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Call for greater support for media coverage of biodiversity issues

Press Release IUCN, IIED and Internews launch Biodiversity Media Alliance Journalists need more training and greater access to sources and information if they are to effectively tell an under-reported story that has profound implications for livelihoods, health and businesses the world over —  the silent decline in the planet’s biological resources. So say media specialists […]

World Food Day marked by call to democratise agricultural research and ensure food sovereignty

Press Release The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, has backed citizens worldwide who are demanding a fundamental shift in food and agricultural research to make them more democratic and accountable to society. De Schutter outlines his support in the foreword to a multimedia publication that the International Institute […]

Twerwaneho Listeners Club protests continuous sale of Tooro Kingdom land by Queen Mother and Her agents

PRESS RELEASE BY TWERWANEHO LISTENERS CLUB FORT PORTAL [HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CLUB] DATED THIS 19th day of October, 2010 at Fort Portal PROTEST AGAINST CONTINEOUS UNLAWFUL SELL OF KINGDOM LAND [PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MAILS] BY QUEEN MOTHER AND HER AGENTS Under S. 143 of the Registration of Titles Act Cap 205 as at 4th January, […]

CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE 48TH UGANDA INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2010

THEME:  BUILDING A PROSPEROUS, SECURE AND UNITED UGANDA: A GUARANTEE FOR AN INDEPENDENT NATION. Anti-Colonial Fighters in Africa and elsewhere in the World fought for independence in order to, among other things, empower people to participate in the process of running and development of their countries.  This development consisted of provision of peace and security, […]

Museveni urges European Union to help Build Strong government In Somalia To Fight Pirates

President Yoweri Museveni has advised European powers that the only way of fighting pirates in Somalia is to build a strong government in that war torn Horn of Africa country. President Museveni, who was today meeting members of the European Security Committee that is drawn from Generals of the European Union member states armies at […]

Statement of Uganda Teachers Union on World Teachers Day marked 5th October

Tomorrow, the 5th of October 2010, UNATU will be joining millions of teachers, children, young people, parents, to celebrate World Teachers’ Day. This will pay tribute to the teaching profession and its unique role in promoting recovery from crises. The role of teachers has been vital to the social, economic and intellectual rebuilding of communities […]

Poor Developing countries advised to sue rich industrialized countries in court over climate change

Press Release Climate-vulnerable developing nations could use international law to break the current deadlock in the intergovernmental negotiations on climate change by taking industrialised nations to court, says a paper published today (4 October) by the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD). The publication comes as government officials from around the world gather […]

President Museveni Commends Youth Alive Group For Loving Uganda and Fight Against Corruption

PPU Press Statement “The real interest of any Ugandan should be to love Uganda and not one’s tribe only; our prosperity is based on the contribution of every Ugandan”, President Museveni has said. He was last evening meeting with a group of top managers of the Education for Life/Youth Alive organization along with their support members […]

EAC Community member states to pursue joint industrialization strategy

Press Release Kenyan Minister for Industrialisation Hon. Henry Kosgei opened the Regional Validation Workshop on the proposed EAC Industrialisation Policy and Strategy today with a call on Partner States to institute joint and coherent policies to accelerate industrialization in the region. The one-day workshop held at the Laico Regency Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya was convened […]

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