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FILE: In many cases, the whereabouts of those detained remain unknown, HRW said, more than a year after the polls ended with the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda with an iron fist since 1986. Picture: AFP

Uganda

Human Rights Watch urges Uganda to shut illegal detention sites used for torture

By AFP

The report featured interviews with 51 people, including 34 former detainees and eyewitnesses to abductions, who described a litany of abuses at the hands of...

  • Vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic on 5 August 2021, in California. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

    Washington sends 840,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Uganda

    This will be the first shipment of the J&J jab under the 'humanitarian buffer,' a stock of vaccines managed by Covax, the international scheme aimed at ensuring vaccine access for poorer countries.

    69 days ago
  • Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Picture: @KakwenzaRukira/Twitter

    Author who fled Uganda 'relieved' to be in Germany

    Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was detained shortly after Christmas and later charged with "offensive communication" in a case that has raised international concern, with the European Union and the United States calling for his release.

    82 days ago
  • Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Picture: @KakwenzaRukira/Twitter

    HRW urges Uganda to investigate author's torture claims

    The rights watchdog said the arrest of satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was testament to the continued repression of dissidents in the East African country through strict cyber security laws.

    94 days ago
  • Picture: Jorono/Pixabay.com

    Top UN court to rule on massive DR Congo reparation claim

    The International Court of Justice is set to give a verdict at 1400 GMT over a legal battle Kinshasa launched against Kampala more than two decades ago.

    96 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Rwanda to reopen Uganda land border after three-year closure

    The border was closed in February 2019 as political tensions between Kigali and Kampala spiralled, devastating two-way trade.

    108 days ago
  • FILE: An association representing local traders and vendors said the decision banning female passengers was made in the name of safety. Picture: 123rf.com

    Women barred from front seat of trucks in Ugandan city over 'distracting' skirts

    The order handed down in Lira city prohibits drivers from permitting "even their wives" in the front cabin of lorries.

    117 days ago
  • Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Picture: @KakwenzaRukira/Twitter

    Ugandan writer charged after "disturbing" president's family

    Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged with two counts of 'offensive communication' and remanded in prison until 21 January, said Charles Twine, spokesperson for the Police Criminal Investigations Department.

    125 days ago
  • Chalk and a blackboard duster in the refurbished Samson Senior Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Ugandan children back to school after nearly 2-year COVID closure

    Education Minister John Muyingo said all students would automatically resume classes a year above where they left off.

    126 days ago
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    Ugandan novelist and government critic arrested: lawyer

    "Armed men claiming to be from the Uganda Police Force" broke into Kakwenza Rukirabashaija's home on Tuesday, his lawyer Eron Kiiza said, adding that he had been on the telephone to his client at the time.

    138 days ago
  • FILE: Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine. Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

    Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine 'under house arrest'

    Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said police and military officers, deployed overnight, had barred him from leaving his home in Magere, north of the capital Kampala.

    153 days ago
  • Soldiers with the UPDF (Uganda People's Defence Forces) are seen during a patrol in Mukakati on December 10, 2021. Ugandan and Congolese troops worked to repair a key road in eastern DR Congo on December 10, 2021, officers said, ahead of an expected push against the region's notorious ADF rebels. Picture: Sébastien Kitsa Musayi / AFP.

    DR Congo, Uganda claim 34 rebels captured, hostages freed

    Uganda and the DRC launched artillery and air strikes on November 30 against the Allied Democratic Forces, a group blamed for attacks in the Ugandan capital and regular massacres in eastern DR Congo, with Ugandan troops then entering Congolese territory.

    156 days ago
  • FILE:  Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Picture: AFP

    Uganda strikes at ADF rebels in DR Congo following suicide blasts

    Witness accounts reaching Beni, the chief town in the border province of North Kivu, reported heavy artillery fire in the Watalinga sector, causing panic at the nearby frontier post of Kamango.

    167 days ago
  • Bronze medallist Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo celebrates on the podium for the men's 10,000 m event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on July 31, 2021. Picture: Ina Fassbender / AFP.

    Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo sets half-marathon world record

    The world half marathon champion Kiplimo won Sunday's race by over two minutes and took one second off the previous world best established by Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia last year.

    176 days ago
  • People extinguish fires on cars caused by a bomb explosion near Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda, on 16 November 2021. Picture: Ivan Kabuye/AFP

    Ugandan capital under tight security after deadly bombings

    Ugandans have been urged to remain on high alert after Tuesday's attacks, the latest in a string of bombings targeting the East African nation.

    180 days ago
  • People extinguish fires on cars caused by a bomb explosion near Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda, on 16 November 2021. Picture: Ivan Kabuye/AFP

    Three dead in Uganda suicide bombings

    Three people died and several dozen were injured in twin suicide bombings targeting Uganda's capital Kampala, police said, blaming a 'domestic terror group'.

    181 days ago
  • The Ugandan flag. Picture: OpenClipart-Vectors/Pixabay.com

    Twin Uganda explosions 'an attack', some injuries: police

    Two explosions hit Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring some people in what police termed 'an attack' on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country.

    181 days ago
  • Ugandan climate change activist Vanessa Nakate. Picture: Facebook

    Vanessa Nakate's hope giving voice to climate vulnerable

    Conversely, it is vulnerable communities in the developing world, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, which are already grappling with the extreme flooding, drought and storms supercharged by global heating.

    224 days ago
  • Opposition MPs resolved not attend a Ugandan parliamentary plenary session until jailed MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana are released. Picture: @Parliament_Ug/Twitter

    Uganda opposition boycotts parliament to demand MPs' release

    Lawmakers Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana have been charged with murder, terrorism, abetting and aiding terrorism, and attempted murder following an investigation into the killings in the region of Masaka, a move their lawyer branded "political persecution".

    229 days ago
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