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Yoweri Museveni

After Mugabe: Do I dare to hope, as a Ugandan?
Article
/ 27 November 2017

After Mugabe: Do I dare to hope, as a Ugandan?

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.

By Staff Reporter
Uganda rows over Museveni’s rule
Article
/ 29 September 2017

Uganda rows over Museveni’s rule

As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets

By Amy Fallon
Ugandan police shut down protests over presidential age limit bill
Africa
/ 26 September 2017

Ugandan police shut down protests over presidential age limit bill

Police in Uganda fired teargas at demonstrators protesting against a proposed law that could remove presidential age limits.

By Deutsche Welle 1
Uganda reels from media crackdown
Africa
/ 18 May 2016

Uganda reels from media crackdown

Yoweri Museveni’s government has banned live coverage of the opposition’s ‘defiance campaign’.

By Staff Reporter
Uganda urged to arrest al-Bashir
Africa
/ 12 May 2016

Uganda urged to arrest al-Bashir

Activists are calling on Uganda to do what South Africa did not – arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visits.

By Staff Reporter
Zuma hails Uganda for ‘peaceful’ poll amid US backlash
Article
/ 23 February 2016

Zuma hails Uganda for ‘peaceful’ poll amid US backlash

Ugandans ‘deserved better’, says the US as African observer missions and presidents praise the election that saw Yoweri Museveni reinstalled.

By Staff Reporter
Uganda opposition leader held after election loss
Africa
/ 22 February 2016

Uganda opposition leader held after election loss

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.

By Elias Biryabarema
Museveni employs intimidation tactics ahead of Ugandan elections
Africa
/ 20 January 2016

Museveni employs intimidation tactics ahead of Ugandan elections

Candidates opposing Yoweri Museveni’s bid for a fifth term say a campaign of murder, kidnapping and intimidation makes a mockery of the polls.

By Staff Reporter
Museveni submits to Africa’s curse
Africa
/ 8 October 2015

Museveni submits to Africa’s curse

He famously decried it, but the lure of power has proved to be too great a temptation for Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

By Staff Reporter
African presidents spend millions to spruce up their dented images
Africa
/ 26 March 2015

African presidents spend millions to spruce up their dented images

African presidents from Goodluck Jonathan to Yoweri Museveni are allegedly spending millions on western PR specialists to fix their tarnished images.

By Mail Guardian Africa
Pan-African bodies wash their hands of Uganda’s anti-gay law
Analysis
/ 14 August 2014

Pan-African bodies wash their hands of Uganda’s anti-gay law

The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights construes issues of sexuality as ethical rather than legal matters.

By Staff Reporter
Museveni denies Uganda forced to drop anti-gay law
Africa
/ 2 August 2014

Museveni denies Uganda forced to drop anti-gay law

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.

By Staff Reporter
US sanctions will have little impact, says Uganda
Africa
/ 20 June 2014

US sanctions will have little impact, says Uganda

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".

By Staff Reporter
Anti-gay law puts Uganda tourism at risk
Africa
/ 13 March 2014

Anti-gay law puts Uganda tourism at risk

Uganda could suffer a backlash from tour operators in the West angered by President Yoweri Museveni’s new law against homosexuality.

By Amy Fallon
Uganda: Sovereignty has fallen to the prejudices of outsiders
Analysis
/ 13 March 2014

Uganda: Sovereignty has fallen to the prejudices of outsiders

Western zealotry has infiltrated Uganda’s law, and its people are blithely ceding independence, writes Noosim Naimasiah.

By Staff Reporter
Sweden stops aid to anti-gay Uganda
Africa
/ 5 March 2014

Sweden stops aid to anti-gay Uganda

Sweden says it will stop development aid payments to Uganda "because of the anti-gay legislation" passed in late February.

By Staff Reporter
Mugabe backs Uganda’s anti-gay laws
Africa
/ 3 March 2014

Mugabe backs Uganda’s anti-gay laws

President Robert Mugabe has voiced his support of President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-gay laws in Uganda and hinted at following suit in Zimbabwe.

By Staff Reporter
World Bank’s block of Uganda loan is ‘blackmail’
Africa
/ 1 March 2014

World Bank’s block of Uganda loan is ‘blackmail’

The World Bank has joined various EU countries in cutting economic ties with Uganda over its anti-gay law, blocking a $90-million loan.

By Staff Reporter
Uganda punished in currency market for anti-gay law
Article
/ 27 February 2014

Uganda punished in currency market for anti-gay law

Aid for Uganda has been pulled and its currecy has slumped following a bill which prescribes life imprisonment for some homsexual acts.

By Jaco Visser
Uganda’s anti-gay law a defiant snub for ‘social imperialism’
Africa
/ 27 February 2014

Uganda’s anti-gay law a defiant snub for ‘social imperialism’

Uganda’s calculated gamble over its anti-gay law is proof that the West needs to reassess how it deals with 21st century Africa.

By Staff Reporter
Hunted in Uganda: Save us from this ‘sexuality genocide’
Analysis
/ 26 February 2014

Hunted in Uganda: Save us from this ‘sexuality genocide’

This is an SOS to the whole world: Help the LGBTI community survive this "sexuality genocide" in Uganda, writes a transgender woman from Kampala.

By Mg Correspondent
Uganda warned for economic consequences of anti-gay Bill
Article
/ 26 February 2014

Uganda warned for economic consequences of anti-gay Bill

Sweden has warned Uganda’s new Bill against homosexuality could represent a financial risk for its economy as several countries have cut their aid.

By Reuters
SA responds to anti-gay laws by ‘taking note’
Article
/ 25 February 2014

SA responds to anti-gay laws by ‘taking note’

The department of international relations has released a carefully worded statement about a number of countries’ new anti-gay laws.

By Shaun De Waal
Uganda’s anti-gay law: Rights group warns of violence
Africa
/ 25 February 2014

Uganda’s anti-gay law: Rights group warns of violence

A watchdog group has warned that a backlash of violence may occur in Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-gay Bill into law.

By Rodney Muhumuza
Uganda’s Museveni signs anti-gay Bill
Africa
/ 24 February 2014

Uganda’s Museveni signs anti-gay Bill

Uganda’s president has signed a new law imposing harsh penalties on gay people, defying protests from rights groups and Western donors.

By Elias Biryabarema
Uganda’s president expected to sign anti-gay Bill
Africa
/ 24 February 2014

Uganda’s president expected to sign anti-gay Bill

Despite international pressure and rights groups condemneding it, President Yoweri Museveni is expected to sign a controversial anti-gay Bill.

By Sapa Ap
Uganda’s Museveni gambles on homophobia
Africa
/ 20 February 2014

Uganda’s Museveni gambles on homophobia

With Russia and China ready to provide financial aid, Uganda is blithely indifferent to US displeasure over President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-gay laws.

By Staff Reporter
Uganda to authorise life sentence for homosexuals
Africa
/ 15 February 2014

Uganda to authorise life sentence for homosexuals

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to sign a bill into law which prescribes life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.

By Rodney Muhumuza
Uganda awaits president’s decision on anti-gay Bill
Africa
/ 10 February 2014

Uganda awaits president’s decision on anti-gay Bill

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has commisioned reports from doctors to aid his decision on whether to sign anti-gay legislation into law.

By Guardian Reporter
Uganda president refuses to approve anti-gay Bill
Africa
/ 17 January 2014

Uganda president refuses to approve anti-gay Bill

Yoweri Museveni has not signed the controversial law, saying there are better ways to cure the results of "sexual starvation" and "random breeding".

By Sapa Afp
Uganda president ‘won’t be pressured’ to sign anti-gay law
Africa
/ 2 January 2014

Uganda president ‘won’t be pressured’ to sign anti-gay law

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will not rush to approve a controversial anti-gay law, despite pressure from Parliament to sign the Bill.

By Sapa Afp
AU to impose ‘targeted sanctions’ in war-torn S Sudan
Africa
/ 31 December 2013

AU to impose ‘targeted sanctions’ in war-torn S Sudan

As South Sudan rebels battled government troops for control of the flashpoint town of Bor, the AU says it will impose sanctions over violence.

By Sapa Ap
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