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Editors note: The suspended radio presenters named below were cleared by UCC to resume work on Thursday 7 December, 2017. Endigyito Radio is the latest FM station to be punished …
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Ugandans and the media fraternity have been urged to speak out whenever they notice abuses to freedom of the press. The call was made my US ambassador to Uganda Deborah …
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Photo credit: The Observer African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) condemns the high-handed manner in which the state has treated the directors and editors of Red Pepper, who have been …
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has lifted the ban on live television broadcasts following a meeting with the National Association of Broadcasters held on Thursday 5 October. The ban on …
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Uganda Press Freedom Network, an informal group of up to 232 journalists from various media houses in Uganda, has protested the directives and actions of several State agencies preventing the …
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Fighting broke out in Uganda’s parliament for a second day on Wednesday over a controversial bill to remove the age limit for the president. The bill had been set to …
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28 September is International Day for Universal Access to Information. In commemoration of the day, UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, released the following message: In a globalizing world, access to information is …
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The Tanzanian government has for the third time banned a critical weekly newspaper for allegedly publishing articles that insulted President John Magufuli, adding to a growing list of actions against …
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