Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – Africa’s fourth-longest-serving head of state in 2023 – has cemented his place in history. He brought an end to two tyrannies: in 1979 his militia helped to oust Idi Amin’s famously bloody regime; and in the 1980s …
South Africa in the news: Uganda: Six African Presidents in Uganda for Museveni Inauguration: Six heads of state arrived in Uganda Tuesday to witness the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni who has been in power since 1986.: “South Africa” – BingNews Liam Williams column: Second selection, Lions magic and sad farewells: In his latest …
South Africa in the news: Deby, Kabila and Museveni: By Emeka Obasi Field Marshal Idris Deby died in battle on April 20, 2021. His son, General Major Mahamat Deby, is the new leader of Chad, a quick decision taken to stabilize the country which was …: “South Africa” – BingNews Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar! The …
Defeating Museveni can’t be achieved through international pressure alone: Joseph Kazibwe, with his wife Magere, listen to radio updates of the Uganda presidential election result in January 2021. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images In the past few months, Western media and academia have placed unprecedented, and somewhat bewildering, focus on Uganda’s 2021 general …
Museveni has failed to win over young, urban Ugandans: why he’s running out of options: Campaign posters of President Yoweri Museveni hang on a cable a day after the election commission said he won a sixth term in office. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images Yoweri Museveni has claimed victory in Uganda’s recent elections, potentially extending …
Uganda election: Museveni social media ban caps violent campaign: Forty-eight hours before Ugandan voters went to the polls the country’s Communications Commission (UCC) imposed a social media blackout. It had been a bitter and violent election campaign pitting the 76-year-old veteran president, Yoweri Museveni against Robert Kyagulanyi – better known as Bobi Wine – a …
Stella Nyanzi: the formidable feminist foe Museveni has failed to silence: Stella Nyanzi at work. Stella Nyanzi/Facebook Dr Stella Nyanzi, a queer feminist writer, activist and Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute for Social Research in Uganda, has been imprisoned in Uganda for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni on social media. Nyanzi has been charged …
Why Bobi Wine represents such a big threat to Museveni: The ground is shifting under the feet of Uganda's ruling party, the National Resistance Movement. Shutterstock Over the past fortnight, Uganda has been convulsed by the fallout from the arrest of opposition MP Robert Kyagulanyi – better known as Afro-beat pop superstar Bobi Wine. His …
After Mugabe, all eyes are on Museveni: how long can he cling to power?: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a presidential campaign rally in the capital Kampala in 2016. Reuters/James Akena On 21 November, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe resigned as president under intense pressure from the military, his own party, and mass protests. The …