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UN envoy decries increasing human rights abuses in Uganda

As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 63rd International Human Rights Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights defenders Margaret Sekagya has cautioned Parliament on the public order management Bill that is currently before the legal committee of Parliament. She made the caution at the five day workshop  under the theme Claiming Spaces: Tactical Tools for Human […]

IFPRI calls for urgent attention to famine in horn of Africa

As the worst drought in 60 years continues to devastate the Horn of Africa, millions of people in parts of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Djibouti are at risk. In a region where a large percentage of the population already lives in chronic poverty, this prolonged and unrelenting natural disaster has plunged areas with already […]