By witnessradio.org Team Kiryandongo – Uganda – the European Union (EU) Delegation to Uganda has visited and listened to the Kiryandongo district affected community, the first ever visit by the diplomatic community since the dispossession of 35000 native communities started in 2018 by the

By witnessradio.org Team 12th, November, 2010; the hearing of a criminal case against 8 land defenders in Kiryandongo has been adjourned as the trial magistrate is on leave. The eight include Fred Mwawula, Ramu Ndahimana, Samuel Kusiima, Martin Munyansia, Martin Haweka, Amos Wafula, Eliot

By witnessradio.org Team Hearing of the case against 8 land rights defenders in Kiryandongo has been fixed for 12th-November-2020. The defenders who include Fred Mwawula, Ramu Ndahimana, Samuel Kusiima, Martin Munyansia, Martin Haweka, Amos Wafula, Eliot Talemwa, and George Rwakabisha were last month charged

(Originally published in the WRM Bulletin, Issue 252) The enduring legacy of a little-known World Bank project to secure African plantations for European billionaires In October 2020, a group of

By witnessradio.org Team The Bamba-Babwisi tribe in Bundibugyo district has tasked the government to find them alternative land for resettlement or else relocate them back to their ancestral land

(November 17, 2020) — This week from Genva, the United Nations is hosting its annual Forum on Business and Human Rights. Thousands of participants from government, business and civil

“Plantations are not forests”, members of communities from Zambezia province, in Mozambique. In June 2019, the report “Towards Large-Scale Commercial Investment in African Forestry,” (1) made a call to development-funding

Prices of agricultural products are starting to rebound as the easing of lockdown measures in Uganda open up places of food consumption. Evans Nakhokho, the chief manager, Agribusiness at

Farmers under their umbrella body the Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) have launched a manifesto detailing six areas they want politicians to prioritize during next year’s general election. Important

Kampala, Uganda | A Commissioner in the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries has revealed that most veterinary officers in Uganda are administering treatment without proper diagnosis of animal

One of the communal kraals in Agoro Hills in Agago District that was set up to fight cattle rustling. In Kitgum District, the locals have rejected erecting a similar

(November 17, 2020) — This week from Genva, the United Nations is hosting its annual Forum on Business and Human Rights. Thousands of participants from government, business and civil

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | The African Union (AU) Commission on Thursday revealed that over 600 million people across the Africa lack access to electricity despite the continent’s abundant renewable energy

By Peter Babyenda Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom is one of the lucky sub-regions in Uganda to still have at least two large natural rainforests. These are Budongo and Bugoma Rain

Hoima Sugar Ltd will plant sugarcane on 9.24sq.m, establish an urban centre on 1.206sq.m, an eco-tourism centre on 1.97sq.m The European Union (EU) delegation to Uganda has advised the