On 15 October 2020, land rights defenders Fred Mwawula, Ramu Ndahimana, Samuel Kusiima, Martin Munyansia, Martin Haweka, Amos Wafula, Eliot Talemwa and George Rwakabisha were granted bail by Kiryandongo Magistrate Court and released from Masindi Prison the following day, where they had been detained

Upper Row: From left to right, Talemwa Eliot, Martin Haweka, Wafula Amos,  and Martin Munyansia. Lower Row: From left to right;  Ndahimana Ramu, Kusiima Samuel, Rwakabisha George, and Mwawula Fred. By Witnessradio.org Team   19th/10/2020: Kiryandongo – Uganda – a magistrate court in Kiryandongo district has released the eight (8) land

The residents fought a lengthy legal battle with Makerere University over the land in contention. Over 1500 residents who occupy 36 acres of land in Katanga valley in Kampala are living in fear of eviction after Makerere University deployed Police onto the land. “We

  Kween, Uganda  About 15 Kilometers away from Kween town lies Kwortow village in Kwosir sub-county, which is adjacent to Mount Elgon National park.  45-year-old, Alex Sorowen, a father of

By witnessradio.org Team 26th/10/2020 – More corporate agribusiness giants are walking home with double profits amid cries of a growing population of undernourished people in the World. According to

A coal processing plant in Indonesia (Pic: Cassidy K/ILO/Flickr) By Isabelle Gerretsen The World Bank’s private lending branch is indirectly backing one of the world’s biggest new coal complexes, despite a

Residents of Angagura Sub County in a recent meeting on the contested land at Aswa Ranch – Photo by Simon Wokorach Pader, Uganda |  At least 2,500 people occupying six

Uganda’s coffee industry has recorded the highest ever export volumes as well as earnings for the Coffee Year 2019/2020 (Oct-Sept), signaling the crop’s steady recovery. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC

OLIVIER HANOTTE | African cattle breeds are astonishingly diverse, and often quite beautiful. They range from the dark-red Ankole of southern Uganda, with their massive heat-dissipating horns, to the Boran

The ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is walking a tightrope between preserving low-yielding indigenous crops commonly known as organic crops while at the same time promoting

Uganda on Saturday launched the distribution of 2,700 metric tonnes of fertiliser to support rice and maize farming as the country wades through an uncertain planting season. The consignment

A coal processing plant in Indonesia (Pic: Cassidy K/ILO/Flickr) By Isabelle Gerretsen The World Bank’s private lending branch is indirectly backing one of the world’s biggest new coal complexes, despite a

A group of environmentalists from Little Hands Go Green spent three days touring the forest. Photo by ChimpReports. By witnessradio.org Team Kampala – Uganda – The battle to save

By Chris Lang In autumn 2019, the US government suspended US$12.3 million of funding to the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE). This followed a bipartisan congressional oversight investigation to

Rwera-Kaseeta road through Bugoma Forest The report also points out that 80% of Bugoma is tropical high forest and that the grasslands are sitting on hill tops, where there