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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...

BREAKING THE PARADOX OF POVERTY AMIDST PLENTY: How Locals Are Supporting Wildlife Conservation  

STORY BY AARON AINOMUGISHA, Western Uganda. The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has continuously implemented community conservation to combat wildlife crime inside and outside different national...

COMMUNITY VIGILANCE: HOW WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS WERE ARRESTED WITH OVER 20 MONKEYS

Story by Aaron Ainomugisha. The Territorial Police in Rwenzori East and Katwe Kabatoro Central Police Station in Kasese district have arrested Frederick Lubega, also...

WORLD WILDLIFE CRIME REPORT 2024: Africa accounts for 19%

The World Wildlife Crime Report has indicated that Africa accounts for 19% of all seizures of illegally harvested flora and fauna. For global trade flows,...

UWA has tried to ensure safety & security in parks – San Diego Gorilla Safaris boss Mugisha Majid Amon

Tourism experts and stakeholders in western Uganda have commended the Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA and security agencies for the current measures to ensure safety and...

UGX60 BILLION FAKE GORILLA PERMITS SCANDAL: 14 UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY STAFF SUSPENDED

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Fourteen Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA staff have been suspended over allegations related to the issuance of fake gorilla permits though their names...

ARRESTED INSIDE QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK: 24-YEAR-OLD FISHERMAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS

The chief magistrate’s court in Kamwenge has sentenced John Vian Matsiko to eight years in jail for illegally entering a wildlife protected area. The 24-year-old...