By Witness Radio Team. For over a decade now, a forest regulator, National Forests Authority (NFA) has donated tracts of land for indigenous and local communities...
This is a critical time at the European Union (EU) when it comes to human suffering and climate impacts caused by transnational corporations, with particular emphasis...
The #StopEACOP campaign has noted media reports that PR firm Edelman has ended its relationship with Standard Bank over Edelman’s refusal to provide reputation management services to the bank relating...
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...