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5 years later: Uganda’s media and the lessons from COVID-19

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 presented an unprecedented global challenge that significantly transformed the media industry. Journalists faced a complex crisis characterised by rapidly shifting narratives, government-imposed restrictions, economic disruption, evolving scientific knowledge, and a flood of misinformation. In response, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) conducted two studies in 2020 […]

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ACME statement: Security operatives should stop violence against journalists on duty

For Immediate Release Thursday 13 March 2025 Kampala: Today, the Kawempe North by-election degenerated into seemingly choreographed attacks on journalists covering the polls to replace the late area member of parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, who passed in January this year. Hasifah Nanvuma from Nation Media Group, Hassan Wasswa of NBS TV and Francis Ijjo from NTV […]

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Journalistic integrity in Uganda: Reflecting on President Museveni’s ‘financial gesture’

In January this year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni made headlines with his controversial remarks and financial gesture towards journalists in the Busoga region. During an interaction, he stated, “I know you are poor, and you work for poor radios, now I want to immunise you with Shs100 million so that you stop being used.” Alongside […]

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#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtags alone will not safeguard women’s lives and rights

Tegan Zimmerman, Mount Saint Vincent University and Adebola Esther Osegboun, Federal University, Oye Ekiti It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many […]

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