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American doctor tests positive for Ebola in DR Congo outbreak

An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the outbreak, according to an international Christian missions organization. Dr. Peter Stafford, a...

PLATINUM CREDIT EXPOSED! Court Fines It Sh11.6M,Bosses Face 10-Year Jail Term as Borrowers Decry Its ‘Dirty Deals’

Shockwaves are tearing through East Africa’s money lending industry after microfinance giant Platinum Credit was ordered to pay a Kenyan...

Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in...

UGANDA: Dog Shelters Being Used To Scam Donors

ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS: How dog shelter content creators in Uganda are tricking people online. Many donors being scammed. 🎥...

EU Keeps Escalating Against Russia as NATO Crumbles – How Africa Will Pay the Price

Aaron Ainomugisha.  Imagine you are a farmer in Senegal or a truck driver in Kenya. You have never...

LC1 CM’s bodyguard kills fellow UPDF soldier over housemaid

POLICE STATEMENT - RWIZI REGION, ISINGIRO DISTRICT,01/06/2022. The territorial Police of Isingiro district is investigating circumstances under which a Uganda People's Defence Force-UPDF soldier...

Masindi: Journalist shot dead

The Media fraternity in Masindi district has this morning been engulfed with grief after saddening news of their colleague's death. Gerald Aseera, a journalist attached...

Ultimatum: Leave Dr. Kizza Besigye’s home now,address commodity prices crisis

Human rights defenders, concerned leaders and other stakeholders in Mbarara and western Uganda at large have issued 2 days ultimatum to police and the...

The “Concocted” Report on Assaulted Journalists

Uganda’s Permanent Representative at United Nations-UN, Amb. Dr. Adonia Ayebare has come out to refute the 9th May 2022 publication by Uganda’s News Paper...

PRESS FREEDOM: SHOULD JOURNALISTS OPT FOR OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT?

A session characterized by thought-provoking questions, interesting ideas and discussion about media, safety, freedom, sustainability and other paramount issues as Journalists from western Uganda...

131 cases of media violations & abuses documented in 2021 – HRNJ Uganda

The Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda-HRNJ Uganda has today,28th April 2022 launched its 13th edition of the Annual Press Freedom Index Report...