Press release

One person is likely to die of hunger every 36 seconds between now and the end of the year in drought-stricken East Africa as the worst hit areashurtle towards famine, Oxfam warned today. The international agency warned that the situation in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya is deteriorating fast. In...

BACKGROUND On 14th September 2022, the European Parliament passed a resolution that seeks to compel Uganda, Tanzania and the Total Energies to delay the development of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline ( EACOP ) for at least one year. The resolution cites human rights violations in Uganda and...

Ahead of the COP-27, young feminist climate activists are calling on global leaders to ensure that African voices and issues are included on the COP-27 agenda. The young activists further demand a loss and damage facility for the most vulnerable countries that contribute less to global emissions...

More than 40 representatives from the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program met in Kampala, Uganda, from August 1 to 5, to reflect on the challenges and successes of its unpaid care programming across Southern and Eastern Africa. Across the continent and elsewhere in the world,...

The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), in collaboration with the Grain Council Uganda (TGCU), Uganda National Farmer’s Federation (UNFFE), Food rights Alliance (FRA), PELUM and ESAFF have...