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