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Winners of Uganda National Journalism Awards 2021 announced

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has announced the winners of this year’s Uganda National Journalism Awards at a colourful cocktail party held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala.   The awards, …

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COVID: media must rise above pitting scientists against each other – dealing with the pandemic requires nuance

August 5, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford and Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford At the start of the pandemic, there was a striking sense of shared resolve and solidarity. Facing a public …

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Despite constitutional protection, Ugandan media under attack from the state

February 26, 2021February 27, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

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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Newsrooms respond to key issues in media coverage of the 2021 general election 

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

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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STATEMENT: Let the media freely report the 2021 general election

December 11, 2020January 28, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

For Immediate Release 11 December 2020 Kampala—African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is dismayed by the 10 December directive by the Media Council of Uganda (MCU) to all practising journalists …

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Drop charges against KTN journalist- press freedom advocates

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 - by Grace Natabaalo - Leave a Comment

The African Centre for Media Excellence has called for the immediate dropping of charges of abetting terrorism against television journalist Joy Doreen Biira. Ms Biira, a Ugandan journalist based in …

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Uganda’s best photographers recognised

November 11, 2016November 14, 2016 - by Grace Natabaalo - 2 Comments.

The 5th Uganda Press Photo Awards were held on November 10, recognising talented Ugandan photographers. The awards are organised by the Foreign Correspondents Association of Uganda which brings together journalists …

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Full Text: Why the Supreme Court dismissed the Mbabazi election petition

August 26, 2016July 4, 2019 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

On March 31st, the Supreme Court of Uganda dismissed an election petition filed by presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi challenging the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni in February 2016. Mr Mbabazi sighted …

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