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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 been to Donbas. You do not care who controls Lyman. But...

Inside White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Credit Al Jazeera. Donald Trump has been rushed out of the White House correspondents’ dinner at a hotel...

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...

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...

US FORMALLY REMOVES UGANDA FROM AFRICAN GROWTH & OPPORTUNITY ACT

The United States-U.S. has officially removed Uganda and three other African countries as beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act-Agoa, effectively ending Uganda’s...

BURUNDI’S PRESIDENT EVARISTE NDAYISHIMIYE SAYS LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE SHOULD BE PUBLICLY STONED

Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country "should be stoned". Responding to a reporter's question on December 29,2023 Mr Ndayishimiye,...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: 348 MPs FACE U.S. SANCTIONS

348 Ugandan Members of Parliament-MPs and their immediate family members now face travel restrictions to the United States of America for voting in favour...

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 end to violence against women and...

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) applications filed by various parties challenging...

SameSame (SiyaFanaFana): Creating a Virtual Lifeline for LGBTQI+ Youth in Africa

Credit – Anne Stopper/Mozilla Foundation. WHAT IS SameSame (SiyaFanaFana): SameSame (SiyaFanaFana) is a Mozilla IRL Fund Awardee. We spoke with co-founder Jonathan McKay about using...