Fighting for a more just society by supporting activists on the front lines defending their territories
Friends of the Earth France and Uganda, together with 4 other organisations, have launched legal action to stop a landgrab and polluting oil project in Murchison Falls natural park, Uganda. “The situation on the ground is dramatic, with thousands of people already deprived of access to their livelihoods… It’s very […]
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The Albertine Watch activists are receiving multiple death threats from the major multinational Oil Giant Total and Atacama Consulting, a local company that belongs to the daughter of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The threats against the Albertine Watch activists are in response to an article published in regards to the […]
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An independent investigation of French Oil Giant Total and Atacama Consulting the company that belongs to the daughter of President Museveni revealed that the two companies are regularly violating the human rights of the community in Ngwedu sub county of Buliisa district in the Albertine region. The investigation, conducted by […]
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There is an urgent appeal for the Kikube and Hoima district Local governments administrations and the Hoima Sugar Limited, the company behind the eviction of 5000 people in Kijayo to make sure that they provide a regular and constant supply of safe and clean water to the landless communities evicted […]
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Every community member from all over the villages of Ngwedu sub-county in Buliisa district is experiencing the same complex problems. The problems are mostly linked to the theft of their land, water sources and cultural sites. Land grabbing and forceful evictions accompanied with low compensation rates which are not affected […]
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15 outspoken natives who have been mobilising fellow peers to resist an illegal and violent eviction targeting their land are facing persecution from Kiryandongo district security committee. The persecution is meant to threaten community leaders and pave way for agribusiness for Agilis partners, owned by Joseph Initiatives. Since late 2017, […]
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Thousands of native families in Kiryandongo district are facing violent and forceful eviction by Agilis Partners from a piece of land they have occupied for decades. The situation worsened after the High Court in Masindi, western Uganda, dismissed their application that sought to at least temporarily stay the eviction until […]
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About 500 households who were evicted by Hoima Sugar Limited in 2013 are still helpless and they have nowhere to go to. Hoima Sugar Limited evicted about 6000 indigenous communities of Bakiga ,Banyoro and some Alur communities from 1,300 acres in Kijayo, Buhaguzi county in Kikube district to pave way […]
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More than 2000 residents of Dima in Kiryandongo district are living in fear after they have received the news of a plan by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Kiryandongo district MP Taban Amin proposals to evict them from Dima. Residents of Dima claimed they have lived on this land for more […]
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Investigation has began into allegation that the Nebbi Anglican Diocese bishop Wathokudu Alphonse was involved in grabbing Olar Upenja land . The bishop has been named among those that allegedly grabbed more than 46 acres of land belonging to Olar Upenja at Amuze village ,Zeu sub- county in Zombo District. […]
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