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How the elite in Uganda are a disappointment
Jesus in His parable of the new and old wine unveiled a fundamental predicament of the human race. When they get acquainted with old...
Jan 5, 2021
Bobi Wine likens Uganda election to 'a war and a battlefield'
Exclusive: Reggae singer turned opposition leader tells of how he fears for his life Bobi Wine, left, escorts an injured supporter to a...
Jan 4, 2021
Bobi Wine and His Team Arrested Ahead of Vote
The Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine has been detained for the third time in two months, while campaigning in the country’s...
Dec 31, 2020
Violence Continues In Uganda Ahead of Poll
By Rodney Muhumuza A bodyguard for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was killed and two journalists injured on Sunday amid violent...
Dec 29, 2020
Journalists in Uganda face accreditation hurdles ahead of election, risk criminal sanction
Ugandan authorities should ensure that members of the press can freely cover the country’s national elections on January 14, the...
Dec 24, 2020
Rights groups urge release of detained Ugandan rights lawyer
Human Rights Watch and other rights groups are urging Ugandan authorities to free a prominent rights attorney who is being held by police...
Dec 23, 2020
Uganda: elections without EU observers
For the first time since the 2006 general elections, the European Union Election Mission will not have election observers in Uganda....
Dec 22, 2020
Museveni will win but Uganda is set to look like Zimbabwe under Mugabe
In 2001, a day after winning his second presidential election, President Museveni addressed a news conference at Nakasero State Lodge,...
Dec 21, 2020
Uganda seeks to block 14 YouTube channels over deadly protests
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has requested the US-based Google to shut down at least 14 channels for allegedly mobilising...
Dec 17, 2020
Uganda after Museveni: Avoiding bloody power struggle
Many Ugandans describe President Museveni as a dictator. However when he cleaves to description, by dictating, we erupt in anger. You...
Dec 16, 2020
DR Congo and Uganda offer different lessons on political power
By Joseph Rwagatare Our neighbourhood is experiencing a lot of political jostling, more intense than usual and in some cases in...
Dec 15, 2020
Uganda's young voters are hungry for change – and for Bobi Wine
President Museveni promised much when he took power but, 34 years on, violence and poverty are rife Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine,...
Dec 14, 2020
US Secretary of State responds to calls for sanctions on Ugandan army, police chiefs
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has responded to a letter calling for sanctions on Ugandan officials accused of abusing human rights....
Dec 11, 2020
INTERVIEW-Outspoken Ugandan feminist puts jail behind her on the campaign trail
Stella Nyanzi celebrates with supporters outside a court in Kampala following her release from prison. Photograph: Luke Dray/Getty Images...
Dec 10, 2020
Bobi Wine calls on US to hold Uganda accountable on human rights, says he was nearly killed twice
Ugandan music star turned presidential candidate Bobi Wine says he was nearly killed twice in recent weeks and called on the...
Dec 9, 2020
There’s nothing Museveni can do to regain popularity he had in the past
By Musaazi Namiti I first saw President Museveni physically in 1988 when I was in secondary school. He was on a whistle-stop tour of...
Dec 7, 2020
Uganda: Police regret using live bullets during protests
Police yesterday regretted using live bullets and apologised to Ugandans for the killing of more than 50 shot dead during the recent...
Dec 4, 2020
The Ugandan opposition leader survives an attack. The US needs to take a stand
This week, Ugandan security forces opened fire on the campaign convoy of Bobi Wine, the country’s leading opposition candidate for...
Dec 3, 2020
Bobi Wine calls off election campaigns over police brutality
Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, addresses the press outside of a clinic in Kayunga,...
Dec 2, 2020
Uganda deports foreign journalists over elections
Uganda has deported journalists attached to CBC News, a Canadian public broadcaster, who were in the country to cover the 2021 General...
Dec 1, 2020
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