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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 part of ongoing investigations into the sources of their funding and...

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...

NORTH KOREA: Schoolchildren & other people being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media 

Additional reporting - Sky News. People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game...

STILL MISSING: ABDUCTED NUP VP WESTERN UGANDA JOLLY JACKLYN TUKAMUSHABA’S FAMILY WORRIED & STRUGGLING

Ashaba Patricia,the first born of Jackline Tukamushaba - NUP Vice President Western Uganda and Rukiga district Woman MP...

LABOUR EXTERNALISATION GAPS: WHY IS THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT CONCEALING THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH SAUDI ARABIA?

Article by Mr. Kayonde Abdallah, President – MIGRANT WORKERS’ VOICE ORGANIZATION akayonde@gmail.com . In December 2022, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development...

SEXUAL MINORITIES: MBARARA BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO BOYS

POLICE STATEMENT ON HAVING CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A PERSON AGAINST THE ORDER OF NATURE. Police at Mbarara Central Police Station is holding Saturday Micheal,34,...

SGBV: HOW A 17-YEAR-OLD S.4 VACIST SURVIVED FORCED MARRIAGE

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Kibuli Kampala in coordination with Greater Kiruhura police have arrested 5 people for conniving to kidnap, traffic...

LABOUR EXTERNALISATION GAPS: MINISTER OKELLO ORYEM STOP DEFENDING SELF-INTERESTS – MIGRANT WORKERS’ VOICE PRESIDENT KAYONDE ABDALLAH  

Article by Mr. Kayonde Abdallah, President – MIGRANT WORKERS’ VOICE ORGANIZATION. The diplomatic codes under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doing the best to...

Kenyan LGBTQIA+ activist Edwin Chiloba found dead

Police in Kenya are investigating the death of young fashion designer and LGBTQIA+ activ Edwin Chiloba after his body was found dumped in a...

WE CONDEMN ALL FORMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS – COMMISSIONER CRISPIN KAHERU

By Crispin Kaheru, Commissioner Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC. As we commemorate this year’s International Human Rights Day, we note the progress made thus far....