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The family of 31-year-old Fauza Musubika of Mpungwe Village in Kagoma Town Council, Jinja District, who was hired as a housemaid, has been shocked by the postmortem report that accompanied her body from Saudi Arabia stating that she died of natural causes. The late Musubika had allegedly, for some weeks, been sending messages complaining of being mistreated by her employers, …

Iran’s architecture of internet control is built on technologies from China, according to an analysis published by a British human rights organization, according to reports by British newspaper, The Guardian. The report by Article 19 says the technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China and a Chinese alternative to the US-based GPS system, BeiDou. The report outlines the policies …

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) district, city divison and municipal leadership has been summoned to State House Entebbe this Friday in what insiders describe as a high-level strategy meeting chaired by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. In an official letter dated February 10, 2026, and signed by NRM Secretary General Richard Todwong, all NRM District/City Chairpersons and Municipality/City Division Chairpersons have …

Kampala- Uganda’s public debt has risen sharply over the past four years, triggering concern from the Auditor General over the country’s growing debt burden. Auditor General Edward Akol.(Courtesy photo) According to the latest Auditor General’s report, Uganda’s total public debt increased from Shs69.20 trillion in 2021 to Shs114.60 trillion in the financial year ending June 2025. The report highlights a particularly …

Sexual violence and family expulsion among the challenges facing African LBQ women  Photo illustration courtesy of Chapter Four Uganda. A new African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) report reveals how lesbian, bisexual, and queer women experience systematic violence that begins within families and communities and continues through displacement, detention, and so-called host countries. Authored by Melanie Nathan, From Home to Hostile …

BY PEPPER INTELLIGENCE UNIT As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni continues with roller-coaster campaigns sweeping across the country, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) top brass is brimming with confidence ahead of the 2026 general elections. The NRM presidential flag-bearer is crisscrossing Uganda – now remaining with Buganda region – in a high-energy campaign blitz, with party Secretary General Richard Todwong …

A report released by the Environment Governance Institute and Climate Rights International alleges the Kingfisher oil project is marked by military-enforced displacement, livelihood destruction, environmental damage and a rise in gendered exploitation. The report details abuses that challenge global claims of ethical energy investment in the Global South. “The abuses detailed in the report echo patterns seen in extractive projects …

Amos Tayebwa|Mbarara On 9th October 2025, Uganda was celebrating 63 years of Independence  and the country has registered progress in infrastructure and economic development. However, there is a need to strengthen and protect the country’s resources, economy and other government programs or projects. According to Capt. John Bosco Bamuturaki Tumusiime, former Mbarara District LC5 Chairman and current Kashari South NRM MP Flag bearer said …

Ugandan LGBTIQ rights group says its caseload nearly doubled last month Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum legal aid clinic in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda in 2020. A new report by the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) has revealed a significant increase in the number of cases in Uganda in which individuals were targeted for …

Authors call on governments to legalize trans identities and prosecute violence Map of Middle East and North Africa. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Transgender individuals in the Middle East and North Africa are ensnared in a vicious cycle of state-sponsored criminalization, systemic legal disenfranchisement, and pervasive social hostility, according to a new report from the Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute. The report documents …