Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared his intention to run for a seventh term in the 2026 elections, potentially ...

Ugandan journalist Gloria Laker Adiiki Aciro has won the 2025 Luxembourg Peace Prize for outstanding peace journalism. Aciro is the founder of the Peace Journalism Foundation (PJF), and has reported ...

Kizza Besigye’s party launches in Kampala amid his detention on treason charges, fueling tensions ahead of Uganda’s unpredictable 2026 elections.

The party of opposition figure Kizza Besigye was launched in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Tuesday, with its jailed leader ...

Critics accuse Museveni of ruling with an iron fist. Uganda’s constitution has been changed twice to remove term and age ...

In his acceptance speech, Museveni pledged to continue his efforts to transform Uganda into a “high upper middle income ...

Uganda’s long-serving president, Yoweri Museveni, 80, has been declared the governing party’s candidate in next year’s presidential election, opening the way for him to seek to extend his nearly 40 ...

Mr Museveni was on July 5 nominated as NRM party flag bearer in the 2026 polls and its national chairperson for the next five ...

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya faces an election challenge from two close allies who recently resigned and announced their ...

Joseph Kony the Ugandan warlord whose forces are believed by the United Nations to be responsible for the deaths of more than ...

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