By the Witness Radio Team Nairobi, Kenya: Prof. Damilola Olawuyi, Chairperson of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, has urged African countries...
By the Witness Radio team. In Buvuma District, a group of Bibanja holders drove away surveyors and protested what they regarded as land-grabbing for palm oil...
The largest Indigenous Seed gathering in Eastern Africa is happening this November! From 17th–20th November 2026, farmers, pastoralists, community seed banks, researchers, policymakers, civil society organisations,...
By the Witness Radio team As Uganda faces mounting environmental pressures, environmental advocates warn that the country’s rapid surge in land-based investments is driving ecological destruction and...
Statement on the World Environmental Day, 2026. Land-based investments in Uganda are weakening the country’s ecological resilience. Today, June 5th, 2026, Uganda is entering another season...
By the Witness Radio Team Hoima, Uganda — On May 7, the European Union marked 50 years of partnership with the Government of Uganda during the...
By Witness Radio Team. Uganda’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), police, and other executive actors have no authority to stop, suspend, delay, or require...
By the Witness Radio team. As climate change, commercial agriculture, and changing agricultural policies place growing pressure on farmer-managed seed systems, the first-ever Eastern Africa Indigenous Seeds Conference...
By the Witness Radio team. Brazzaville: As the African Development Bank’s 2026 Annual Meetings drew to a close in Brazzaville on this Friday, policymakers, finance ministers,...
By the Witness Radio team. A coalition of 21 civil society organizations has written to the newly appointed UN Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Mr. Alexander De...