Vol 62 No 3 | UGANDAUNITED KINGDOM African concerns 4th February 2021 Britain's Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP, has come in for criticism from the Labour opposition in Parliament for not expressing more concern about the conduct of the Ugand...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 3 | UGANDA Opposition contender Wine asks court to overturn President Museveni's election win 2nd February 2021 Calls grow for international sanctions against state repression as evidence of vote-rigging emerges After two weeks of house arrest, the military siege around opposition leader Bobi Wine's home has been gradually lifted and he responded by filing a challenge on 1 February at the ... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 3 | UGANDA Oppositionist Bobi Wine plans next move with party supporters after court orders military to end house arrest 28th January 2021 Government keeps close watch on youthful opposition movement as discontents surge after elections marred by state violence After a High Court ruling on Monday (25 January) ordering police and army officers to leave Bobi Wine's home, which they had surrounded since election day on 14 January, his Nation... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 2 | UGANDA Iron fist carries the day 21st January 2021 Brutal suppression of the opposition and voter intimidation won President Yoweri Museveni another term of office Although President Yoweri Museveni won the presidential election with 59% of the vote on a 57% turnout according to the electoral commission, over a dozen of the ruling National Re...
Vol 61 No 24 | UGANDA Museveni falls back on force 3rd December 2020 The President seems to have run out of subtle tactics for dealing with Bobi Wine’s electoral threat and is resorting to brute force The dozens of killings by security forces in recent opposition protests indicate the Ugandan authorities intend to rely on brutal repression to cow the population, intimidate voter...
Vol 61 No 22 | UGANDA Bad cop, worse cop 5th November 2020 The President’s spies and soldiers are fighting each other, not just the opposition, ahead of elections in February President Yoweri Museveni has been reshuffling his security chiefs after rivalries broke into the open, threatening the cohesion of the state's repressive apparatus. On 8 October C... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 21 | TANZANIAUGANDA Leaders seek poll boost from pipeline deal 15th October 2020 Election worries and weak oil prices persuaded Uganda’s President to make concessions on the oil export pipeline via Tanzania East Africa's leading resource nationalists – President Yoweri Museveni and John Magufuli – have signed one of Africa's biggest oil pipeline deals as they campaign fiercely in nati...
Vol 61 No 20 | UGANDA Bottling Wine 8th October 2020 Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, General David Muhoozi, is in the spotlight over suspicious dealings with the man who is seeking to deregister a political party he handed over to...
Vol 61 No 19 | UGANDA Watering down the wine 17th September 2020 The failure of oppositionists Bobi Wine and Kizza Besigye to agree an alliance boosts President Museveni's electoral chances The country's opposition parties are divided over tactics and local rivalries ahead of national elections next year. The hopes that the political sensation Robert Kyagulanyi, aka B... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 23 | UGANDA Unity or bust for 2021 21st November 2019 The opposition is finding unity elusive while the President is already on the campaign trail ahead of the next elections In the wake of the recent brutal attacks by security forces on protestors in Kampala, pundits ponder why the formidable mass movement of Bobi Wine and Kizza Besigye's Forum for Dem...
