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OPEN LETTER: The Proposed Extradition of Michael Mpeirwe Katungi to the U.S. is fraud 

By Mr. Taremwa Barnabas Bwaniaga, influential commercial farmer/rancher, businessman, Gen Salim Saleh's brother-in-law, 5th July 2026. The Proposed Extradition of Mr. Michael Mpeirwe Katungi to the United States is...

Pride Month 2026: 40 Africans who changed queer history

Credit - Minority Africa.  From a 17th-century Angolan queen to a Ghanaian musician in exile, this June, we’re...

Uganda Human Rights Commission Chairperson Mariam Wangadya Warns President Museveni to Respect the Commission Amid Corruption Allegations 

The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC, Lady Justice Mariam Wangadya has publicly criticized President Yoweri Museveni for appointing what...

Stench of Corruption At Parliament: Communications & Public Affairs Director Chris Obore & Others Arrested 

The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded seven employees of Parliament to Luzira Prison until July 7, 2026,...

UGANDA: Danish Environmental Journalist & Researcher Klaus Thymann Arrested

Danish environmental journalist, explorer and researcher Klaus Thymann has been arrested in Kampala,Uganda over allegations linked to his...

A Polio Survivor Turns His Disability into a Powerful Plea for Vaccination

CREDIT - UNICEF, DRC.  Rajabu Vampise deftly manoeuvres his wheelchair through the backstreets of Kindu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as...

UGANDA: HOW A QUACK DOCTOR INNOCENT SSEMANDA OF CLEVELAND SPECIALISED WOMEN’S CLINIC HAS TERRORIZED PATIENTS FOR YEARS

This story exposes a fake Dr Innocent Ssemanda of Cleveland Specialised Women’s Clinic Wampewo,Wakiso in Uganda who has terrorized patients for years. This imposter whose...

POLIO ERADICATION: Kenya and Uganda cross-border polio vaccination reaches 6.5 million children

Health authorities in Uganda, Kenya and counterparts from the World Health Organization-WHO have confirmed that between October 3 and 6, 2024, more than 6.5...

MARBURG VIRUS OUTBREAK: 8 Killed in Rwanda as Authorities Limits Funeral Sizes

BBC. Authorities in Rwanda have restricted funeral sizes for victims of Marburg virus in an effort to curb an outbreak of the highly contagious...

FIGHTING HIV/AIDS: Uganda to receive 10,000 doses of Cabotegravir injectable drug

Uganda's Ministry of Health has announced plans to introduce a long-acting injectable HIV prevention drug, known as Cabotegravir (CAB-LA), from September 2024. The injectable HIV...

UGANDA: Why are young women and girls abandoning life-saving HIV treatment?

Health experts and HIV/AIDS activists in Uganda are concerned over the increasing number of young women and girls in care who are abandoning antiretroviral...