Tear gas, midnight arrests, threats and intimidation — the tactics employed every election cycle in Uganda are familiar to all who dare challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s 35-year grip on power
COMMENT: The protests against the Ugandan president’s 35-year rule are being led by the youth. But they cannot do it alone
As Ugandans prepare to go to the polls in January 2021, the involvement of security forces in the electoral process is a given and political reform seems a long way off
Uganda’s president is likely to win the next election. But Bobi Wine’s constituency poses the most serious threat yet to his continued rule
The United States has never been shy to pass judgment on African elections. What does it look like when Africa passes judgment on America’s chaotic vote?
A ‘deranged’ comedy group is testing the limits of the Ugandan leader’s long rule – and his patience
Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like
COMMENT: For all Bobi Wine’s evident popularity, it remains to be seen if he can build a political machine capable of posing a serious threat to Uganda’s president
The Ugandan opposition leader believes he is best-placed to lead an opposition coalition
The TV cartoon character — think Homer Simpson meets Robin Hood — with added propaganda
From a street corner in Kampala, a newspaper vendor has observed an industry in decline — quickened by the coronavirus pandemic
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
Drawing on lessons from Ebola, African artists are using music to convey public health messaging. And they are doing it in style
Graduation at the ‘Harvard of Africa’ nearly didn’t take place — because the university ran out of gowns
President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC
Ever since Bobi Wine, Uganda’s biggest pop star, won his seat in parliament in a contested 2017 race, western journalists have flocked to the country’s capital, Kampala, to conduct interviews with and profile him. The interest is certainly justified: in a short time, Wine, real name Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has turned a decade-long career in […]
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 the show that the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, does not want you to see
Cutting off communication has become a favourite ploy of some of the continent’s Big Men. Ironically, this harms their standing in the long term
For academic Stella Nyanzi, obscenity — radical rudeness — is an act of rebellion against the repressive Museveni regime
Wine, 36, entered Parliament in 2017, and has emerged as a leading critic of President Museveni
The charge is "misusing a computer." Dr. Stella Nyanzi remains incarcerated to this day in Luzira Women’s Prison
The distrust between the presidents has burst into the open in recent months, with the pair trading accusations of harmful nature against each other
As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we cannot keep excusing the crimes of Rwanda’s current government
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
Uganda, Wakanda…it’s an easy mistake to make
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
Shutting down mobile and internet services is costing several African countries millions
of dollars
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda told parliament that President Yoweri Museveni had "encouraged further discussion" on the fiercely-contested levy
Uganda’s Parliament voted to implement a new social media tax, limiting access to apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter