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The High Court in Kampala has quashed the Media Council of Uganda’s directive to accredit journalists to cover the 2021 general elections and other state events “for being illegal, irrational …
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This report by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) analyses quantity and nature of coverage of the Uganda’s 2021 elections December 2020. Five key publications, six television stations and 35 radio stations were assessed.
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This has been a challenging election for journalists and media houses. The Covid-19 pandemic, the violence unleashed by police and security agencies, intimidation and threats by political actors, regulatory overreach, …
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The Uganda Editors Guild and Centre for Public Interest Law have gone to court seeking to quash the “illegal, irregular and irrational” directive of the Media Council to accredit journalists …
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For Immediate Release 27 December 2020 Kampala—There has been yet another attack on journalists covering the 2021 general election campaigns in Uganda. Saif-llah Ashraf Kasirye, a Radio One correspondent and …
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This report from the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) looks at Ugandan news media coverage of the 2021 elections, focusing on five key publications, six television stations, and 35 …
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), in partnership with the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), is pleased to announce that the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2021 are open for entries. Launched …
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This study by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) looks at Ugandan news media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic and other public affairs topics, focusing mainly on five key …
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