Kizza Besigye has been detained for the fourth time in just over a week – a period in which he also lost to Yoweri Museveni in the national election.
Uganda’s constitutional court has overturned an anti-homosexuality law that punished gay sex with long prison sentences.
Ugandans opposed to a new anti-homosexuality law have filed a constitutional petition alleging that the law violates fundamental rights.
Uganda’s president has signed a new law imposing harsh penalties on gay people, defying protests from rights groups and Western donors.
Schoolteachers have protested against government rejecting a 20% pay demand.
Ugandan police have dispersed thousands of supporters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye who gathered to hear his calls for cost-of-living protests.
Ugandan and French scientists have discovered a fossil of a skull of a tree-climbing ape in Uganda’s Karamoja region, the team said on Tuesday.
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and a number of associates were arrested as they prepared to take part in a third round of protests.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, won election to a fourth term in office by a huge margin on Sunday.
Veteran Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, edged closer on Sunday to a resounding victory in a presidential election.