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 two charges of Aggravated Trafficking in...
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 Parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), described...
MASINDI STONE QUARRY KILLS 15-YEAR-OLD BOY
Authorities are investigating circumstances under which a 15-year-old boy has been killed by a stone quarry in Hanga village in Labbongo sub county Masindi...
CHILD LABOUR: HOW & WHY CHILDREN ARE DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOLS INTO CASUAL LABOUR
Authorities and other stakeholders in Rukungiri district and most parts of western Uganda have raised concern over the escalating cases of child labour, school...
AFRICA: WHY HAS CHILD LABOUR PERSISTED?
Global trends such as armed conflicts, increased domestic violence, disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic have been blamed for the increase in child labor.
The International...
DRC: Can African Commission stop the violence and eviction of Batwa people in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park?
Human rights groups continue to cry out to the international community to intervene and stop the escalating threats, violence and attacks against the Batwa...