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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: At least 1,623 journalists killed worldwide

Impunity for crimes against journalists – especially the killing of journalists – is a major threat to press freedom worldwide. Over a decade after the UN declared 2 November...

National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024: Where Are the Gaps?

MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU, Parliament Watch. On Thursday, 24th October 2024, Parliament voted to advance the National Coffee (Amendment)...

44 CHARGES: Ex-LRA rebel Commander Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced to 40 years

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years...

Is Uganda’s Kingfisher oil project bad for people, climate and the environment?

Mail $ Guardian / Brad Adams, the executive director of Climate Rights International.     From a distance, Ugandan...

KITEEZI LANDFILL TRAGEDY: EX-KCCA Directors Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi and Daniel Okello Sent to Luzira on 57 Charges

Kasangati Chief Magistrate's court has remanded former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses including executive director Dorothy Kisaka,...

IN-DEPTH: GENDER INEQUALITY AS 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...