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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has on several occasions shut down the Inter?net and blocked access to social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. (Reuters)
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How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression

  • Ronald Kakungulu Mayambala
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Bridge-building task for SABC’s new board

There is background to why Dali Mpofu, supremo at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), announced last week that the broadcaster was severing ties with the South…

  • Guy Berger
5 min read