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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...

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...