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WESTERN UGANDA: Kabale journalists decry intimidation by LCV Chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija

Kabale-based journalists in Kigezi sub region western Uganda have decried continued intimidation by the Kabale district LCV Chairman, Nelson Nshangabasheija. The journalists on December 1, 2023 stormed Kabale Resident District...

WORLD AIDS DAY 2023: LET COMMUNITIES LEAD

Statement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS-UNAIDS as the world marks World AIDS Day...

UGX186 MILLION SCANDAL: Uganda Netball Federation president Sarah Babirye Kityo remanded

Embattled president of the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF) Sarah Babirye Kityo has been remanded to Luzira prison by...

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM 2023: Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSOLIDATES PETITIONS & APPLICATIONS

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19)...

Uganda Police Force & Mbarara RRH to sign MoU

The Uganda Police Force-UPF and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital-RRH are set to sign a memorandum of understanding-MoU that will see police officers & their...

Mbarara RRH hosts Cuban envoy to Uganda

The Cuban government has pledged more support to Ugandan government especially in areas of healthcare. This, as a delegation led by Cuban envoy to Uganda,Dr....

NCD pandemic kills 7 out of 10 people globally

The World Health Organization-WHO has welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and Government Group to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development...

Hon Miria Matembe: NO TO MANDATORY VACCINATION  

Former Minister for Ethics and Integrity (1998 to 2003), and member of the Pan-African Parliament representing Uganda for over 2 decades beginning in 1989,...

IN-DEPTH: Defiled for Ugx5000

In this story, Aaron Ainomugisha investigated how "Young girls working as barmaids were sexually abused during COVID-19 lockdown". Some being those who were previously...