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Op-ed – UCC’s latest directive on online content producer registration arrives with a shadow

- by ACME team - Leave a Comment

By Raymond Mpubani and Clare Muhindo The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has doubled down on the registration of news websites and online broadcasters, requiring all providers of such services to register by …

An earthquake shook Tanzania. A new law prohibits citizens from speaking about it online.

Police named leading perpetrators of violence against journalists for the seventh year 

ACME statement – Recent arrests are an attack on right to free expression

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Makerere University fire: Questions journalism should help us answer

- by Peter G. Mwesige - Leave a Comment

Image from Makerere University Twitter account This article has been inspired by a call from a veteran journalist and media trainer, John Baptist Wasswa to a WhatsApp group of former …

How to read coronavirus news and learn what you actually need to know about staying safe in the pandemic

The media’s role in elections has never been more important

Reflections on Ugandan press coverage of Covid-19