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WESTERN UGANDA: Kabale journalists decry intimidation by LCV Chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija

Kabale-based journalists in Kigezi sub region western Uganda have decried continued intimidation by the Kabale district LCV Chairman, Nelson Nshangabasheija. The journalists on December 1, 2023 stormed Kabale Resident District...

WORLD AIDS DAY 2023: LET COMMUNITIES LEAD

Statement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS-UNAIDS as the world marks World AIDS Day...

UGX186 MILLION SCANDAL: Uganda Netball Federation president Sarah Babirye Kityo remanded

Embattled president of the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF) Sarah Babirye Kityo has been remanded to Luzira prison by...

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM 2023: Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSOLIDATES PETITIONS & APPLICATIONS

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19)...

IN-DEPTH: 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...

EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING: MBARARA CITY WOMAN MP ATUKWASA RITA BWAHIKA ROOTS FOR SIX-MONTH MATERNITY LEAVE

The Woman Member of Parliament-MP for Mbarara City in western Uganda, Hon. Atukwasa Rita Bwahika has rooted for better policies and spaces enabling exclusive...

NO AMBULANCES! HOW EXPECTANT MOTHERS,HIV PATIENTS & OTHERS ARE STRUGGLING IN KITAGWENDA

Expectant mothers, people living with HIV/AIDS, sexual minorities and other patients seeking services at Ntara health Centre IV in Kitagwenda district in western Uganda...

PLIGHT! UGANDAN YOUTH MP AGNES KIRABO SAYS ADULT DIAPERS COULD BE A RESULT OF HOMOSEXUALS

UGANDA. The six acts (amendment) signed in law by President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni on June 29, 2023 have generated mixed reactions,especially the Value...

AFRICA: INSIDE THE HUMAN TRIALS PROCEEDING TOWARDS POTENTIAL ANTI-HIV VACCINE

Trials to determine if a human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis (HIV PrEP) vaccination is effective have started in earnest in four sites in East...

CANCER TREATMENT: WESTERN UGANDA LEADERS & HEALTH EXPERTS CALL FOR BETTER SERVICES

Leaders and health experts in western Uganda have challenged the government and partners to allocate enough resources for better services in the fight against...