Uganda

Katushabe Charles is one of hundreds facing uncertainty after Masindi-based businessman Ahamed Ssewagudde surfaced claiming ownership of their land, on which they have lived for decades.

Uganda’s Ambassador to China underscored Uganda’s strong agricultural potential, describing the country as an ideal destination for large-scale farming and agro-processing, particularly in coffee.

It is a subsidiary of Alpha MBM Investments, a Dubai-based company developing a US$4 billion oil refinery in Uganda, whose chairman is a member of Dubai’s royal family.

Uganda is inviting Qatari investors to participate across the value chain—from livestock farming, agro-processing, oil storage, and medicine, to exporting high-value products such as citrus, coffee, vanilla, avocado, grapes, and tea, its ambassador tells Uganda-Qatar Business Forum.

The Mayuge hub — which also covers Bugiri and Namayingo districts — marks the first phase of an oil palm cultivation project in Busoga, following years of preparation and feasibility studies.

Community land Rights defender Olupot James and his wife Apio Sarah are amongst a few remaining families that resisted the Kiryandongo Sugar Limited's violent eviction and repression.

Witness Radio has petitioned the Buganda Land Board (BLB) to investigate and address concerns regarding forced land evictions of Kabaka’s subjects and tenants of BLB, whose land is targeted for oil palm expansion in Buvuma district.

In Buvuma District, Uganda, the push for the palm oil project expansion has emboldened land spectators and oil palm brokers to seize more land from neighboring communities. Those who resist often face harsh consequences.

A disturbing alliance between a palm oil company, district officials, and a college school is actively seizing land from farming communities in Buvuma district for their own profit

Talks with a delegation led by Austria's former Minister of Agriculture Elisabeth Köstinger focused on leveraging Uganda’s vast natural resources to generate carbon credits.

The biofuel project led by Uganda'a Jitmat and Face Power of the US will cultivate sweet sorghum on 6,000 ha using a nucleus farm and surrounding smallholder farming model.

Emotions, tears, and testimonies exposing the dark side of industrial agriculture rocked activities to mark the International Day of Struggle against industrial plantations 2024 celebrations in Uganda.