Hayes Mabweazara, University of Glasgow and Bethia Pearson, University of Glasgow Media capture happens when media outlets lose their independence and fall under the influence of political or financial interests. This often leads to news content that favours power instead of public accountability. Media Capture in Africa and Latin America: Power and Resistance is a […]
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A concerning picture of press freedom in Africa has been painted by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its 2025 World Press Freedom Index, with the continent experiencing a particularly worrying decline. The report reveals that 80% of African nations assessed have seen their economic indicators worsen, contributing significantly to a global situation now classified as […]
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For Immediate Release Thursday 13 March 2025 Kampala: Today, the Kawempe North by-election degenerated into seemingly choreographed attacks on journalists covering the polls to replace the late area member of parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, who passed in January this year. Hasifah Nanvuma from Nation Media Group, Hassan Wasswa of NBS TV and Francis Ijjo from NTV […]
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Kampala— ACME applauds the actions taken by the Uganda Police Force (UPF) leadership following the incident in which two journalists, Isano Francis and Thomas Kitimbo of NBS TV, were pepper sprayed by a police officer. On Tuesday, 11 April 2023, during the dispersal of pre-intern doctors holding a peaceful demonstration around Mulago Guest House in […]
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Issue: Media freedom violation Date: 11 April 2023 Location: Kampala No. of people affected: Two Profession of affected person(s): Journalist Perpetrator(s): Police What happened Police on Tuesday 11th April turned their wrath on journalists covering a press conference of the medical interns and senior house officers (SHOs) and sprayed them with pepper spray indiscriminately. Among […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to invite you to a virtual event in which we will release a report on media freedom and threats against journalists in East Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic. This report examines the operational environment of the media across six countries, namely Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Burundi, Tanzania, […]
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The outbreak of COVID-19 in the world in late 2019 has led to a dramatic loss of human lives across the world and caused an unprecedented impact on world economic structures, including the media. By December 2020, over 1.9 million people had died of COVID-19, and several dilemmas ushered in by the pandemic highly affected […]
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The Uganda: Civic Space Index, 2021 provides a snapshot of the state of civic space in Uganda, especially in as far as it impacts on the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBO). The findings are based on the lived experiences and perceptions of the respondents who majorly […]
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