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
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​Uganda’s Parliament voted to implement a new social media tax, limiting access to apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter
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For many Ugandans, Mugabe’s fall has been welcomed with excitement in hopes that Yoweri Museveni’s firm 31-year-grip on power will finally be toppled.
As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets
Police in Uganda fired teargas at demonstrators protesting against a proposed law that could remove presidential age limits.
Yoweri Museveni’s government has banned live coverage of the opposition’s ‘defiance campaign’.
Activists are calling on Uganda to do what South Africa did not – arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visits.
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Ugandans ‘deserved better’, says the US as African observer missions and presidents praise the election that saw Yoweri Museveni reinstalled.
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.