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...
UGANDA & INTERNET ADDICTION: PSYCHIATRISTS REPORT NEW WAVE OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Psychiatrists are reporting a new wave of mental illness termed “internet addiction” in Uganda caused by excessive internet use and digital platform addiction.
This emerging...
GUN VIOLENCE IN UGANDA: Mbarara police officer shoots dead Ruhengyere UPDF engineering brigade officer
Uganda People's Defence Force-UPDF officer, Cpl Yeremiah Paper attached to Ruhengyere Engineering Brigade has been shot dead by Mbarara Field Force Unit-FFU police officer...
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT GAPS: 60 REFUGEES COMMIT SUICIDE IN UGANDA
Experts have expressed concern over psychosocial support gaps in different communities including conflict-hit areas, refugee camps or settlements and the host communities.
This follows a...
Ibanda boda boda rider kills his two children,commits suicide over debts
Authorities in Ibanda district western Uganda have implored people to seek guidance and counseling or police intervention to address domestic violence and other crimes.
This...
LC1 CM’s bodyguard kills fellow UPDF soldier over housemaid
POLICE STATEMENT - RWIZI REGION, ISINGIRO DISTRICT,01/06/2022. The territorial Police of Isingiro district is investigating circumstances under which a Uganda People's Defence Force-UPDF soldier...