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Uganda: Uganda's Museveni Clings to Power - but Trouble Lies Ahead
Crisis Group, 19 January 2021
Official results indicate that President Yoweri Museveni will extend his 35-year rule in Uganda. But the contested election, marred by fraud claims, illustrated many citizens'… Read more »
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Uganda: Elections - Museveni Tests Patience of International Allies
DW, 20 January 2021
After world leaders watched the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, secure a victory in the presidential election last week, questions are being raised over the international community's… Read more »
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Uganda: 100 Hours in the Dark - How an Election Internet Blackout Hit Poor Ugandans
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 20 January 2021
Internet freedom monitor Netblocks calculates that the almost five-day shutdown would have cost the Ugandan economy around $9 billion Read more »
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Uganda: Lawyers Turn to Court to Secure Bobi Wine's Freedom
Monitor, 19 January 2021
Lawyers of the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine who lost last week's presidential election after Electoral Commission declared President… Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda's Museveni Clings on as One of Africa's Longest Serving Leaders
East African, 19 January 2021
When Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is sworn in on May 12, 2021, he will take the first step towards joining the club of longest-serving African leaders who have led their… Read more »
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Uganda: Museveni Shakes Off Bobi Wine Challenge, but Loses Ground in Parliament
East African, 18 January 2021
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni beat his main challenger Bobi Wine to win a sixth straight term, but lost ground in parliament to opposition National Unity Platform. Read more »
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Uganda: Security Block U.S. Envoy From Visiting Bobi Wine
Monitor, 19 January 2021
Security forces guarding former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last evening blocked United States Ambassador Natalie Brown from reaching the residence… Read more »