIONS OF COFFEE MONEY STOLEN: INSIDE INSPIRE AFRICA COFFEE & ITS CEO NELSON TUGUME’S $20 MILLION SCANDAL

Coffee farmers and investors in Uganda have accused the CEO Inspire Africa Coffee, Nelson Tugume for pocketing US$20m (Ugx76,152,840,000) meant to finance coffee export...

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...