In Tanzania Tundu Lissu, the opposition leader, was arrested on April 9th. The charge sheet cites comments he made ...

What if his departure, without a well-structured plan for transition, could plunge Uganda into chaos rather than progress?

The Ugandan government intends to introduce a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians for certain offences even ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni was expected to meet South Sudanese officials on the second day of his trip to the capital, Juba, as the U.N has expressed concern of a renewed ...

Human rights activists and opposition ... prosecute opposition leaders and supporters on politically motivated charges. The government denies the accusations. In January Uganda's Supreme Court ...

The High Court in Kampala has denied bail to veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale, ...

The move has caused outcry in Uganda, with human rights activists ... Yoweri Museveni of using military courts to prosecute opposition leaders and supporters on politically motivated charges ...

Last month, Uganda deployed troops to South Sudan to support the government, but it was criticised by South Sudan’s main opposition party SPLM-IO, whose leader Riek Machar is under house arrest ...

The latest issue of The EastAfrican leads with a story headlined “Under Siege”, describing how opposition politicians in Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan face severe repression as elections ...

Yet, Uganda’s political landscape is not without its Opposition. Leaders like Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, Muwanga Kivumbi, Dr Kizza Besigye, and Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) argue that Uganda's ...