Terms of Use

Effective Date: 23rd May 2025

Welcome to AfriNews 247. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use our site.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing AfriNews247.com, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use, which shall take effect immediately on your first use of the site. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all the following terms, please do not access and/or use AfriNews247.com.

2. Changes to Terms

AfriNews247.com reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and your continued use of the website after such changes have been posted will constitute your acceptance of the new terms. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms of Use to stay informed of updates.

3. Eligibility

The information provided on AfriNews247.com is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation. Users who choose to access the site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

All users who are minors in their jurisdiction (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the site.

4. User Registration

To access certain features of AfriNews247.com, you may be required to register and create an account. By registering, you agree to:

Provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process.
Maintain the security of your password and identification.
Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or other breaches of security.
Accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account.

We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

5. User Conduct

You agree to use AfriNews247.com only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict, or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behavior includes:

Harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person.
Transmitting obscene or offensive content.
Disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within AfriNews247.com.
Accessing or using the site for any purpose other than that for which we make the site available.
Using the site in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, AfriNews247.com is our proprietary property, and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us. The Content and the Marks are provided on the site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only.

Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

7. User-Generated Content

AfriNews247.com may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, “Contributions”).

By posting your Contributions to any part of the site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, re-title, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise.

You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. However, we are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on the site.

8. Guidelines for Reviews

We may provide you areas on the site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria:

You should have firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed.
Your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist, offensive, or hate language.
Your reviews should not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability.
Your reviews should not contain references to illegal activity.
You should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews.
You should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct.
You may not post any false or misleading statements.
You may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

We may accept, reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have no obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or inaccurate.

9. Mobile Application License

If you access AfriNews247.com via a mobile application, we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the mobile application on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the mobile application on such devices strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this mobile application license.

You shall not:

Decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or decrypt the application.
Make any modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the application.
Violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your access or use of the application.
Use the application for any revenue-generating endeavor, commercial enterprise, or other purpose for which it is not designed or intended.

10. Submissions

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding AfriNews247.com (“Submissions”) provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.

11. Third-Party Websites and Content

AfriNews247.com may contain (or you may be sent via the site) links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”).

Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us. We are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the site.

12. Advertisers

We allow advertisers to display their advertisements and other information in certain areas of the site, such as sidebar advertisements or banner advertisements. If you are an advertiser, you shall take full responsibility for any advertisements you place on the site and any services provided on the site or products sold through those advertisements.

13. Site Management

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

Monitor the site for violations of these Terms of Use.
Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use.
In our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable any of your Contributions or any portion thereof.
In our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems.
Otherwise manage the site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the site.

14. Privacy Policy

We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy. By using the site, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use.

Check out the detailed privacy policy here

15. Term and Termination

These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use AfriNews247.com. Without limiting any other provision of these terms, we reserve the right to, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability, deny access to and use of the site to any person for any reason or for no reason, including without limitation for breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in these Terms of Use or of any applicable law or regulation.

16. Modifications and Interruptions

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of AfriNews247.com at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the site without notice at any time.

17. Governing Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Uganda. Any disputes arising under or in connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Uganda.

18. Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use, including any question regarding its existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by a competent court of jurisdiction in Uganda.

19. Corrections

There may be information on AfriNews247.com that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the site at any time, without prior notice.

20. Social Media Use

AfriNews247.com maintains a presence on social media platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. The content we publish on these platforms is intended to inform, engage, and interact with our audience.

When engaging with AfriNews247 on social media, you agree to:

Be respectful and courteous in your comments and interactions.
Not post unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or threatening content.
Not impersonate AfriNews247 or its staff.
Acknowledge that comments and opinions posted by users on our pages do not reflect the views of AfriNews247.com.

We reserve the right to hide, delete, or report any user content that violates our policies or community guidelines. We may also block or ban repeat offenders without notice.

Content shared on our social media accounts may also be used or reshared on our main website with appropriate attribution where possible.

21. Copyright Infringement and Contact Notice

AfriNews247.com respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of our site and services to do the same.

If you believe that any content on AfriNews247.com infringes upon your copyright or other intellectual property rights, or if you wish to bring any legal, editorial, or technical matter to our attention, please contact us with the following details:

Your full name and contact information
A description of the copyrighted work or issue in question
The URL or location of the infringing material on our website
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is unauthorized
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information you provide is accurate

Please send all notices to:

AfriNews247
Email: admin@afrinews247.com

We will investigate and take appropriate action in line with applicable copyright laws and internal policy.

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