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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...

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 pen these words, my heart swells...

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 candidate (who is still missing) and...

Uganda expels 3rd French journalist during election period

By Reporters Without Borders-RSF.  RSF firmly condemns the series of expulsions targeting French journalists around Uganda’s presidential election, which saw the incumbent re-elected for...

Blood & Ballots in Uganda: Powerful Leaders including Speaker Anita Among Implicated

Uganda continues to grapple with serious setbacks hindering democracy countrywide, as citizens head to the polls to elect President and Legislators on January 15,...

When the Ballot Is Under Cyber-Attack: Crispin Kaheru on Why Protecting the Vote Should Be a Human Rights Duty

By Crispin Kaheru, Member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC. Whenever people speak of a stolen election, what often comes to mind are stuffed...

INCUMBENT ATUKWASA RITA TO LOSE MBARARA CITY WOMAN MP SEAT TO CHARITY KIBAAJU AS CATHOLIC CHURCH & OTHER TOP CITY STAKEHOLDERS BACK KIBAAJU

By Aaron Ainomugisha - Rise News Uganda Network Political Torch, extensively covering the 2026 General Elections across the country. Tension within independent candidate and...