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Are CSOs In Uganda Under Attack?

The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has frozen bank accounts belonging to several non-governmental organisations operating in Uganda as part of ongoing investigations into the sources of their funding and...

LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUSEVENI: Akandwanaho Joshua Israel – NRM Flag Bearer & Former Contestant For Worker’s MP 2026-2031

The President of Uganda and Chairman of NRM-PARTY. Your Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni State House Kampala, Uganda Your Excellency, As I...

Inside the July session of 2026 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development-HLPF

SDGs Knowledge Hub. The UN Secretariat has published the programme for the July session of the 2026 UN...

NORTH KOREA: Schoolchildren & other people being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media 

Additional reporting - Sky News. People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game...

STILL MISSING: ABDUCTED NUP VP WESTERN UGANDA JOLLY JACKLYN TUKAMUSHABA’S FAMILY WORRIED & STRUGGLING

Ashaba Patricia,the first born of Jackline Tukamushaba - NUP Vice President Western Uganda and Rukiga district Woman MP...

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...

HOW UGANDAN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER KHOI KHOI IS PROMOTING HEALTH INNOVATION

A Ugandan scientist identified as Sir Khoi Khoi has taken a step in promoting health innovation by inventing a language translation application named Khoinology,...

ANOTHER COVID-19 WAVE? 30 people in quarantine,7 confirmed positive in Western Uganda

Western Uganda. Authorities at Mbarara regional referral hospital have confirmed that 30 people are in quarantine with COVID-19 mild symptoms, appealing for public caution...