The Latest Breaking News from Yoweri Museveni

Populism is rife in various African countries. This political ideology responds to and takes advantage of a situation where a large section of people feels exploited, marginalised or disempowered. It sets up “the people” against “the other”. It promises solidarity with the excluded by addressing their grievances. Populism targets broad…

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s inflammatory social media posts provide rich pickings for satirists in country where freedom of expression is usually curtailed

Barnabas Tinkasiimire, a Ugandan member of parliament critical of President Yoweri Museveni, was abducted over the weekend and apparently tortured before his release, a member of the law society said on Monday. Uganda has seen increased pressure on opposition figures ahead of presidential elections in January. Museveni announced he will…

The 80-year-old leader pledges economic growth from today’s GDP of $66bn to $500bn within the next five years.

Uganda military authorities say two people died before executing a suspected explosive attack near a Catholic shrine in the capital, Kampala

Report from Human Rights Watch criticises Museveni regime for arbitrary arrests and detentions, violence and extortion since draconian new law enacted

Kenyan authorities have admitted to cooperating in the kidnapping of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye – who is now on trial for treason in his home country – on its territory last year.

President Yoweri Museveni’s government has frequently defended military trials, citing national security concerns.

Ugandan lawmakers have passed a government-backed bill to authorize civilian trials in military courts

With less than a year until Uganda's presidential election, the political climate is increasingly tense. The main opposition party NUP has condemned the brutal crackdown on activists, saying 2,000 kidnappings have taken place since the last elections in 2021. But the government accuses the opposition of staging the abductions for…

Opposition leader says Eddie Mutwe’s abduction ‘a reminder to the world’ of breakdown in law and order in Uganda.