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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 the African Centre for Media...

UGANDA: Children’s Home Director Sentenced to 46 Years for Trafficking & Raping Young Girls

The Director of a Community Based Organisation (CBO) has been sentenced to serve 46 years in prison on...

Crisis in Journalism

PRESS RELEASE. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, according to...

World Day Against Child Labour: 138 million children still trapped in child labour

On this year’s World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, the International Trade Union Confederation-ITUC has called on...

How Trans Ugandans are building power through business

Achen, not her real name, is a soft-spoken 26-year-old from northern Uganda. She never imagined she would run...

HOW UGANDA IS TAKING STEPS TO INTEGRATE ICT INTO EDUCATION POLICIES

Uganda aims to support innovation ecosystems by integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into education national policies. The integration of educational technology in Uganda's teaching...

INSIDE EAST AFRICA’S PRODUCTIVE USE OF OFF-GRID SOLAR

This explainer is produced as part of African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to...

INTERNATIONAL DATA PRIVACY DAY: CAN UGANDANS PROTECT PERSONAL DATA?

The government of Uganda has urged Ugandans to be vigilant before logging into any social media platform. The executive director of National Personal Data Protection...