National News

By Benjamin Jumbe Amnesty International has welcome the news of the release of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega saying it must lead to freedom for all prisoners of conscience. This is after news broke yesterday that Nega would be among 746 prisoners released as part of a government pardon. Sarah Jackson, […]

By Daily Nation reporter Kenya’s opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) is not relenting. It is planning six rallies in the run-up to a national convention slated for the end of February in response to the government’s crackdown on its key players. According to Daily Nation NASA maintains plans to continue with its […]

By Samuel Ssebuliba. Uganda’s representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)have expressed divergent views on the proposal by the heads of states to admit Somalia into the community. One of the issues to be discussed during the Heads of State Summit scheduled for later this month in Kampala is Somalia’s application […]

By Ritah Kemigisa Another human rights defenders’ office has been broken into. The offices of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum located in Namirembe along the Prof Apollo Nsibambi Road were last night broken into by unknown people. The organisation’s deputy executive director Anthony Mutimba, says two of their guards were badly injured […]