Land-based investments in Uganda are weakening the country’s ecological resilience. #WorldEnvironmentalDay2026 @caneurope.org @climaterights.bsky.social @yalee360.bsky.social @ciel.org @unep.org Read more: witnessradio.org/land-based-i...

EU delegation praises Uganda’s oil and gas progress amid mounting land and human rights challenges in the Albertine Region. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social @stopeacop.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/eu-delegatio...

Court Ruling: RDCs and police cannot stop lawful land evictions. #LandEviction Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/court-ruling...

The Indigenous #Seeds movement in East Africa is convening in Kenya, with the potential to reshape the region’s food systems. @cefrohtug.bsky.social @grain.org @esaffuganda.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/the-indigeno...

The ongoing EU–Philippines trade negotiations is pushing Philippines to allign with UPOV which will redefines seeds as private property. For majority of small scale Filipino farmers this will directly threats their livelihood. Support their call against this deal! www.change.org/p/defend-see...

Stop favoring export-oriented production over strengthening local food systems – Food Sovereignty advocates to the African Development Bank officials. @afsafrica.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @slowfoodhq.bsky.social @thefern.org Read more: witnessradio.org/stop-favorin...

#CSOs demand a stronger UNDP accountability mechanism to offer meaningful redress to victims. @accountcounsel.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/csos-demand-...

Özmert Algeria, a Turkish company, plans to build Algeria’s first major integrated farm spanning 22,000 hectares farmlandgrab.org/33505

Today at 5PM EAT, join us on YouTube as we unpack Africa’s readiness for the energy transition. Featuring Tunisian economist @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social the discussion explores the continent’s economic progress, key challenges,and the path toward a just energy future 👉: youtu.be/HO0Fiw8mEZU

Since 2004, Angola has had a ban on GMO crops. Now, it is opening the door to GM cotton and castor, so that the Italian energy giant Eni can produce biofuel. Details: www.ecofinagency.com/news-agricul...

Food systems in conflict areas: Architectures of armed conflict are turning food and hunger into weapons of war. @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @esaffuganda.bsky.social @grain.org @ipes-food.org @slowfoodhq.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/food-systems...

Join us tomorrow at 10:00 AM EAT on Eyes on a Just energy transition program on Witness Radio as a Tunisian economist,Fadhel Kaboub challenges African leaders for failing to push for the full decolonisation of their countries but instead pose for photos at international summits. @greenpeace.eu

Experts warn that without Africa’s control over resources and climate financing,the continent faces the risk of entering a new era of “green colonialism”. @greenpeace.eu @greenbow.bsky.social @caneurope.org @gcdcj.bsky.social @climaterights.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/experts-warn...

Can farmers still save, exchange, and sell their own seeds under the new East African Seeds Bill? Watch lawyer and seed rights advocate Counsel Reuben Kiiru unpack the hidden impacts of the proposed regional law to farmers. @gmwatch.bsky.social @slowfoodhq.bsky.social Watch: youtu.be/_SysRVjn_gc

Rising fertilizer dependence sparks debate over Africa’s agricultural future; experts call for urgent critical review process. @ipes-food.org @arc2020.bsky.social @gmwatch.bsky.social @grain.org @agroecology.bsky.social @agroecologymap.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/rising-ferti...

Join us today at 5PM EAT on our YouTube channel for the premiere of On The Farm as we unpack the East African Seeds & Plant Varieties Bill 2025,a law critics say could threaten indigenous seeds and farmers rights. @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social @agroecology.bsky.social Watch: youtu.be/_SysRVjn_gc

A community in Yumbe district has raised serious concerns about allegations of land-grabbing involving an aspirant for Uganda’s Parliamentary Speakership, affecting over 50 families. #LandGrabbing @rightsindevt.bsky.social @landrights.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/a-community-...

A Ugandan minister is in the hot seat over the grabbing of land from a peasant in Kiryandongo district. #LandGrabbing @fridays4future.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @wwtlc.bsky.social @grain.org Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/a-ugandan-mi...

Vietnam will soon revised its Land Law to ease land use restrictions, granting stronger ownership rights to agribusiness and aquaculture industry to consolidate land as part of the efforts to boost Vietnam shrimp industry export www.vietnam.vn/en/doanh-ngh...

Inside Eastern DRC War: The untold story of grabbing land for local and indigenous communities. #LandGrab @oaklandinstitute.org @fra.europa.eu@humanrightswatch.bsky.social @business-humanrights.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/inside-easte...

More than 500 Masindi residents live in fear as a tycoon targets their land. #Landgrabbing @grain.org @bothends.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @wwtlc.bsky.social @business-humanrights.org Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/more-than-50...

“We are facing increased violent land dispossessions and climate injustices” – African women. #AfricanWomen @wominafrica.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @grain.org @africansriseuk.bsky.social @4genderjustice.org Read more: witnessradio.org/we-are-facin...

Kassanda businessmen accused of a second attempt to grab an 86-year-old farmer’s land despite court orders. #LandGrabbing @landrights.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @grain.org Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/kassanda-bus...

Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary REDD+ project spans over 130,000 ha across two provinces in northeast Cambodia is under scrutiny with local residents say they know little about it and never gave their consent. thediplomat.com/2026/04/what... @reddmonitor.bsky.social

The East African Legislative Assembly has taken an important step toward introducing the EAC Agroecology Bill, 2026. Join us today on our Youtube as we unpack a major development in the region’s agricultural policy landscape. . Link: youtu.be/QMR3REW39vY @grain.org @cefrohtug.bsky.social

Face with changing climates, soil depletion and a worrying trend where rural youth drift away from farming, Ivorian youth are cultivating farm resilience through agroecology bootcamp. rooted-magazine.org/2026/04/23/r...

East African women unite and meet in Nairobi to develop strategies to protect communal tenure systems and collectively resist false climate solutions. @wominafrica.bsky.social @4genderjustice.org @wwtlc.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/east-african...

Over 340 civil society organisations are calling on governments around the world to "free themselves" from investor-state dispute settlements or ISDS that threatens a much needed transition away from fossil fuels and urgent actions to tackle climate crisis europeantradejustice.org/2026-isds-st...

African women push for reparations and environmental accountability after landmark Climate Justice Day. @rightsindevt.bsky.social @4genderjustice.org @wominafrica.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/african-wome...

Nigerian Banks under fire over ESG failures as a new report exposes Weak Climate and Human Rights Compliance. #FairFinanceNigeria @oxfamgb.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/nigerian-ban...

New East African Community Agroecology Bill aims to harmonize national laws and establish binding compliance measures, @witnessradio.bsky.social reports radio.witnessradio.org/agroecologic...

Breaking: Ugandan Court jails eight Anti-EACOP activists as crackdown on dissent deepens. #StopEACOP @stopeacop.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social @hrw.org Read more: witnessradio.org/breaking-uga...

#agroecologicalfarming: EAC Bill moves to Parliament to establish a regional legal framework to protect and promote sustainable farming and food systems. #Seed @seedsaverswap.bsky.social @cefrohtug.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/agroecologic...

African #women are rising for climate justice and reparations on the inaugural continental day of action. #AfricanWomen #ClimateJustice @wominafrica.bsky.social @4genderjustice.org @demwomencaucus.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @caneurope.org Read more: witnessradio.org/african-wome...

@witnessradio.bsky.social - U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? witnessradio.org/u-s-peace-ef...

Global Peasant Movement calls for action against escalating land grabs and repression. #Landgrabs @hrw.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @fundhumanrights.bsky.social @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @gmwatch.bsky.social @amnesty.org Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/global-peasa...

U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? Read more: witnessradio.org/u-s-peace-ef...

Breaking: Land-related cases increase by 67% in Uganda – @PoliceUg report reveals. #LandGrab @wwtlc.bsky.social @grain.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @fundhumanrights.bsky.social @ccrcj.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/breaking-lan...

📻 Witness Radio of Uganda interviews Counsel Reuben Kiiru of Kenya on the draft East African Community seed bill, which people are concerned may restrict farmers' ability to save, exchange and use their own seeds www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXTU... @witnessradio.bsky.social @swissaid.bsky.social

Communities file second complaint against World Bank-funded project over failed redress in #Tanzania. #LandRights @rightsindevt.bsky.social @bothends.bsky.social @humanrightswatch.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social @fundhumanrights.bsky.social Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/communities-...

Oil-affected residents and civil society organizations reject TotalEnergies’ Tilenga Progress Report, citing unfairness in their operations. @stopeacop.bsky.social @greenfaith.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @amisdelaterre.org @fossiltreaty.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/oil-affected...

More than 1.1 billion people worldwide face a risk of land eviction – Global report. #LandEviction @rightsindevt.bsky.social @wwtlc.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/more-than-1-...

DR Congo crisis: Washington’s brokered peace agreement is rendered useless as fighting, forced land displacement, and mineral exploitation persist… @hrw.org @hrc.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @amnesty.org @amnestyeu.bsky.social @eudiplomacy.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/dr-congo-cri...

Across East Africa, farmers have saved, shared, and exchanged seeds for generations. But a new regional law could reshape these practices. Join us as we discuss the East African Community Seeds and Plant Varieties Bill 2025 and what it means for farmers. Today at 3 PM EAT on Witness [email protected]

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating five women advancing human rights. From tackling poverty to defending Palestinian rights, these women are fighting injustice locally and globally. 🧵1/7

"Geopolitical tensions alone make a strong case for accelerating the energy transition. However, climate science makes the need even more urgent. The planet has already temporarily exceeded 1.5°C of warming above pre-industrial levels — the limit governments committed ... under the Paris Agreement."

📢 Women across Europe are working to advance housing justice. 🏘️ Millions still live in homes that are inefficient, unhealthy or too expensive to heat & cool. ✊️ On #InternationalWomensDay we highlight voices from the #BuildBetterLives network working to change this. 🔗 shorturl.at/h9pmy 🧵👇1/12

Statement by Witness Radio- Legal Aid Clinic on International Women’s Day 2026; Scaling Up Investment to Accelerate Access to Justice for Women and Girls Defending Land and Environmental Rights. @viacampesinabe.bsky.social @4genderjustice.org @eji.org Read more: witnessradio.org/statement-by...

USA, Israel, and Iran War effects: Why the world cannot afford to delay the renewable energy transition? #IranWar #IranIsraelWar @greeningus.bsky.social @fossiladbansa.bsky.social @irena-official.bsky.social @renewablesgrid.bsky.social @caneurope.org Read more: radio.witnessradio.org/usa-israel-a...