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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...

GLOBAL NEW HIV INFECTIONS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: Do Females Surpass Males?

Globally, we have made great strides in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) transmission prevention, resulting in a decline in AIDS-related deaths. The overall infection rates...

2024: UGANDA TO LOSE OVER UGX290 BILLION IN EXPIRED COVID-19 VACCINES & ARVs

More than 5.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines bought on loan by the Ugandan government have expired, and are set to be destroyed. The vaccines...

ANTI-POLIO GAINS IN PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN: WHO Points to Risks

FIGHTING POLIO. Only 12 children around the world have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus so far this year, all of them in Pakistan and...

MAIDEN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT: UGANDA LAUNCHES KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROGRAM

The Health Minister in Uganda, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has confirmed that Uganda has launched the Kidney Transplant Program following a maiden kidney transplant...

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE & ANTHRAX RAVAGE THE CATTLE CORRIDOR

CATTLE CORRIDOR. Authorities in Kazo district western Uganda have imposed a total ban on movement and sale of livestock and their products for two...

WESTERN UGANDA: LEADERS CONCERNED OVER TUBERCULOSIS-TB CASES IN KITAGWENDA

Local leaders in western Uganda have expressed concern over looming surge in cases of tuberculosis-TB in Kitagwenda district and other hotspots in the region...