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Karamoja Still Trapped: CSOs Call for Enough Govt Funding

Civil society organizations (CSOs) have warned that Karamoja sub region will continue to suffer deep-rooted poverty unless the government boosts funding for the region and addresses long-standing inequalities. At a...

INJUSTICE: Mbarara PFF Mobilizer & Science Teacher in Trouble over Illegal Money Lending 

Authorities in Mbarara city and Mbarara district have been asked to investigate illegal money lenders that are conniving...

CSOs Condemn UN’s Move to Dismantle UNAIDS

Civil Society Organizations-CSOs have condemned the United Nations proposal to dismantle the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS-UNAIDS...

EXPOSED: Charles Mwesigwa,a man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods and exploiting vulnerable women 

Charles Mwesigwa, who says he is a former London bus driver, told our undercover reporter he could provide...

Cisco: Africa presents AI leapfrogging opportunity

Additional reporting by Paula Gilbert, Connecting Africa. Africa's entrepreneurial workforce and young population can help catalyze an artificial...

PROMOTING QUALITY & IMPACTFUL JOURNALISM: Uganda National Journalism Awards 2024 winners

CREDIT – The African Centre for Media-Excellence-ACME.  The winners of the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2024 were announced at a colourful gala held at...

SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOM IN UGANDA: JOURNALISTS DICKSON MUBIRU AND ALIRABAKI SSENGOBA FURTHUR REMANDED

SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOM IN UGANDA. Buganda road court has further remanded two journalists, Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Ssengooba to Luzira prison until July 9,...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed in US plea deal

After a years-long legal saga, Wikileaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities, for him...

UNESCO: 70% of environmental journalists attacked for their work

A new report published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-UNESCO on World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May 2024, warns of...

BOOSTING TOURISM: WHERE IS UGANDA’S TRAVEL & TOURISM JOURNALISM?

By Aaron Ainomugisha. The Pearl of Africa continues to earn a lot of income from her booming tourism industry, though key stakeholders are still concerned...