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NO TALKS WITH GEN SALIM SALEH TO FREE BESIGYE – WINNIE BYANYIMA

Fresh reports of efforts to secure the release of jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye have emerged as his treason case continues before the High Court in Kampala, with...

How Sanctioned African Gold Refinery, Alain Goetz & his Gold Trade Network Continue to Thrive

Additional Investigations  - Bloomberg;  By Simon Marks, Jinshan Hong, Michael J Kavanagh, Hayley Warren and William Clowes.  Down...

Overall prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 & older is 5.9% – Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA) 2025

Opinion by CAROLYNE MUYAMA, Uganda Media Centre. At a recent coronation event for the Omukama of Tooro, His...

Inside the piercing lines that caused Activist Praise Aloikin Opoloje’s abduction

Mixed concerns have been raised regarding the safety and whereabouts of 25-year-old law student and human rights activist...

Sidelining Africa is Unacceptable,Unfair & Grossly Unjust – Kenyan President William Ruto to UN 

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday September 23,2026 called for reform of the United Nations Security Council, urging...

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...