Uganda President Yoweri Museveni says East African nations have agreed to unite if South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar rejects a ceasefire offer.
With corruption rife and autocracy starting to rear its head, many Ugandans want Yoweri Museveni to call time on his 27-year tenure.
Ugandan police have fired tear gas at journalists protesting at the week-long closure of key independent media.
Kenyatta and Ruto’s Jubilee Alliance has cultivated an anti-imperialist sentiment among Kenyans in recent months in the face of the ICC’s charges.
More Western donors are freezing aid to Uganda after a scam in which $13-million of donor funds was embezzled by the office of the prime minister.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has admitted that growing youth unemployment in the country is a daunting task that must be prioritised.
As Uganda celebrates 50 years of independence, Daniel Edyegu wonders how much has changed since those dark days of colonial rule.
African leaders attending ANC centenary celebrations had to embark on hasty shopping when they found no food or bedding at their accommodation.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has urged international donors not to let concerns for gay rights affect the country’s need for developmental aid.
Amnesty International says Uganda is resorting to increasingly repressive measures, including the arrest and harassment of activists and journalists.
When it comes to statements by the "big men" of Africa’s various governments, the rule is the greater the frequency, the less the impact.
Uganda on Friday shelved an anti-gay Bill that would have brought in the death penalty for certain homosexual acts after the US slammed it.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni vowed to stamp out "disrupting schemes" on Thursday as he was sworn in for a fourth term.
Uganda’s top opposition leader was kicked off a Kenya flight, prompting riots back home that police quelled with tear gas only a day before the p
Rioters setting up burning roadblocks in Kampala clashed with police firing tear gas on Friday, a day after Uganda’s opposition leader was arrested.
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was dragged from his car by police on Thursday and thrown into a pick-up truck, witnesses said.
Ugandan police arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye for the third time this month and remanded him in custody after they again broke up a
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and a number of associates were arrested as they prepared to take part in a third round of protests.
Ugandan police have arrested the country’s two main opposition leaders after they attempted to lead a protest over rising prices.
President Jacob Zuma congratulated President Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan president for 25 years, on his re-election on Monday.
AU observers say Uganda’s presidential poll suffered from several shortcomings, while two losing candidates are calling for Egypt-style protests.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, won election to a fourth term in office by a huge margin on Sunday.
Veteran Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, edged closer on Sunday to a resounding victory in a presidential election.
Ugandans started voting on Friday in polls widely predicted to return long-time leader Yoweri Museveni to power.
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/ 16 February 2011
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said at a press conference on Wednesday he was confident of a "big win" in Friday’s presidential poll.
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/ 14 February 2011
Whoever wins this week’s presidential election in Uganda will have to manage national reserves of 2,5-billion barrels of oil.
Another ageing autocrat uses youth culture to chase votes.
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/ 11 October 2010
Ugandan impounded copies of a new book critical of President Yoweri Museveni to investigate whether the content could cause "social disorder".
African leaders met behind closed doors on Monday to discuss boosting the African Union’s force in Somalia.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni says that AU troops in Somalia should be boosted to 20 000 to "eliminate" those behind the Kampala blasts.
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/ 14 January 2010
Uganda has indicated it will bow to international pressure and amend draconian anti-homosexual legislation.
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/ 15 September 2009
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday vowed tough action against protesters following riots in Kampala last week that left 14 people dead.