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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: At least 1,623 journalists killed worldwide

Impunity for crimes against journalists – especially the killing of journalists – is a major threat to press freedom worldwide. Over a decade after the UN declared 2 November...

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)...

44 CHARGES: Ex-LRA rebel Commander Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced to 40 years

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years...

Is Uganda’s Kingfisher oil project bad for people, climate and the environment?

Mail $ Guardian / Brad Adams, the executive director of Climate Rights International.     From a distance, Ugandan...

KITEEZI LANDFILL TRAGEDY: EX-KCCA Directors Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi and Daniel Okello Sent to Luzira on 57 Charges

Kasangati Chief Magistrate's court has remanded former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses including executive director Dorothy Kisaka,...

IN-DEPTH: GENDER INEQUALITY AS KEY POPULATIONS SEEKING HIV CARE CHOKE ON UGANDA’S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023

On 26th May 2023, President Yoweri Museveni assented to Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA 2023), prompting some organizations and individuals to run to court...