More than 3,000 South Sudanese fled into neighboring Uganda on Tuesday after government soldiers attacked the border town of Pajok, killing men, women and children indiscriminately, refugees said. The attack by government SPLA forces is the latest to hit southern towns near the Ugandan border as a three-year civil war[…]
Col Kizza Besigye has formally been charged with treason at Nakawa Chief Magistrate court and remanded back to Luzira prison. Besigye appeared in a court session that lasted only about 10 minutes, 30 minutes earlier than the scheduled 9am session. The session led by Nakawa Chief Magistrate James Eremye was[…]
As coordinator of a shelter for pregnant teenagers in central Uganda, Ritah Ssetumba has seen thousands of young girls struggling to cope with having a child but even she was shocked when an 11-year-old girl arrived pregnant and married. The girl, identified as Aidah, was referred to the Wamukisa Youth[…]
Uganda and Tanzania are planning to build a pipeline from Ugandan oil fields to the Tanzanian coast in a move that could strike a blow to Kenyan pipeline plans. Statements issued after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli met on Tuesday did not mention the fate[…]
Several children were murdered and mutilated as ‘good luck’ sacrifices in the run-up to the recent Ugandan elections, a charity has announced. It stated that many locals believe such acts bring wealth and power. Six cases of mutilation and murder were reported in the lead-up to the elections, Shelin Kasozi[…]
While Ugandans spar over President Yoweri Museveni’s disputed re-election this month, a bigger battle is already looming: whether the country will change its constitution to allow him to stay in power for life. Museveni, 71, who came to power in 1986 and has endeared himself to the West by fighting[…]
Uganda’s main opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been arrested for the third time in a week, as provisional results gave veteran President Yoweri Museveni an early lead in an election overshadowed by persistent claims of vote-rigging. A Reuters news agency witness saw Besigye and several of his supporters loaded in[…]
A commander from a fearsome Ugandan rebel group known for abducting and torturing children was taken into custody early Wednesday at the International Criminal Court, where he faces charges including murder and enslavement, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said. Dominic Ongwen was flown out of Africa on Tuesday.[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Uganda on Thursday, his office said. Spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said Ramaphosa would meet Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni on Friday to discuss the South Sudanese peace process. In accordance with the objective of bringing about peace and stability in South Sudan, Ramaphosa visited Addis Ababa[…]
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