Communities in Karamoja face an uphill task organising to beat international capital and authoritarian politics. Rupa, Uganda – A handful of artisanal miners stand shirtless in an...
The continuous financing and development of massive pipeline projects in Africa constitute an aggression on the land rights of communities and portend massive livelihood disruptions, conflicts,...
By Witness Radio Team Barely twenty-one (21) months after a team of lawyers foiled a forced eviction of urban poor families to give way for a...
Isingiro, Uganda. Residents of Rugaaga, Kashumba sub counties, and Kabingo town council in Isingiro district are counting losses following a heavy hailstorm that destroyed their gardens....
A study recently undertaken to identify the tourism potential of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve in mid-western Uganda has found that converting the forest into a national...
By Witness Radio Team. Kiryandongo. A criminal trespass case against a community land rights defender has been dismissed over the prosecution’s failure to adduce evidence before...
While many parts of the country are currently experiencing some rain, possibly signalling an end to the dry spell, Lyantonde and Sembabule districts have reportedly lost...
In late June, the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), approved a US$200M loan to agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC). Under...
Cattle farmers in Bunyoro are counting losses as their animals continue to die due to a lack of pasture and water as a result of the...
By Witness Radio – Uganda. Thousands of poor smallholder farmers that lost their livelihood to a forced eviction carried out by the New Forest Company (NFC)...