The Allied Democratic Forces (French: Forces démocratiques alliées; abbreviated ADF) is an Islamist[13] rebel group in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), considered a terrorist organisation by the Ugandan government.[14][15] It was originally based in western Uganda but has expanded into the neighbouring DRC. Most Ugandan ADF fighters are Muslims from the Baganda and Basoga ethnic groups. [16]

Since the late 1990s, the ADF has operated in the DRC's North Kivu province near the border with Uganda. While repeated military offensives against the ADF have severely affected it, the ADF has been able to regenerate because its recruitment and financial networks have remained intact.[17] Some of the attacks it has been blamed for also appear to have been committed by other rebel groups as well as the Congolese Armed Forces.

From 2015, the ADF experienced a radicalisation after the imprisonment of its leader Jamil Mukulu and the rise of Musa Baluku in his place. From 2019, the ADF had split, with one part remaining loyal to Mukulu, while the other had merged into the Islamic State's Central Africa Province under Baluku.[18]

Refugee Law Project (RLP) was established in 1999 to provide legal aid to asylum seekers and refugees in Uganda. This was in response to an extensive research project led by Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond and Dr Guglielmo Verdirame. They found that, despite Uganda?s strong international reputation for providing asylum to refugees, refugees did not always enjoy their rights in accordance with domestic and international law. Since then, the provision of legal aid has been supported by adding a psycho-social unit which provides clients with counselling and referrals on a range of non-legal matters, including sexual and gender based violence, access to medical care, housing and education. The provision of direct support is complemented by education and training activities. These are targeted both at duty bearers such as police, immigration officers, judges, magistrates and local government officials, and also at refugees themselves. In particular, we have a well-established English language training program which helps refugees to speak on their own behalf in encounters with officials and Ugandan citizens. All these activities are supported by an active research and advocacy department which seeks to provide the necessary empirical support for any debate about policy and legislation, and to advocate on behalf of our client base. Over the last twelve years our focus has broadened. While we started by looking exclusively at the situation of refugees and asylum seekers, it has become increasingly important also to assist other forced migrants, notably Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and deportees. We have also found it important to consider the question of transitional justice as it affects forcibly displaced populations. As such, our overall focus can now be described as Justice & Forced Migration.

The newspaper was established in 1992 as The Monitor and relaunched as the Daily Monitor in June 2005. The paper asserts that its private ownership guarantees the independence of its editors and journalists.

The newspaper headquarters are housed in the same building that houses the other investments owned by Monitor Publications Limited, including Daily Monitor newspaper, Monitor Business Directory, Ennyanda sports newspaper (in Luganda), 90.4 Dembe FM radio station (in Luganda and English),[6] 93.3 KFM radio station, Daily Monitor e-paper, The Monitor E-paper app, and Daily Monitor social media channels.

Monitor Publications Limited and all its subsidiaries listed above are owned by Nation Media Group, a media conglomerate, based in Nairobi, Kenya and whose shares are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and are cross-listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, and the Rwanda Stock Exchange.

JRP was founded in 2005 as a partnership between the Gulu District NGO Forum (GDNF) and the Liu Institute for Global Issues (LIGI), University of British Columbia (UBC). From 2005 to date, JRP has been funded with generous support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, Gulu Walk, the Compton Foundation and the RNE. More recently, the USAID SAFE project has begun to support community truth-telling activities in Atiak, a community in Acholi sub-region in northern Uganda. With its initial funding, JRP worked with local communities in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda to document traditional justice practices in order to contribute to national and global debates on accountability and reconciliation. As a result, in 2005 JRP published its flagship report titled, Roco Wat i Acholi: Restoring Relations in Acholi Land. The report captured the opinions of cultural leaders, Acholi elders, clan leaders, religious leaders, and opinion leaders in conflict-affected communities. An important finding of the report was that the local mechanisms for resolving conflict could be a strong contributing factor to restoring social harmony and reconciliation among conflict-affected communities in northern Uganda. During the launch of this report officiated by the then-Chief LRA Mediator, Mrs. Betty Bigombe, and the Paramount Chief of Acholi, Rwot Onen David Acana II, with the attendance of a number of dignitaries, elders and traditional leaders in the region, a resolution was made to pursue further action for addressing the justice and reconciliation needs of conflict-affected communities. JRP was tasked to take up this challenge, after which a number of research and advocacy issues were identified through local consultations with cultural leaders, elders, communities in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and other stakeholders.

In July 2006, when the Juba Peace Talks between Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GoU) were initiated by the government of South Sudan, JRP was invited to bring local voices to the table in order to inform discussions on Agenda Item Three on Accountability and Reconciliation. Through this opportunity, JRP participated in the talks as part of an entourage of accredited observers comprised of religious, cultural and civil society organisation (CSO) leaders. JRP provided expert information on traditional justice and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. In 2007, the landmark agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation, plus its Annexure, was signed, paving way for a series of consultations, in which JRP played an active part. For instance, JRP mobilised cultural and religious leaders in north and north-eastern Uganda to participate in a series of consultations on local justice mechanisms in Uganda, which led to a number of joint resolutions. In 2008, JRP mobilised CSOs in Uganda to form and participate in the Northern Uganda Transitional Justice Working Group (NUTJWG).

By 2010, a number of development partners had become increasingly interested in JRP’s model of actively consulting and mobilising conflict-affected communities. As a result, the RNE provided substantial funding amounting to over $3.5 million USD spanning five years to support the creation of an independent JRP NGO in Gulu, Uganda. A large office space was rented at Plot 50 Lower Churchill Drive in Gulu’s Senior Quarters. JRP adopted a mission to empower conflict-affected communities to participate in processes of justice, healing and reconciliation, and a vision to promote a just and peaceful society.

In its initial years as an NGO, JRP, through its new programmes, continued to play an active role in ongoing civil society and GoU efforts to pursue accountability and reconciliation. For instance, JRP supported the domestic passing of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Act in 2010, which provided legislation to back the 2009 formation of the International Crimes Division (ICD), formerly the War Crimes Division (WCD), of the High Court of Uganda to try war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda. To date, this court has provided an important impediment to impunity in Uganda, such as the trial of former LRA leader Thomas Kwoyelo and subsequent ongoing investigations. JRP, together with other stakeholders, successfully consulted on and later advocated for the reinstatement of part two of the Amnesty Act in May 2013, pending the implementation of holistic TJ policies and programmes in Uganda. In 2013, JRP presented a petition to the Gulu District Local Council (GDLC) calling for affirmative action towards formerly-abducted women and children born in captivity. This resolution was later unanimously adopted by the council and presented to the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG). In February 2014, the petition was presented to the Parliament of Uganda through the Uganda Women’s Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), which led to the adoption of a resolution in Parliament on 9 April 2014 calling for affirmative action by the GoU to implement reparations for victims of conflict in northern Uganda. Throughout all of this, JRP has continued to work closely with the GoU and CSOs in trying to address the TJ gap in the country in bid to promote healing and reconciliation among victims, most notably through our ongoing participation in the drafting of the TJ policy for Uganda.

It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Ugandan government. It was founded in 1955 as the Uganda Argus, a British colonial government publication. Between 1962 and 1971, the first Obote government kept the name of its daily publication as Uganda Argus.

Following the rise to power of Idi Amin in 1971, the government paper was renamed Voice of Uganda. When Amin was deposed in 1979, the second Obote government named its paper Uganda Times.
When the National Resistance Movement seized power in 1986, the name of the daily newspaper was changed to New Vision. The Uganda Argus and its successors always presented as the "official" newspaper of the government in power.

The Crusader Publications Ltd is located in Kampala, Uganda. Company is working in Advertising, Newspaper Publishers, Books, Book Publishers business activities.