The African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV), in partnership with the Coalition Against Torture (CAT), has urged political actors, security agencies, and the general public to commit to peaceful and torture-free elections ahead of Uganda’s 2025/2026 general elec
The animation industry in Uganda is experiencing steady and promising growth, with an increasingnumber of studios and educational institutions offering training and support to aspiring animators.The sector now boasts a dynamic blend of well-established studios, emerging players, and
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has issued a nationwide call for expressions of interest from party members seeking to contest various elective positions in the upcoming 2026 General Elections.The announcement, published in the Daily Monitor, signals the party's formal commencement of it
Power distributor, Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited(UEDCL) has announced the completion of replacing at least 116 dilapidated transformers in the last two months.On March, 31, UEDCL officially took over electricity distribution operations from UMEME Limited, marking the end
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Patrick Oboi Amuriat has launched a blistering attack on the National Unity Platform (NUP), accusing Uganda’s main opposition party of manipulating elderly war claimants in Teso for political mileage.Amuriat, who hails from the region and once
The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRD-U) has officially launched its Civic Space Index Report 2024, warning of growing restrictions on fundamental freedoms and calling for urgent action to reverse the shrinking civic space in the country.Speaking during the launch
Mounting fear and declining trust in political processes are driving Ugandans away from civic engagement, according to the newly released Civic Space Index Report 2024 by the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRD-U).Human rights defenders are sounding the alarm over in
Robross Kanyankore, the man behind the controversial TikTok account "Mbarara HIV," has publicly apologised after being detained for spreading false information and defaming individuals online.For several months, Kanyankore, who is also a local artist based in Mbarara, has been using the ac
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a cable to freeze student visa applications (Image: AP)The Trump era clampdown strikes again as all fresh student visa applications hit a freeze amidst plans to include stringent social media checks for every applican
President Museveni grabbed the privileges of power in January 1986 after staging a guelira war in the Buganda region in the jungles of Luwero against the Obote government shortly after the 1981 presidential elections where he had lost massively under his UPM par
