The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba, has urged judicial officers to exercise greater diligence and uphold the law when handling land-related cases,...
By the Witness Radio team. KAMPALA, Uganda—The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court sentenced eight environmental activists to 11 months in prison for “public nuisance.” The court...
The government has warned that the growing wave of land-related crimes across the country, caused by unscrupulous land agents, fraudulent transactions, and family inheritance disputes, is...
Hon. Gideon Gatpan Thoar, Chairperson of the EALA Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, presenting during a plenary sitting of the Assembly. By the Witness Radio...
By the Witness Radio team. Today, April 15, 2026, hundreds of women environmental defenders, community organizations, and allies across Africa and beyond will mark the...
From left: Andrew Gilder, director of Climate Legal; Olivia Tuchten, principal climate change adviser at Promethium Carbon; and Dr Olufunso Somorin, carbon markets coordinator at the...
Local farmer Okumu Weke next to an EACOP route beacon in Nyamtai village, Kikuube District in western region of Uganda. Credit: Maina Waruru/IPS NYAMTAI, Uganda, Apr...
Residents accuse local leaders and private actors of violent evictions and land grabbing, as the Lands minister intervenes, orders arrests, and revokes a disputed title he...
Ikolomani residents protesting against eviction plan to pave space for British mining company Shanta Gold on November 12, 2025. Two people died in similar protests in...
By the Witness Radio team. For more than eight years, the landscape of Kiryandongo district in western Uganda has undergone significant changes, shifting from being occupied...