COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Sunday, 3rd May 2026, was World Press Freedom Day. I showed up at the UBC grounds in Kampala for a simple reason – to walk, listen, and absorb wisdom. Indeed, we marched about seven kilometres. That was light work. My step counter barely noticed. Then …
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Political intimidation, ownership pressures, the rise of AI, and economic constraints are calling into question the future of press freedom – nowhere more conspicuously than in the United States, where these forces have combined to fuel growing anxiety about the fate of an institution that has been fundamental to democracies …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leading media organizations and human rights bodies have called on the Ugandan government to recommit to protecting press freedom ahead of the 2026 general elections. The appeal was part of a joint communication released to mark the start of World Press Freedom Week. The …
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New book compares what journalists in Kenya and Rwanda have to say about doing their jobs BOOK REVIEW | KAREN MCINTYRE | A majority of the world’s population has experienced a decline in press freedom in recent years, according to a UN report. In east Africa, the results are mixed and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalism in Uganda is being undermined by new laws which have in fact closed the right to freedom of expression. As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World Press Freedom Day, there is concern that the attack on freedom of expression is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media practitioners are seeking practical solutions to improve press freedom in Uganda in the face of growing hostility against their work. They argue that little or even no effort has been made to ensure that recommendations from the reports are put into action. The issue …
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The lack of transparency about how algorithms sort people into groups and prioritise messages COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | Donald Trump’s presidency was bookended by the White House pushing “alternative facts” about the size of the crowd at Trump’s inauguration at the US Capitol and his violent supporters scrawling “Murder …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union -EU Delegation to Uganda has expressed concern about situations of arrest and assault of journalists implicating security personnel that rarely progress to prosecution. Nicolaj Petersen, the Danish Ambassador to Uganda aired the EU’s concern while delivering a speech at the Uganda Editors’ …
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How it hurts Uganda’s ranking in the world | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has a bad underlying environment for journalists and taken together with the many acts of violence and abuses against journalists, has a very bad press freedom ranking compared to other countries. That is what the latest Press …
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Paris, France | AFP | The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China and Iran suppressing details of the outbreak, activists said on Tuesday. Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual press freedom rankings that the pandemic was “highlighting and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
