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UGANDA: MEDIA UNDER ATTACK AHEAD OF 2026 GENERAL ELECTIONS

Additional Reporting - The Observer  Ug. Uganda Editors’ Guild (UEG), the apex body representing the country’s senior newsroom leaders across all media platforms, has issued a strong statement condemning...

Court awards Businessman Sudhir Shs108 billion over closure of Crane Bank

The Supreme Court has ordered Bank of Uganda to pay businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and his firm Meera Investments...

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...

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...

UGANDA: MEDIA UNDER ATTACK AHEAD OF 2026 GENERAL ELECTIONS

Additional Reporting - The Observer  Ug. Uganda Editors’ Guild (UEG), the apex body representing the country’s senior newsroom leaders across all media platforms, has...

New ACME Report: The Widening Gap between Uganda’s Media Laws and Constitutional Protections

CREDIT - ACME.   Uganda’s media sector faces mounting constraints from restrictive laws, expansive regulatory controls and financial pressure, according to a new report by...

Crisis in Journalism

PRESS RELEASE. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, according to a new report released today by...

IPI’S LOCAL NEWS ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME 2023: MEDIA CAN’T BE IMPACTFUL WITHOUT BEING PEOPLE-CENTRED

RISE NEWS UGANDA NETWORK is a local media network based in western Uganda, that also feeds other on air and online outlets locally and...

WESTERN UGANDA: Kabale journalists decry intimidation by LCV Chairman Nelson Nshangabasheija

Aaron Ainomugisha. Kabale-based journalists in Kigezi sub region western Uganda have decried continued intimidation by the Kabale district LCV Chairman, Nelson Nshangabasheija. The journalists on...

THE DIGITAL ERA & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: COMMISSIONER CRISPIN KAHERU ON OPPORTUNITIES & DISPARITIES

Article by Hon. Crispin Kaheru, Commissioner Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC, on the impact of today’s digital era/online spaces. The world has commemorated the International...