POLITICSJun 30 · 11:55 UTCALLAFRICA

Uganda: Govt Paid Shs3.1 Billion Over Illegal Closure of Daily Monitor in 2013

The Ugandan government paid 3.1 billion Shillings to Daily Monitor in 2025 for the illegal closure of the newspaper and its sister media outlets by security agencies in 2013, a major press freedom case.

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