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Activist Praise Aloikin granted bail

UGANDA. Human rights activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje has been granted bail after spending 16 days on remand. She appeared before the Buganda Road Magistrates Court today Tuesday, October 14...

NO TALKS WITH GEN SALIM SALEH TO FREE BESIGYE – WINNIE BYANYIMA

Fresh reports of efforts to secure the release of jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye have emerged as...

How Sanctioned African Gold Refinery, Alain Goetz & his Gold Trade Network Continue to Thrive

Additional Investigations  - Bloomberg;  By Simon Marks, Jinshan Hong, Michael J Kavanagh, Hayley Warren and William Clowes.  Down...

Overall prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 & older is 5.9% – Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) 2025

Opinion by CAROLYNE MUYAMA, Uganda Media Centre. At a recent coronation event for the Omukama of Tooro, His...

Inside the piercing lines that caused Activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje’s abduction

Mixed concerns have been raised regarding the safety and whereabouts of 25-year-old law student and human rights activist...

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...