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ANOTHER WAVE OF STATE-SPONSORED ABDUCTIONS? How Activist Ninye Tabz was abducted 

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has raised alarm over the reported activist Andrew Natumanya, popularly known online as ‘Ninye Tabz.’ NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said Natumanya was...

Blue Community Network officially Welcomes Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM

The Blue Community Network has officially designated and welcomed another partner in Africa, Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM from Uganda. RISECOM...

Is Africa’s climate crisis a legal crisis too?

Is Africa's climate crisis a legal crisis too? States' duties under human rights law. A landmark climate case is being heard...

Human Rights Foundation Calls Out Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Immigration Officers for Harassing Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has  called out Dutch immigration officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for what it...

D/Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Implicated: Who is Fighting Victoria University VC Dr. Lawrence Muganga 

What began as a routine ministerial vetting quickly turned into one of the most dramatic sessions before Parliament’s...

ENDING AIDS BY 2030: Gender Inequalities & Human Rights Violations Increasing Children & Women’s Vulnerability to HIV 

It is unfinished business, and only the urgent and accelerated delivery of HIV services will keep the promise of ending AIDS in children by...

UGANDA: How HIV-positive young women and girls have abandoned ARVs

Health experts in Mbarara City and other parts of western Uganda have expressed concern over the increasing number of  people living with HIV abandoning...

Africa’s Anti-LGBT+ Laws: A big setback in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Progressive voices across the world will have to double their efforts in countering the escalating threats to LGBT+ people in Africa amid wave of...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: LGBTQIA+ Members Shun Health Facilities  

By Aaron Ainomugisha. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights-SRHR experts in Uganda have expressed concern over LGBTQIA+ members shunning health facilities in the wake...

LOCAL AUTHORITIES DECRY SEVERAL CHALLENGES AS LEPROSY RAVAGES KASESE

Two minors aged three and five are among the 30 people who are on medication for leprosy in Kasese district western Uganda, as it...

FIGHTING POLIO: 3rd Round of Vaccination Targets Hotspots in Kenya

A polio vaccination campaign that was planned for November 2023 but postponed due to heavy rains and floods is finally taking place in three...