Uganda

The son of Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has once again stoked the speculation that he is in line to succeed his father. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has tweeted that he will "repay great mother" by becoming president.
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his son as commander of the nation's infantry forces Tuesday after the son tweeted an unprovoked threat to capture the capital of neighbouring Kenya, drawing widespread concern in East Africa.
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Uganda’s former Security Minister General Elly Tumwine has died in neighbouring Kenya at the age of 68 following a long illness.
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A Ugandan court has ordered the government to reconsider its decision to suspend the country's most prominent rights organisation, handing the group a lifeline after its operations were forced to a halt last August.
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Uganda has witnessed a series of crackdowns aimed at stamping out dissent, with journalists attacked, lawyers jailed, election monitors prosecuted and opposition leaders violently muzzled.
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European Union (EU) diplomats have condemned the powerful son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, for expressing support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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A Ugandan novelist charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni has taken the government to court over his alleged torture by soldiers.
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Uganda has witnessed a series of crackdowns aimed at stamping out dissent, with journalists attacked, lawyers jailed, election monitors prosecuted and opposition leaders violently muzzled.
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In 2013, police shut two independent newspapers and two radio stations for 10 days after they published a leaked confidential memo by a senior general alleging that Museveni was grooming Kainerugaba to succeed him.
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Rukirabashaija said he was tortured during his nearly month-long detention, and has posted pictures showing large welts criss-crossing his back and scars on other parts of his body.
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