Every year, world leaders, ministers, and negotiators come together in a global event known as the Conference of Parties (COP). During this international event, all states that are signatories to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement gather to agree on how to jointly address climate... Read More
In 2014, hundreds of people in Kigyayo Village, Kikuube District were evicted from their land by Hoima Sugar Limited to pave way for sugarcane growing. Since then, the company officials and evictees living in camps for internally displaced people (IDPCs) have had a cat and mouth relationship. With support from... Read More
National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) has joined the rest of the World to mark the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action (24th -30th October) with a call on the Ugandan Government to impose a total ban on the use of lead paint. This week of action is an initiative of the... Read More
Residents of Kigyayo IDPC in Kikuube District have called upon all concerned stakeholders to come to their rescue and problems which include hunger and sexual harassment of women and girls pile on them. Click on the following link for a full article on the dire conditions in Kigyayo IDPC. Read... Read More
On Wednesday 5th October 2022, nine (9) students from various Universities in Uganda were remanded to Luzira prison over allegations that they participated in a demonstration in support of the recent European Union Parliament resolution seeking to delay the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) citing human rights... Read More
NAPE and Oil Refinery Affected Residents Association (ORRA) have embarked on carrying out joint activities aimed at amplifying voices of oil host communities. The partnership between the two CSOs was kick-started with a capacity building training on community mobilisation with a specific target of PWDs, youth, women and persons living... Read More