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A prominent opposition figure in Uganda who is on trial in a military tribunal has begun a hunger strike, his wife said, two weeks after the country's top court banned courts-martial from trying ...
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. [ 1 ]
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda 1 January – At least nine people are killed and many others are injured during a stampede at a music show in Kampala. [2]6 January – At least 16 people are killed and 21 others are injured in a bus crash en route to the city of Gulu from Kampala, in northern Uganda.
The two met following the referral to establish the methods of cooperation between the Office of the Prosecutor and the government of Uganda. The two held a press conference in London on 29 January 2004 to publicly announce the referral. [10] On 5 July 2004 the situation was assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber II by ICC President Philippe Kirsch. [11]
The Forum for Democratic Change (Swahili: Jukwaa la Mabadiliko ya Kidemokrasia; FDC), founded on 16 December 2004, is the main opposition party in Uganda. [1] The FDC was founded as an umbrella body called Reform Agenda, mostly for disenchanted former members and followers of President Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Movement (NRM).
General elections were held in Uganda on 18 February 2016 to elect the President and Parliament.Polling day was declared a national holiday. [1] [2]Presidential candidates included incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, Kizza Besigye, [3] who had run against Museveni in 2001, 2006 and 2011, former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Abed Bwanika who has also challenged Museveni in 2001 ...
General elections were held in Uganda on 14 January 2021 to elect the President and the Parliament. [1] [2] The Electoral Commission announced Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, the incumbent ruling since 1986, as the winner with 59% of the vote, although the U.S. State Department qualified the electoral process as "fundamentally flawed" [3] and Africa Elections Watch said they observed ...