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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...

Minister Kahinda Otafiire and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Cited in Mitooma NRM Election Violence 

The National Resistance Movement-NRM party electoral commission chairperson Dr. Tanga Odoi has revealed that the election of Mitooma district NRM chairperson will not be...

BOBI WINE TO MUSEVENI: Stop Using Judiciary to Suppress Opposition 

The National Unity Platform-NUP party leader Robert Kyagulanyi Bobi Wine, has warned President Yoweri Museveni against using the judiciary to suppress opposition victories, following...

INSIDE STORY: Kizza Besigye and Hajj Obed Lutale ‘Kidnapped’ in Kenya,Remanded by Ugandan Military Court

Uganda’s opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye and his colleague, Hajj Obed Lutale, have been remanded to Luzira Prison till December 2, 2024 on charges...

44 CHARGES: Ex-LRA rebel Commander Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced to 40 years

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war...

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI STAYS THE EVICTION OF OVER 130,000 PEOPLE IN KYEGEGWA 

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has stayed the eviction of more than 130,000 people in Kyegegwa District. He issued the directive on Friday, October 11,...

CANADA DEPORTS UGANDAN AMBASSADOR ACHENG JOY RUTH

The Canadian government has elected to deport the Ugandan Ambassador Joy Ruth Aceng for breach of diplomatic norms. Canada has declared her a “persona non...