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The Latest Breaking News from Yoweri Museveni

Detained Ugandan opposition figure released after paying bail

A veteran Uganda opposition figure was released on Monday after a court slashed his cash bail that forced him to spend nearly two weeks in custody, his lawyer and an aide said.

Reuters

Uganda criminally charges leader of protests over prices

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been criminally charged by authorities who accuse him of inciting violence with his efforts to stage street protests against rising commodity prices that the government largely blames on the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Detained Ugandan opposition figure charged with inciting violence

A veteran Ugandan opposition figure was charged on Wednesday with inciting violence after he was arrested a day earlier addressing a protest against sky-rocketing consumer prices.

Reuters

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Uganda arrests opposition's Besigye again, breaks up price protests

Ugandan security forces re-arrested a veteran opposition politician on Tuesday and broke up a protest in the capital that he was leading against soaring consumer prices.

Reuters

Uganda detains opposition figure urging protests over prices

A Ugandan opposition figure who is calling for street protests against rising commodity prices is being detained inside his home by police

The Independent UK

Museveni's first son Muhoozi: clear signals of a succession plan in Uganda

On 8 March 2022, Ugandan politics was sent into a spin by 49 words tweeted by President Yoweri Museveni’s only son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

The Conversation

Ugandan leader's pro-Putin son touted for presidency, may face tricky ride

The soldier son of Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni is signalling his readiness to take over his father's job, with comments on global affairs from Ukraine to Ethiopia and birthday festivities akin to political rallies.

Reuters

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Uganda to withdraw soldiers fighting ADF in DR Congo this month

The ADF, which began as an uprising in Uganda but is based in Congo, pledged allegiance to ISIL (ISIS) in 2019.

Al Jazeera

Ugandan court calls on government to reverse 'unreasonable' NGO suspension

A Ugandan court has ordered the government to reconsider its decision to suspend the country's most prominent rights organisation Chapter Four. The group was forced to halt its operations during a sweeping opposition crackdown before and after last year's elections.

Radio France Internationale

Rise of Ugandan leader's son draws excitement and concern

Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda's leader are raising concern that he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently being groomed to succeed his father, President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986

The Independent UK

Can Museveni and Kagame’s renewed bromance inspire regional peace?

Cordial relations between the presidents of Uganda and Rwanda remain crucial to the progress of East Africa.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Why African nations' support for UN action on Russia/Ukraine is so mixed

Western powers seeking to isolate Russia over Ukraine are disappointed at what they see as lukewarm support from African nations at the U.N. general assembly - where their 54 votes form a bloc large enough to swing resolutions.

Reuters

East African Community expands with the recent addition of DRC

The East African Community’s (EAC) membership has grown to seven with the official admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member. The other members are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.

Radio France Internationale

Russia rallies its powerful friends

The West has isolated Russia, but the rest of the world hasn't.

Axios

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Cold war echoes as African leaders resist criticising Putin’s war

Many remember Moscow’s support for liberation from colonial rule, and a strong anti-imperialist feeling remains

Reuters

'My flesh was burning': Uganda accused of torture again

Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last year, burned him and pulled out his fingernails. His crime: supporting the opposition.

The Independent UK

Africa mostly quiet amid widespread condemnation of Russia

Amid a worldwide chorus of condemnation against Russia’s war on Ukraine, Africa has remained mostly quiet — a reminder of the Kremlin’s considerable influence over the continent of 1.3 billion people

Reuters

Author charged in crackdown on writers critical of Uganda government

Ugandan prosecutors on Wednesday charged an author with communications offences and remanded him in custody, the latest target of a crackdown on writers critical of long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni and his government.

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Al Jazeera

Museveni’s army general son meets Kagame to fix Rwanda relations

Sour relations between Uganda and Rwanda had led to a three-year border closure by Kigali, that ended in January.

Reuters

Uganda military denies president's son, seen as potential successor, has resigned

Uganda's military said on Monday that President Yoweri Museveni's son, a lieutenant general who stood down for what many believe to be a bid to succeed his long-ruling father, had not in fact resigned.

The Conversation

Rwanda has reopened the border with Uganda but distrust could close it again

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse on the Northern Corridor, one of East Africa’s key transport arteries that funnels goods from the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda abruptly closed the border in…

The Conversation

Uganda's new 'parish' model tries development from the grassroots

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who captured power in 1986, has set himself an ambitious development target. Through the Parish Development Model launched recently, he is seeking to lift the country’s annual GDP growth rate to at least 7% by 2040 – up from 5.1% projected for 2022. Madina Guloba, a…

Reuters

Ugandan leader's son leaves military, in move seen as preparing for presidency

The lieutenant general son of Uganda's president said on Tuesday he had retired from the military, in a move widely seen as preparing the ground for a potential run for the presidency in 2026.

Radio France Internationale

Ugandan writer Rukirabashaija escaped to Germany to have his wounds treated: lawyer

Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son, the head of the land forces, has flown to Germany to receive medical treatment for the wounds he says he sustained during a month in custody, according to his lawyer.

France 24

Ugandan writer arrives in Germany after fleeing ‘torture’ in custody

Award-winning Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who fled the country after being charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni, arrived in Germany to seek medical treatment after being "tortured" in jail, his lawyer said Wednesday.

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