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UGANDA: 4 out of 10 children suffer stunted growth due to malnutrition

Locals in Isingiro district,western Uganda and other parts of the country have been challenged to embrace better feeding for children. ALSO READ - POLIO ERADICATION: Kenya and Uganda cross-border polio vaccination...
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A Polio Survivor Turns His Disability into a Powerful Plea for Vaccination

CREDIT - UNICEF, DRC.  Rajabu Vampise deftly manoeuvres his wheelchair through the backstreets of Kindu in the Democratic...
Social Justice

INSIDE THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF HOMOPHOBIA IN MODERN-DAY UGANDA

By Hyowon Park , International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).  In March 2023, the Ugandan...
Environment / Climate

DR Congo’s Reliance on Charcoal threatens Forests and Fuels Armed Conflict

Elodie Toto - KANYARUCHINYA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a circle of spectators, a troupe of performers takes...
Environment / Climate

How Africa is facing disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs

By World Meteorological Organization. Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for...

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

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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

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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

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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...

88.3 ENDIGYITO FM SWITCHED OFF WHILE HOSTING NUP PARTY PRESIDENT BOBI WINE

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Media and political activists in Mbarara city and other parts of western Uganda have expressed concern over the narrowing freedom, accusing the Uganda Communications...

3 ARMED ROBBERS STORM MWINJOYO FM STUDIOS IN NAKURU KENYA,PRESENTERS ROBBED LIVE ON AIR

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Kenyan police and other security agencies in Kenya are investigating circumstances under which three armed robbers stormed Nakuru-based gospel radio station Mwinjoyo FM studios...

ACME confirms new partners for the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2022 

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The African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME has confirmed its new partners supporting the Uganda National Journalism Awards-UNJA 2022, with the awards gala slated for...
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