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Britain’s Africa minister, who welcomed Uganda’s flawed election, had business ties Uganda's elite
James Duddridge, Britain’s minister for Africa, earned tens of thousands of pounds as an adviser to a London-based finance house whose...
Jan 28, 2021
Uganda: We’ll withdraw from Bobi’s home but maintain surveillance on him - police
Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, explains to media how uniformed personnel entered through a gate of...
Jan 27, 2021
Uganda: 20 arrested over rigging in local govt polls
At least 20 people were arrested in Kampala Metropolitan area in incidents of rigging and voter bribery during elections for municipal...
Jan 26, 2021
Ugandan court lifts opposition leader Bobi Wine's house arrest
Ugandan presidential candidate and singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine addresses a news conference at his house in...
Jan 25, 2021
Uganda’s opposition supporters nervously await next move
A police patrol car stationed outside the headquarters of Uganda's main opposition party, the National Unity Platform (SUMY SADURNI/AFP)...
Jan 22, 2021
Uganda elections: Museveni tests patience of international allies
Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is set to begin his sixth term in office. (REUTERS/Henry Nicholls) After world leaders...
Jan 21, 2021
Uganda’s internet-less election may be the most surveilled ever
Uganda electoral commission chairman Simon Byabakama, centre, declares Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni winner of the...
Jan 20, 2021
Uganda accuses US of subversion after envoy tries to visit Wine's house
US ambassador blocked from seeing opposition leader, who is under house arrest since voting in disputed poll Graffiti calling for the...
Jan 19, 2021
Hopefully, treatment of journalists in Kenya won’t go the Uganda way
Events in Uganda relating to media and journalist’s treatment during the campaigns, electioneering and voting for the January 14th 2021...
Jan 18, 2021
Uganda’s lesson to other authoritarians: Controlling the internet works
Security forces are seen blocking the entrance to Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's property on January 16, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda....
Jan 18, 2021
Populism faces test in Uganda and Kenya
As he sits atop the roof of a Toyota Landcruiser, a bulletproof vest covers his red overalls, with a matching, military-like helmet...
Jan 15, 2021
Sticky authoritarianism: Uganda’s violent election has exposed divisions of age and class
The country’s economic model has created growth but few jobs In a pool hall in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, a group of boxers and...
Jan 15, 2021
Kenya arrests top rights activists over Uganda protest
The head of HAKI Africa, a rights group, and three other activists were arrested on Wednesday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for...
Jan 14, 2021
Bobi Wine has shaken up Ugandan politics: four things worth knowing about him
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, addresses supporters in Uganda’s capital Kampala. (Luke Dray/Getty Images)...
Jan 14, 2021
US won’t observe Uganda’s election as accreditations denied
Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni attends an election rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, Uganda, in 2016. Deadly violence...
Jan 13, 2021
Uganda: Museveni & Bobi Wine take their electoral fight online
People run away from tear gas as Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, campaigns near...
Jan 12, 2021
The roots of pre-election carnage by Uganda security forces
Ugandan soldiers shoot at demonstrators during riots in Kampala sparked by the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye in 2011. (Marc...
Jan 11, 2021
Police beat, detain journalists covering opposition candidates ahead of Uganda elections
Newspapers covering upcoming elections are seen in Kampala, Uganda, on January 4, 2021. Security forces have harassed and detained...
Jan 8, 2021
Uganda’s Museveni ramps up repression on Bobi Wine & others
Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, is escorted by policemen during his arrest in...
Jan 7, 2021
Lives at stake in tense Ugandan presidential vote
(AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi) Deadly violence and repressive measures have alarmed observers as Uganda prepares to vote on Jan. 14, with...
Jan 6, 2021
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