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UN human rights experts say staggering levels of violence continue in South Sudan. In their latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, the experts say the last few months have seen an intensification of violence, with hundreds of civilians killed or displaced. South Sudan has a government of national …

Gen David Muhoozi, Uganda’s army chief says the beating of journalists by military was neither sanctioned nor justified, and promise the army would pay their medical bills. The incident occurred outside the UN Human Rights office where the opposition MP and musician Bobi Wine was delivering a petition over human …

The UN has condemned an attack by the Ugandan security forces that left several journalists injured as they were reporting on the opposition MP the opposition leader Bobi Wine who was highlighting allegations of human rights abuses in the country. The police said security personnel were dispersing an uncontrolled crowd …