The Observer has today, 6 December 2017, switched back to a weekly newspaper, five years after it started publishing three times a week. The Managing Director, Mr James Tumusiime, told ACME that publishing a tri-weekly was no longer financially sustainable. “It was no longer cost-effective for us to print three issues,” Mr Tumusiime said. “We […]
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Five directors and three editors of the Red Pepper publication will spend another two weeks in jail before they can learn whether they will be set free just ahead of Christmas Day. The group, held since 21 November 2017, was sent back on remand at Luzira Prison to await a bail application ruling to be […]
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), African Centre of Media Excellence (ACME), and Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and others have demanded the immediate release of the eight Red Pepper staff and re-opening of the newspaper’s offices.
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Journalists in Uganda have been forced to embrace self-censorship as a result of government’s hostility towards independent media, John Jean Barya, a professor of law at Makerere University has said. Delivering a keynote address at the Annual Media Convention organised by the Department of Journalism and Communication, Makerere University, Prof. Barya noted that the illegalities […]
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By Peter G. Mwesige I find it frustrating but not shocking that Tuesday’s newspapers and many radio and television bulletins in Uganda did not carry the news that the Uganda Communications Commission will have a new board of directors shortly. On Monday 27 November, Minister of ICT & National Guidance Frank Tumwebaze announced via Twittter […]
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Police is still holding five directors and three editors of Red Pepper in regard to a story published in the newspaper’s 20 November 2017 edition titled, “M7 plotting to overthrow Kagame – Rwanda”. Those detained include directors Richard Tusiime, Patrick Mugumya, Arinaitwe Rugyendo, James Mujuni and Johnson Musinguzi Byarabaha and Ben Byarabaha (managing editor), Richard Kintu […]
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in collaboration with ONE and the Elliott family seek entries for the 2018 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. In its second year, this prestigious award will honor an up-and-coming journalist in Africa who tells important stories through quality reporting. Mike served as a distinguished editor at The Economist, […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to announce the call for entries and nominations to the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2018. The annual Uganda National Journalism Awards were launched five years ago. They are aimed at improving the quality of journalism in Uganda by inspiring and recognising excellence in reporting that informs and […]
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