President Yoweri Museveni was named the winner of Uganda’s contentious presidential election on Saturday, with the country’s electoral commission confirming a 58.6 percent of the vote for the 76-year-old leader and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. Opposition leader Bobi Wine and the National Unity Platform (NUP) party secured…
Uganda’s electoral commission says it will report the results of Thursday’s presidential election within 48 hours, but tensions remained high Friday as President Yoweri Museveni seeks another much-disputed term and challenger Bobi Wine warns of continued arrests and interference. Wine, a member of parliament and activist musician with the real…
Uganda’s electoral commission says it will report the results of Thursday’s presidential election within 48 hours, but tensions remain high in the meantime as President Yoweri Museveni seeks another much-disputed term and challenger Bobi Wine warns of continued arrests and interference. Wine, a member of parliament and activist musician with…
Opposition candidate Bobi Wine and his National Unity Platform party endured another round of clashes on Tuesday in Uganda, where the popular singer and member of parliament hopes to unseat President Yoweri Museveni in January’s presidential election. Wine, MP for the Kyadondo East area in Kampala, said supporters gathered for…
Uganda is moving toward presidential elections in early 2021, with candidate nominations expected in September – a contentious process as President Yoweri Museveni, now approaching his 76th birthday and in power since 1986, is expected to seek another term. Opposition leaders in Uganda have long been targets of the ruling…
Uganda’s Bobi Wine says he and his People Power movement members were released late Monday following yet another police detention for the popular singer and presidential hopeful. Wine, who plans to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the office next year, was detained at the Naggalama Police Station while others were…
Uganda’s Bobi Wine says he and his People Power movement members will continue to wear their trademark red berets, despite the fact that the government has banned them – a move, he said Tuesday, that leaves no question over who is being targeted. It’s Wine, who plans to challenge President…
Ugandan politician Bobi Wine, a popular musician who recently announced plans to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for his office, detailed on Monday what he says are multiple incidents of repression and silencing of the country’s political opposition. His comments came following the death of Kalinda Michael, above, another musician who…
Uganda’s Bobi Wine says he plans to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the presidency in 2021, but he expects ongoing threats as the government continues to shut down opposition politicians. Wine, a popular musician elected to parliament in 2017 whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, made his case in an…
Ugandan politician and popular musician Bobi Wine was detained again Sunday after trying to hold a concert at his One Love Beach in Busabala – the latest in what he says is now 124 concerts that the government has prevented since October 2017. The musician said he will notify police…
There was no Boxing Day concert for Bobi Wine in Uganda as security forces again shut down plans for his show and sent military vehicles to seal off the location site. That’s according to Wine, a popular political opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi and who has found…
Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – says he has a new reason to be frustrated, some two months after the Arua incident that left his driver dead and Wine himself facing treason charges and severely injured. After seeking medical treatment in…
Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – directly accused President Yoweri Museveni on Monday of ultimate responsibility for the political violence, media repression and other human rights violations in the East African nation. “How do you feel when you do this to your…
President Yoweri Museveni personally called on Ugandan military leaders to deal with the political opposition in Arua last month, as clashes and protests led to deaths, injuries and high-profile arrests. He confirmed the orders followed a stone-throwing incident as he campaigned there and praised the “remarkable discipline and restraint” of…
Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – is now in the United States after leaving from Entebbe Airport about midnight Friday. “Safely arrived in the U.S. where I’ll be receiving specialized treatment following the brutal torture at the hands of SFC soldiers,”…