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Uganda’s Bobi Wine complains of threats to presidential bid
Ugandan singer and opposition politician Bobi Wine said on Monday he faces “a pattern of repression and suppression” seeking to derail...
Sep 1, 2020
Uganda officials ignore criminal summonses for LGBTQ torture
A Ugandan town councilman and a Ugandan prisons officer each ignored a summons requiring him to show up in court yesterday to face...
Aug 28, 2020
How Uganda’s tough approach to Covid-19 is hurting its citizens
The country has learnt from its experience of Ebola to control the coronavirus – but its hard lockdown has disrupted health services....
Aug 27, 2020
The US is clamping down on fraudulent child adoption from Uganda as birth parents fight back
The United States imposed financial sanctions and visa restrictions on two Ugandan judges, a lawyer, and her associate for taking part in...
Aug 25, 2020
2021 election: Museveni, Bobi brace for two-horse race
The 2021 presidential race has now been clarified, with the announcement this week by long-time Opposition presidential candidate Kizza...
Aug 24, 2020
Ugandan officials charged with inhuman treatment and torture after whipping and flogging 20 queer me
In March harrowing footage emerged of a ‘bogus’ coronavirus raid on the Children of the Sun Foundation LGBT+ shelter in Kampala. The men...
Aug 21, 2020
Renewed Uganda pressure group condemns Gen. Tumukunde arrest
The Renewed Uganda pressure group has condemned the arrest of it’s presidential candidate Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde. “Renewed Uganda wishes...
Aug 20, 2020
Besigye: Long-time Ugandan opposition leader abandons presidential race
Uganda’s four-time presidential election loser has abandoned plans to challenge long-term ruler President Yoweri Museveni for the top...
Aug 20, 2020
Uganda to US adoption scam: judges and lawyers sanctioned
The US has imposed financial sanctions and visa restrictions on two Ugandan judges and two lawyers over their part in an international...
Aug 19, 2020
Is Bobi Wine more than a one-hit wonder?
Uganda’s next general election is less than a year away. The 37-year-old musician and opposition MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu — better...
Aug 18, 2020
Besigye out of 2021 election race
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is at crossroads after the party’s founding president and four-time presidential candidate, Kizza...
Aug 13, 2020
Tanzania, Uganda must aim to hold free and fair polls
Tanzania and Uganda have decided to brave the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic to hold general elections. Both countries are decidedly...
Aug 12, 2020
It is possible to defeat NRM party, says Muntu
Q: What value do you bring to the Opposition? A: We are a value-based party and that is our main focus. We know that before anything is...
Aug 11, 2020
Uganda’s opposition sceptical of opinion poll putting Museveni ahead of rivals
Members of the Opposition have rejected an opinion poll that puts President Yoweri Museveni ahead of all prospective presidential...
Aug 6, 2020
Uganda’s electoral body bans rallies, pushes campaigns to social media
Uganda’s Electoral Commission has banned political rallies ahead of the 2021 general elections, leaving aspiring politicians with the...
Aug 5, 2020
Join my party or forget about endorsement - Bobi Wine
According to laws of this country, you cannot belong to two political formations at the same time, you either join NUP or look elsewhere....
Aug 4, 2020
Uganda: Police tops list of media freedom violators again
The police have for the third consecutive year topped the list of violators of press freedom, a report has revealed. An annual report...
Jul 31, 2020
I am not quitting the struggle, says Dr Besigye
Former presidential candidate and FDC founding president Dr Kizza Besigye yesterday declared he is still in the struggle to liberate...
Jul 30, 2020
2021 polls: We need to start tracking rights violations
Credit: AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi The 2021 General Election is a systematic periodic five-year gapped event that is happening in...
Jul 28, 2020
Uganda criminalizes comedians over satirical video
On Friday, July 24, Ugandan police arrested four comedians for a satirical video they posted online. The comedians, Julius Sserwanja,...
Jul 28, 2020
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