THE TRAIL OF TEARS

THE HARROWING PLIGHT OF SUDANESE FEMALE REFUGEES

Our writer, Brian Mutebi, undertook a field trip to Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Yumbe district, at the Uganda-South Sudan border. The settlement is home to thousands of refugees from South Sudan who fled their country after the outbreak of civil war. In this article he compiled the harrowing stories of refugee women in the encampment.

THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG REFUGEES IN UGANDA

This article explores the needs and vulnerabilities of young refugees, who through sharing their experience have revealed anoverwhelming interest in continuing their education, a desire to work, and willingness to learn new skills.

UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN UGANDA

Understanding public attitudes towards refugees and migrants within their host communities is becoming an increasinglyimportant task

Not all glittering online followers are gold

What if that glamorous social media influencer with 30 million followers on twitter and 10 million likes and retweets on all their posts, the one whose pictures are always trending (never mind that they look quite ordinary), what if that person and more than half of their followers were in fact fake, fabricated, ghosts?

Ein praxisorientiertes Training zu konfliktsensitivem Journalismus in und um Arua herum

In der vergangenen Woche erarbeitete Irene Dawa gemeinsam mit dem Cross Border Network (CBN) und 20 Teilnehmern aus der West Nile Region die Techniken und Tricks des konfliktsensiblen Journalismus.

Unpacking online hate speech at the KAS Social Media Conference

The fourth Uganda Social Media Conference by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung presented an opportunity for the community initiative #defyhatenow to shed light on the growing internet problem of hate speech and to present solutions on how to mitigate it.

Fanning the digital bonfire debate on online-offline political engagements

Unlike the classic, wodden bonfire in an African home, there was a digital bonfire at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) social media conference around the discussion on the topic; More than Slacktivism: Translating Online Activism To Constructive Political Engagement.

Young & Emerging Leaders Projekt Fellowship - Seminar II

"Es gibt Wachstum und Reife sowie die Entwicklung des Charakters, die Körper, Geist und Seele formt. Es gibt das Feiern von Siegen, kleinen und großen, sowie das ständige Setzen eines nächsten Ziels, auch wenn dieses Ziel nur darin besteht, den bereits erreichten Status Quo zu halten." Die Worte von Solomon King begleiteten die 35 Fellows des Youth & Emerging Leaders Projekts (YELP) 2018 während ihres zweiten Seminars mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Weiterentwicklung des persönlichen Führungsstils.

Youth4Policy - Zweites Policy Development Seminar

Wie unterscheidet sich der Schreibstil eines Policy Briefs von dem einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit? Wie spreche ich eine spezifische Zielgruppe mit meinen Empfehlungen an? Und wie unterstütze ich meine Ergebnisse mit relevanten Daten?

Debate around disinformation and democracy

Taking you back to debating class

Is Disinformation Threatening Democracy? That is the topic the debaters; Kwezi Tabaro from Leo Africa Institute and Maureen Agena an ICT4D consultant on one side; and Tricia Twasiima from Chapter Four Uganda together with Yusuf Kiranda from Centre for Development Alternatives, tackled.