Uganda: Police grill Monitor editor for 4 hours
Left to Right: Company secretary Nation Media Group-Uganga (NMG-U) Timothy Ntale, managing director NMG-U Tony Glencross, the company...
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Jun 21, 2021
Museveni keeps Uganda guessing on his preferred ‘strong’ successor
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. (Nation Media Group) By Charles Onyango-Obbo Uganda’s political transitions after an election, as...
Jun 15, 2021
Vaccines and oxygen run out as third wave of Covid hits Uganda
Vaccine thefts reported and hospitals unable to admit patients as cases leap 2,800% in a month A health worker prepares a Covid...
Jun 14, 2021
The anatomy of corruption in Uganda
Harold Acemah (Courtesy) By Harold Acemah Today’s opinion was prompted by a piece written by my fellow columnist, Mr Kaboggoza Kibudde,...
Jun 10, 2021
Ugandan authorities detain 2 journalists on criminal libel charges
Ugandan authorities should drop the criminal libel charges against journalists Pidson Kareire and Darious Magara, and reform the...
Jun 9, 2021
Uganda’s ID scheme excludes nearly a third from healthcare, says report
Vital services including grants financed by UK unavailable without identity cards, with women and the elderly worst affected People queue...
Jun 7, 2021
Hundreds detained without trial in Uganda in new wave of repression
Roundup of opposition activists took place in May around date of swearing-in ceremony for President Yoweri Museveni Ugandan opposition...
Jun 3, 2021
‘Sex for a fare’ motorcycle taxis threaten Uganda’s fight against Aids
Study shows pattern of risky sexual behaviour by young men making a living in the booming boda boda industry Boda boda drivers and...
Jun 1, 2021
Uganda police drive-by killings revealed using mobile phone footage
Interviews with more than 30 witnesses also used in investigation by BBC Africa Eye into deaths in Kampala Hajarah Nikitto holds up a...
May 28, 2021
Uganda arrests NGO worker after Total’s Tilenga investigation
Ugandan police have arrested an NGO member and an Italian journalist, in a move seemingly linked to an investigation of Total’s Tilenga...
May 27, 2021
Uganda court to hear first human rights case concerning climate change
(Pixabay) By Kirsten Williams The High Court of Uganda at Mbale will hear a case on Wednesday brought by citizens against the federal...
May 26, 2021
Mass abductions in Uganda: What we know and don’t know
Amid government denials and unverified claims, we spoke to dozens of former abductees, their families and officials to get a clearer...
May 25, 2021
Uganda: How journalists covering the caucus meeting were mistreated
Journalists set up their cameras at Munyonyo. (Daily Monitor) By Patience Ahimbisibwe Media houses, on official request, submitted...
May 21, 2021
Uganda: Drop Charges Against Law Student
Michael Muhima Faces Prison Over a Tweet; End Criminalization of Free Speech The flag of Uganda. (Press Association via AP Images)...
May 19, 2021
In Uganda, deepening divisions will Museveni’s autocratic rule
President Yoweri Museveni arrives at his inauguration, in Kololo, Uganda, May 12, 2021. (AP/Nicholas Bamulanzeki) By Liam Taylor On May...
May 17, 2021
Young Ugandans are being brutally oppressed. They must be allowed a voice
All forms of political opposition here are met with crackdowns from President Museveni’s government Bobi Wine is detained by riot police...
May 14, 2021
Campaigners lose court case to stop Ugandan forest clearance
Court ruling gives go-ahead for sugar plantation in Bugoma forest, home to endangered chimpanzees A sugar-cane plantation in Uganda. The...
May 13, 2021
Uganda's Museveni sworn in for sixth term
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni waves to the crowd as he arrives to take his oath to be sworn in as president for his sixth term, at...
May 12, 2021
Uganda: Museveni’s latest government must reverse decline on human rights
(Getty Images) Uganda’s government must use its latest term to reverse the ongoing deterioration in respect for human rights, said...
May 11, 2021
Uganda's Museveni tightens grip on power
Yoweri Museveni's less-than-stellar democratic and human rights record has caused increasing anger abroad. But allies in the West seem...
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