African Centre for Media Excellence
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By David Lumu The arrest and detention of Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, the former presidential flag bearer for National Unity Platform (NUP) on November 18, 2020, …
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In the wake of last week’s egregious assault of Ugandan journalists by the military, a number of commentators have taken issue with what they consider a parochial reaction by the …
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town A recent report by an independent panel on the ethics and credibility of South Africa’s news media makes for worrying reading. The panel, headed …
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In many ways, for the journalists and media houses covering the 2021 elections, this has been an election like no other. The Covid-19 pandemic not only posed health threats to …
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By Benon Herbert Oluka In a year when the COVID-19 pandemic nearly ground the world to a halt for a considerable part of the 12 months, I conversely had more …
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The African Centre for Media Excellence has conducted a series of studies on Uganda’s media coverage of the 2021 General Election. The studies carried out between October and December observed …
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As Ugandans prepared to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 January 2021, more and more of the internet gradually slipped out of reach. The disruption started on …
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By Joachim Buwembo Anything can happen anytime We started off 2020 with lots of optimism. In a sports-loving country Uganda, we looked forward to a respectable gold harvest at the …
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