The case has already contributed to improved jurisprudence on socioeconomic rights in Uganda
Ugandans ‘deserved better’, says the US as African observer missions and presidents praise the election that saw Yoweri Museveni reinstalled.
In the wake of Thursday’s election, a few "Museveni babies" – born after President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986 – share their opinions.
Candidates opposing Yoweri Museveni’s bid for a fifth term say a campaign of murder, kidnapping and intimidation makes a mockery of the polls.
One Ugandan’s journey through South Africa left her dismayed at our obsession with race and identity.
Pope Francis had a wonderful opportunity to extend his message of tolerance to both the religious and social realms.
Worrying signs have been emerging that the ruling party will use dirty tricks to sway next year’s elections.
He famously decried it, but the lure of power has proved to be too great a temptation for Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
A Ugandan judge has called on all African nations to unite to effectively counter terrorism.
Leaders promoting such hatred are no better than those leading xenophobic attacks.
Uganda is one of the countries in Africa where homosexuality is a crime, but its Academy of Sciences has agreed that being gay is a natural phenomena.
Singer Jemimah Kansiime’s raunchy music video could be worthy of a 10-year prison sentence if she’s found guilty under Uganda’s new antiporn law.
A private-public partnership is gaining ground in the fight against the disease in the city’s slums.
Uganda’s biggest public health threat is the drain of its medical brains to Trinidad and Tobago.
Dominic Ongwen, Lord’s Resistance Army chief and aide to warlord Joseph Kony, faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the ICC.
A Ugandan maid, who made headlines after a video showing her torturing a toddler was released, has been given four years in jail for abuse.
Why are there so many street preachers vying for souls on the corners of Museveni’s Kampala?
Observers called the move by Ugandan President Museveni to overturn anti-gay legislation ‘a wily piece of realpolitik’ amid donor aid cuts.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni denied on Saturday that the scrapping of a tough anti-gay law had anything to do with an Africa-US summit next week.
Uganda’s constitutional court has overturned an anti-homosexuality law that punished gay sex with long prison sentences.
Uruguayan facing charges in SA is linked to contentious dealings in both countries
In a departure from its usual ‘quiet diplomacy’, the South African government has condemned the increased suppression of media freedom in Egypt.
Uganda says US penalties put on the country for passing anti-gay laws won’t have much of an effect as Ugandans move "away from donor dependency".
Uganda will invite "only Chinese companies" to fill R85-billion of contracts to expand its railway network.
Human rights NGOs have released a report showing the impact of Uganda’s controversial law on the wellbeing of homosexual people in the country.
A couple arrested in January are the first homosexuals to be prosecuted since President Yoweri Museveni passed stringent new anti-gay laws.
Uganda’s Parliament will probe reports that some female runners were subjected to sexual harassment and abuse while taking part in a training camp.
Uganda’s tourism board wants to cash in on those who are fascinated by the dictator’s brutal reign.
Ice on the Rwenzori mountain range is melting at "disturbing" rates, and within two decades Africa’s equatorial peaks will be bare rock.
Uganda could suffer a backlash from tour operators in the West angered by President Yoweri Museveni’s new law against homosexuality.
Defying moral outrage is risky, but an emerging star – Aamito Stecie Lagum – hopes fancy footwork will take her beyond borders.
Western zealotry has infiltrated Uganda’s law, and its people are blithely ceding independence, writes Noosim Naimasiah.