Uganda is one of the top 26 countries facing significant risks due to reductions in U.S. foreign aid, with the health sector bearing the brunt of these cuts. According to an analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Centre for Global Development (CGD), Uganda ranks sixth in vulnerability, trailing …

Members of Parliament have criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) for delaying the gazettement of Luyimbazi Elias Nalukoola, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate who won the recent Kawempe North by-election, preventing him from being sworn in. The matter was raised during a plenary sitting on Thursday, chaired by Speaker Anita …

The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Orthodox Church in Uganda, Jacinto Kibuuka, has condemned in the strongest terms the recent acts of torture and violence carried out against opposition supporters by security forces ahead of the Kawempe North by-election, set for Thursday. Bishop Jacinto Kibuuka Condemns Brutal Attacks on Journalists …

Opinion: It is deeply troubling that when a journalist from a smaller or emerging media house is brutally beaten or arbitrarily arrested by security forces, the industry often remains silent, as if nothing significant has occurred. Yet, when the same happens to journalists from mainstream media organizations—the so-called “Big Brands”—the …

The National Unity Platform (NUP) coordinator for the Ankole sub-region, Bright Muhumuza, was dropped off at his home in Kakoba Central Cell, Kakoba Ward, around 1 a.m. today, days after being reportedly abducted by armed men. Muhumuza’s sudden return comes after he was allegedly taken from Calabash Restaurant along the …

More than 28 journalists were brutally attacked according to the report by the UJA team. These attacks were mainly in Kazo Angola parish, Kawempe Mbogo parish and Kiganda Zone- Kawempe one parish. They were in form of brutal beating/assault, confiscation of cameras and mobile phones, damaging of cameras and mobile …

The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party is urging Ugandans to take the Kawempe North by-election as a stark reminder of the need for change in the 2026 general elections. UPC Urges Ugandans to Learn from Kawempe North By-Election Violence 13 The UPC spokesperson Arach Oyat Sharon says Ugandans must learn from the …

As the violent brutal assault on many journalists covering the Kawempe parliamentary by election by the Ugandan security forces went on, some were being picked and thrown inside the security moving vans- drones as they are called by many, that eventually moved them around different locations in Kampala city before …

Two men have been convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme targeting an Iranian-American journalist at her Brooklyn home. A federal jury in New York found Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov guilty of plotting to assassinate reporter Masih Alinejad in July 2022. They face decades in prison. Prosecutors said Iran’s government funded …

A US court awarded Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas $18m (£14m) in damages, after a jury said he was defamed by former Ghanaian MP Kennedy Agyapong. The case stems from comments Agyapong made about Anas after his BBC investigation in 2018 that exposed football corruption in Ghana and elsewhere. The …