The New Forests Company have been evicting citizens in order to accommodate forestry plantations in Uganda. They are now left with no option but to respond to the concerns of those affected. A report published by Oxfam highlighted that more than twenty two thousand people have been evicted, some facing a violent upheaval and others [...]
Findings from a recent research study conducted in Uganda suggest that voters are willing to elect a councillor with positive HIV status as long as they exhibit good leadership qualities. Uganda is one of eight countries where Idasa-GAP, with local partners, has been collating information on the regional impact of HIV and AIDS. Research has [...]
A Kenyan human rights activist held with no evidence for his involvement in a bomb attack in Uganda last year has now been released without charge. Al-Amin Kimathi and four others were freed at the start of their trial which began on Monday 12th Sept. Amnesty International’s Africa Deputy Programme director Michelle Kagari commented that [...]
It is graduation season, and one recent graduate, a Ford Foundation International Fellow, who recently completed his International Legal Studies Program at American University’s Washington College of Law, recently stood taller than all the other graduates, at least in my mind, as he received his Master of Laws degree. However, in reality; disabled Ugandan lawyer, [...]
As Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni commences another five years in office – a tenure that will have spanned 30 years by the time of the next elections – a significant rise in protests among the Ugandan people has posed the question of whether history is repeating itself. When opposition leader Kizza Besigye joined with Museveni [...]
A new Regus business centre in the country’s capital, Kampala, offers a valuable platform for businesses to explore revenue opportunities in East Africa. It is global workspace provider Regus’ first centre here, and brings the number of countries where it operates to 87, of which 13 are in Africa. ‘Uganda’s economic stability makes it a [...]
On Friday 18th February, Ugandans went to the polls for national elections and by Sunday it was clear that Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni would win an overwhelming victory. In the final tally he received about 68% of the vote, while Kizza Besigye, the leading opposition candidate, received just 26% of the vote. It was Besigye’s [...]
Journalists have urged the government to follow the example of the Ugandan Supreme Court and repeal laws that curtail freedom of speech. In August, the Ugandan government abolished sedition laws that had previously been used to prosecute and criminalise journalists and politicians. Campaigners described the win as a victory for those who felt that they [...]
Two Ugandan soldiers serving in the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) died in fighting with rebels for control of north Mogadishu last week, an AMISOM spokesman said Saturday 5th June. At least 11 people died when the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels and government forces shelled each other’s positions in the north of [...]
President Omar al-Bashir will surely not now enter Uganda any time soon, but if he did he will be arrested under the warrant issued by the international criminal court (ICC). Uganda’s minister for international affairs Henry Oryem Okello reportedly told reporters Mon 13th July that Ugandan police will arrest the Sudanese president if he arrives [...]
