Uganda Election

Uganda's defeated presidential candidate Bobi Wine has tweeted that he and his family are "under house arrest and stuck with an 18-month-old baby". Soldiers have surrounded the politician's home claiming that he could incite his…

Uganda's government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo, has accused the US of trying to "subvert elections", Reuters news agency reports. US ambassador to Uganda Natalie Brown was on Monday stopped from visiting opposition leader, Robert…

Ugandan soldiers on Monday blocked the US ambassador from visiting the home of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, a pop star whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, in the capital, Kampala. Bobi Wine finished second in…

Incensed by the continued detention of the major opposition candidate in the just concluded Ugandan Presidential Election, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, Nigerian human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has filed a…

Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says his life is being threatened following Thursday's election which saw Yoweri Museveni win a sixth elected term. The singer-turned-politician told the BBC that he…

The United States has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abusers in Uganda following Thursday’s general elections in the country. The US position came in a statement by the Department of…

Vote counting is under way at some polling stations in Uganda's capital, Kampala. An increased presence of security force members was seen in about the last hour before polls closed at 13:00 GMT. Lorries carrying soldiers drove…

Police in Uganda have said that officers will be deployed to high-rise buildings in the centre of the capital, Kampala, as a security measure as voters go to the polls on Thursday. The run-up to the election has been marred by…