African dignitaries left with empty bellies at ANC centenary

African leaders attending ANC centenary celebrations had to embark on hasty shopping when they found no food or bedding at their accommodation.

Uganda's President: put development above gay rights

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has urged international donors not to let concerns for gay rights affect the country's need for developmental aid.

Uganda 'clamping down on dissent, harrassing journalists'

Amnesty International says Uganda is resorting to increasingly repressive measures, including the arrest and harassment of activists and journalists.

Journalists under siege in Uganda

When it comes to statements by the "big men" of Africa's various governments, the rule is the greater the frequency, the less the impact.

Uganda shelves anti-gay Bill

Uganda on Friday shelved an anti-gay Bill that would have brought in the death penalty for certain homosexual acts after the US slammed it.

Museveni sworn in as thousands welcome rival

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni vowed to stamp out "disrupting schemes" on Thursday as he was sworn in for a fourth term.

Riots in Uganda after Besigye booted off Kenyan flight

Uganda's top opposition leader was kicked off a Kenya flight, prompting riots back home that police quelled with tear gas only a day before the p

Rioting breaks out in Kampala

Rioters setting up burning roadblocks in Kampala clashed with police firing tear gas on Friday, a day after Uganda's opposition leader was arrested.

Ugandan opposition leader detained for fourth time

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was dragged from his car by police on Thursday and thrown into a pick-up truck, witnesses said.

Uganda's Besigye arrested for 'walk to work' protest

Ugandan police arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye for the third time this month and remanded him in custody after they again broke up a

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