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Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown

Uganda was on edge as polls opened on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition.

Radio France Internationale

Opposition candidate Bobi Wine claims ‘massive ballot stuffing’ as Uganda goes to polls

Wine calls for voters to ‘reject the criminal regime’ on tense day of voting as some poll stations remain closed for hours

The Guardian - UK

'He represents a population desperate for change’, Bobi Wine’s lawyer tells RFI

Uganda's election on Thursday will see incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, seeking a seventh mandate – at the age of 81, in a country where 55 percent of the population is under 20. Supporters of his main rival, Bobi Wine, say he embodies hope for change. Robert Amsterdam,…

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Uganda’s autocratic political system is failing its people – and threatens the region

When he was first sworn in as Uganda’s president in 1986, Yoweri Museveni declared that his victory represented a “fundamental change”. He promised that Ugandans would no longer die at the hands of fellow citizens. He also criticised African leaders who sought international prestige while their people lacked food, healthcare…

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Uganda orders internet blackout ahead of presidential elections

Ugandan authorities have shut down internet access nationwide just days before Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, reviving memories of the violent 2021 vote, when connectivity was cut for more than a week and dozens of people were killed.

Radio France Internationale

The making and breaking of Uganda: an interview with scholar Mahmood Mamdani

In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – that shaped post-independence Uganda.

The Conversation

Crackdown on Uganda's opposition intensifies as elections draw near

Forty years since Yoweri Museveni took power in Uganda, he plans to seek a seventh term as president in elections on 15 January. His strongest challenger is former entertainer Bobi Wine, but his party's rallies have been marred by what watchdogs call a "brutal campaign of repression".

Radio France Internationale

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Political policing in Museveni’s Uganda: what it means for the 2026 elections

Uganda’s police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways that observers describe as excessive or indiscriminate. The main targets of restrictive or coercive tactics are supporters of the political opposition.

The Conversation

Uganda election: Museveni will win, but the landscape has changed since his last victory

On the eve of Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, it was clear that regardless of how Ugandans voted, the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, would most likely be declared the winner. Amid mounting repression, accusations of vote rigging, and an internet blackout, that is exactly what transpired. Museveni was declared the winner for…

The Conversation

Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review – can you really rehabilitate Idi Amin?

The anthropologist and father of New York’s mayor-elect offers a revisionist view of modern Ugandan history

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’

After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign

The Guardian - US

Kenyan activists released from Ugandan detention after Museveni confirms arrest

Two Kenyan activists have been released from detention in Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni confirmed their arrest over a month ago

The Independent UK

Ugandans view Mamdani’s NYC win as a ‘beacon of hope’ amid democratic struggle

Ugandans react with joy after Kampala-born Mamdani’s victory during a trying time for democracy in east Africa

The Guardian - US

Zohran Mamdani’s New York election victory inspires hope in Uganda

Zohran Mamdani was briefly raised in Uganda and kept his citizenship even after he became a naturalized U.S citizen in 2018

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The Guardian - UK

Kenyan activists abducted after joining opposition rally in Uganda

Pair had crossed border to support presidential campaign of reggae singer Bobi Wine

Radio France Internationale

Uganda electoral commission clears Museveni and Bobi Wine to run for president

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has cleared octogenarian President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election in polls scheduled for early next year, potentially extending his rule in the East African nation to nearly half a century. His rival, Bobi Wine, was also cleared on Wednesday afternoon.

Al Jazeera

Ugandan President Museveni, in power since 1986, to seek another term

Yoweri Museveni urges supporters to back his vision for the future as he seeks to run for a record seventh term.

The Conversation

Uganda has signed a deal with the US to take asylum seekers – what’s behind it and what’s at stake

A new deal to deport asylum seekers from the US to Uganda was announced in August 2025. The full agreement, already signed by the ambassadors of the two countries at the end of July, set out the terms of the arrangements. Franzisca Zanker and Ronald Kalyango Sebba, who have studied…

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The Independent UK

ICC presents evidence against warlord Joseph Kony in first in absentia hearing

International Criminal Court prosecutors present evidence against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony on Tuesday

The Independent UK

A look at Uganda, the east African nation where the US is set to deport Abrego Garcia

Uganda has agreed to receive immigrants deported from the United States

Al Jazeera

‘The whole scheme stinks’: Ugandans question deal to take US deportees

The East African country is being pushed as a deportation location for high-profile US detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Al Jazeera

What will Uganda gain from accepting US deportees?

Analysts speculate that Uganda is seeking better trade deals and wants to be in Trump’s good books.

The Guardian - UK

Uganda reaches agreement with US to take in some failed asylum seekers

African country’s foreign ministry says the two states are working on the details of a deal over deportees

Radio France Internationale

Ugandan court denies bail to veteran opposition leader in treason case

A Ugandan judge refused to grant bail to veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been in jail for nearly nine months on treason charges.

Al Jazeera

What has triggered deadly clashes at Uganda’s border with South Sudan?

Disputes between the two over border demarcations have been ongoing but heavy, armed fighting has been rare until now.

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