In defiance of a supreme court ruling, Uganda’s parliament under the National Resistance Movement’s President Yoweri Museveni has passed into law that civilians can be tried in military courts
It is all of our responsibility to defend brave people such as Uganda’s Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, Agather Atuhaire, Bobi Wine and Kenya’s Kasmeul McOure
The vote will come after one of the bloodiest campaigns in years, as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni seeks a sixth term against popstar-turned-MP Bobi Wine
‘Music is the weapon of the future,’ said Fela Kuti. If so, Africa’s leaders need to arm themselves —and these are the songs they should start with
Having already been detained a number of times, the singer who looks set to challenge President Museveni in the 2021 elections has been arrested
This is a selection of the best stories published in the newspaper’s Africa section this year, in no particular order
This is the show that the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, does not want you to see
There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression
Wine, 36, entered Parliament in 2017, and has emerged as a leading critic of President Museveni
The introduction of a social media tax a year ago in Uganda caused an outcry from government critics and rights groups
Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was scheduled to perform Monday but the much-anticipated show was cancelled by police
Museveni, who seized power at the head of a rebel army in 1986, once said leaders who ‘overstayed’ were the root of Africa’s problems
A Bill removing the limit was signed into law in December 2017 after a chaotic passage through parliament that saw MPS engaging in fisticuffs
Kyagulanyi is among the most prominent critics of Uganda’s longtime President Yoweri Museveni
Ugandan MP and musician Robert Kyagulani, aka Bobi Wine, writes that a united Uganda is snubbing the regime’s divide-and-rule strategy
Expanding cities will fundamentally change politics on the continent
Wine has been tortured —although President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed these reports as ‘fake news’ —and earned a treason charge for his troubles
The opposition leader faces an uncertain reception at the airport
Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of parliament, said those responsible for any maltreatment of the arrested individuals must be brought to justice
On Monday, judge Stephen Mubiru at the high court in the northern town of Gulu released Kyagulanyi and some of his co-accused on bail
Musician-turned-MP Bobi Wine may be the most serious threat to President Yoweri Museveni’s continued stay in State House
Ugandan artist and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi’s charges have been reduced from treason to ‘illegal possession of arms’