Photo: Francis Mwiinga Maingaila
Lusaka, Zambia – Zambian authorities must thoroughly investigate the recent attack on two reporters (including Francis Maingaila above) and ensure that the...
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African and other world leaders must urgently speak out and do more to stem the ferocious tide of human rights and international humanitarian law violations in the armed...
Dominic Ongwen during one of the court sessions –Photo (ICC)
“I ran to the world to help, rehabilitate and heal me but when I landed into its hands, it threw a rope on my neck,” that was...
Police officers setting logs on fire during a recent crackdown on illegal charcoal burning
AGAGO -UGANDA: As you approach Adilang Sub –County in Agago District, it seems God has deserted...
Harold Acemah
Uganda never ceases to amaze, amuse and offend in almost equal measure. On April 22, Uganda’s First Lady and Minister of Education, Mrs. Janet Museveni, made an...
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Even a brief shutdown of the internet impedes the press from doing its job. But some disruptions last for months, severely undermining safety and access to information, CPJ...
Photo: Somali Journalists Syndicate
The Committee to Protect Journalists Friday expressed alarm at recent actions by Somali security forces who detained and beat journalists and raided a...
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New York, April 30, 2021 – Angolan authorities should drop the criminal defamation and insult charges against editor Francisco Rasgado and reform the country’s laws...
Zimbabwe is selling rights to shoot up to 500 elephants this year to generate public revenue, the country's wildlife agency said Monday, weeks after the animals were listed as endangered.
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Photo: Fredrick Olatunde Odimayo
Abuja, April 28, 2021 – Nigerian authorities should thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist Frederick Olatunde Odimayo (above) and hold those...
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The Elsie Initiative Fund, a UN Trust Fund, announced today the first five countries – Liberia, Mexico, Niger, Senegal and Sierra Leone to receive financial support to...
Felix Kulayigye. Photo: Facebook.
[The View From Uganda]
Felix Kulayigye, a Brigadier General in the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) said on KFM’s radio talk VPN last...
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The United States should consider moving its military headquarters overseeing Africa to the continent, from Germany, to better tackle growing armed violence in the...
Harold Acemah.
[Aluta Continua]
On Tuesday, April 20, the International Court of Justice based at The Hague, Netherlands, reopened a 14-year old embarrassing case about...
Elegu Township in dry season –Photo by Jesse Johnson James
Susan Afoyocan’s fear of losing her restaurant business started when she saw the first drops of rain.
It was at the onset...
I think you have "Filtered HTML" turned on here. If you switch to "Full HTML," it will probably...
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