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ActionAid condemns crack down on media
Monday, 20 May 2013 –

Kampala – ActionAid Uganda condemns the manner how the Ugandan Police Force this morning raided the premises of the newspaper Daily Monitor, associated radio stations and other media houses.
World Press Freedom Day 2013
Friday, 3 May 2013 –

Ensure ALL Ugandans’ rights to express their views freely
G8 should promote African agricultural programmes
Thursday, 2 May 2013 –

Letter to British PM David Cameron from Africa: Invest in agriculture the pan African way
Act on Tax Justice
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 –

As MDG Deadline Approaches, Global Financial Leaders Must Use IMF, World Bank, and G20 Meetings to Take Action on Tax Justice.
ActionAid response to BRICS announcement of development bank
Friday, 5 April 2013 –
End THEFT now!
Sunday, 11 November 2012 –

Across Uganda ActionAid offices will be silent on Monday November 12^th. We are closed to mourn the theft of public funds together with more than 100 NGOs in Uganda.
EAST AFRICA LOSES $2.8 BILLION A YEAR FROM TAX EXEMPTIONS TO FOREIGN INVESTORS
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 –

Tax Justice Network Africa and ActionAid launch new report on tax competition in East Africa:
A Race to the Bottom? Tax Incentives and Revenue Losses in Uganda
ACTIONAID UGANDA WELCOMES NEW COUNTRY DIRECTOR
Friday, 10 February 2012 –

ActionAid Uganda announced today the appointment of Mr. Arthur Larok to be its new Country Director effective February 1st, 2012.
SOUTH AFRICA STANDS FIRM ON GREEN CLIMATE FUND
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 –
ActionAid urges G20 Ministers to take immediate steps to avert food and finance crises
Friday, 23 September 2011 –

Washington D.C. – As Greece edges closer to default, confidence in the Euro and the dollar declines and global food prices soar, ActionAid called on G20 finance and development ministers meeting today to put serious reforms in motion.
Improve teachers welfare for better education: CSOs support teachers demand
Thursday, 1 September 2011 –

Representatives of Civil Society Organizations, have met on 1st September, 2011 in Kampala to deliberate about the current industrial action by teachers under the leadership of the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU).
ActionAid commemorates World Humanitarian Day with UNOCHA
Friday, 19 August 2011 –

Friday 19th August is World Humanitarian Day. This year ActionAid is co-chairing the event with the UN, which is the first time an NGO has chaired the event.
ON A MISSION FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 –

Two young Ugandans will be hitchhiking across Denmark in a bid to find sustainable solutions to global problems.
THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE: OUR TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 –

A Solidarity Statement by Representatives of Civil Society on the Teachers' Demands for Better Remuneration
TURN US $2.7 MILLION BRIBES INTO SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS
Sunday, 20 February 2011 –

SAYS ACTIONAID TO NEWLY ELECTED UGANDAN PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT

As Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is re-elected for a fourth term as Uganda’s President and following allegations of pre-election bribery, voting irregularities and incidents of violence on election day, Charles Businge, Uganda Country Director for the international aid agency ActionAid says:

Ensure ALL Ugandans’ rights to express their views freely

Tax Justice Network Africa and ActionAid launch new report on tax competition in East Africa:

Washington D.C. – As Greece edges closer to default, confidence in the Euro and the dollar declines and global food prices soar, ActionAid called on G20 finance and development ministers meeting today to put serious reforms in motion.