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ACME empowers Ugandan journalists to practice gender-responsive and conflict-sensitive reporting

African Centre for Media Excellence has equipped 50 journalists from various media platforms across Uganda with new skills and knowledge on creating conflict-sensitive and gender-responsive content. The three-day training was funded by UNESCO, with the aim of improving the capacity of media professionals to report conflict-related issues in a factual, well-researched, and gender-responsive manner, which […]

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ACME event highlights gendered freedom of expression concerns

“Protect women’s voices” was the rallying cry of more than 50 women in media and communication gathered for a meeting in Kampala, Uganda hosted by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) ahead of International Women’s Day. The meeting was convened to build partnerships and strengthen pathways to increase awareness of gendered freedom of expression […]

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Ugandan journalists to be trained on gender-responsive and conflict-sensitive reporting

For immediate release 12 February 2021 Kampala UNESCO Regional Office for East Africa has partnered with African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) to conduct a capacity-building training workshop for journalists in Uganda on gender-responsive and conflict-sensitive reporting. Fifty journalists and editors from print, broadcast and online platforms across the country have been selected to participate in […]

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Radio station manager arrested for assaulting presenter

Issue: Media freedom violation Date: 26 January 2023 Location: Kanungu No. of people affected: One Profession of affected person(s): Journalist Perpetrator(s): Radio Station manager What happened Police in Kanungu District have arrested a radio station manager over assaulting a female journalist at the same station. Ms Anita Tumuramye, a female presenter at Kanungu FM, was […]

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ACME launches new partnerships for the annual Uganda national journalism awards

ACME has today entered new partnerships with private, public, and civil society actors to fund the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2022, scheduled to take place on 14 December in Kampala. Inaugurated in 2014, the awards seek to improve the quality of journalism in Uganda by recognising outstanding professional work. They play an important role in […]

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New computer misuse law threatens freedom of expression, activists say

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed into law the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022, which criminalises some internet activities despite concerns that the law could curtail online freedom of expression. The legislation introduced by Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Muhammad Nsereko, prescribes punitive measures for sending or sharing false, malicious, and unsolicited information online. The law […]

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‘Horse-race’ reporting dominates Kenyan media coverage of 2022 elections

Newspapers in Kenya have primarily focused on the two top contenders, William Ruto and Raila Odinga, paid less attention to key policy issues and hardly interrogated the claims made by candidates, an ongoing study monitoring the country’s media coverage of the 2022 elections has shown. The study by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) […]

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