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Uganda Charges Over 100 Opposition Supporters After Disputed Election as Political Tensions Rise
Ugandan authorities have charged more than one hundred members of the country’s largest opposition party with a range of offences, including unlawful assembly,...
Inside Uganda’s State House and the Era of President Yoweri Museveni
The official residence of every Ugandan president, State House, sits quietly in the leafy and hilly Nasakero area of Kampala, overlooking parts of...
Technical Failures Disrupt Voting as Uganda Holds Elections Under Internet Shutdown
Voting in Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections was marred by widespread logistical and technical problems on polling day, according to reports from the...
Museveni Takes Early Lead in Uganda’s Tense Presidential Election as Opposition Cries Foul
Uganda’s long serving President Yoweri Museveni has taken a strong early lead in provisional results from Thursday’s presidential election, according to figures released...
Uganda Votes in Tense Election Seen as Test of Museveni’s Enduring Grip on Power
Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday in a highly charged national election widely viewed as a critical test of President Yoweri Museveni’s...
Uganda Election Chief Says He Has Faced Threats Over Results Declaration
Uganda is gearing up for a high-stakes presidential election, with President Yoweri Museveni, 81, seeking a seventh term in office. Museveni has ruled...
Uganda Shuts Down Internet Ahead of Election and Orders Rights Groups to Halt Operations
Ugandan authorities have shut down internet access nationwide and ordered several civil society and human rights organisations to suspend their activities ahead of...
Bobi Wine’s Campaign Marred by Violence, Harassment and Repression Ahead of Uganda’s Election
Ugandan opposition leader and former pop star Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, says he has repeatedly faced beatings, tasering,...
Yoweri Museveni Seeks Seventh Term After Nearly Four Decades in Power
When Yoweri Museveni came to power in Uganda in 1986, he declared that “the problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular...
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EFCC Detains Abuja Businessman Over Alleged $120m Fraud
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