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Friday, 24 April 2026
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Yoweri Museveni

Also known as: Museveni · President Yoweri Museveni · President Museveni · 81-year-old Museveni

Incumbent president of Uganda since 1986, re-elected in January 2026 with 72% of the vote amid disputed electoral process and opposition claims of rigging.

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Kenya and Uganda advance Chinese-funded railway extension

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Kenya and Uganda's presidents met to advance a multi-billion-dollar extension of a Chinese-built railway to Uganda, despite Kenya spending roughly US$1 billion annually servicing debt from the project. The leaders argue the rail link will reduce logistics costs and inefficiencies in East Africa, with plans for the line to reach Kisumu by June 2027 and later extend to the Kenya-Uganda border at Malaba.

23 March 2026 · New Era →

Monday 23 March

  1. Kenya and Uganda advance Chinese-funded railway extension

    Kenya and Uganda's presidents met to advance a multi-billion-dollar extension of a Chinese-built railway to Uganda, despite Kenya spending roughly US$1 billion annually servicing debt from the project. The leaders argue the rail link will reduce logistics costs and inefficiencies in East Africa, with plans for the line to reach Kisumu by June 2027 and later extend to the Kenya-Uganda border at Malaba.

    23 March 2026 · New Era →

Monday 16 March

  1. Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees, fearing for his life

    Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine has told the BBC he left Uganda after January's disputed presidential election because he feared the government sought to eliminate him. Wine, whose party the National Unity Platform disputes President Yoweri Museveni's 72% election victory, said he spent two months in hiding sheltered by supporters before fleeing the country.

    16 March 2026 · The Namibian →

  2. Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine leaves country after hiding

    Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says he has left the country after two months in hiding following January's disputed presidential election, claiming he won but the vote was rigged in favour of Museveni. Wine says he has gone abroad for "critical engagements" to mobilise the international community and calls for targeted sanctions against Museveni.

    16 March 2026 · The Namibian →

Saturday 14 February

  1. Namibia presents youth jobs, water security to African Union

    President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah presented Namibia's progress report on youth unemployment at the African Peer Review Forum, outlining reforms including education transformation, vocational training expansion, and the Welwitschia Fund to boost job creation. She also urged African leaders to prioritise water security and sanitation as central to the continent's development agenda.

    14 February 2026 · Informanté →

Tuesday 27 January

  1. Uganda military chief denies assault on opposition leader's wife

    Uganda's military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has denied claims that soldiers assaulted Barbara Kyagulanyi, wife of opposition leader Bobi Wine, during a raid on their home following Wine's rejection of President Yoweri Museveni's recent election victory. Kyagulanyi, who was hospitalized, described being held at gunpoint and physically assaulted by military officers searching for Wine's whereabouts.

    27 January 2026 · The Namibian →

Friday 23 January

  1. Ugandan MP and Bobi Wine ally detained over election violence

    Muwanga Kivumbi, deputy leader of opposition leader Bobi Wine's National Unity Platform, has been detained by Ugandan police for alleged involvement in election-related violence following the party's electoral loss. The arrest follows tensions after last week's elections in which President Museveni was re-elected for a seventh term, with conflicting reports over death tolls and allegations of violence between authorities and opposition supporters.

    23 January 2026 · The Namibian →

Wednesday 21 January

  1. Detained Ugandan opposition figure Besigye critically ill, party says

    Kizza Besigye, a 69-year-old veteran Ugandan opposition politician detained since November 2024 on treason charges, was taken to a medical facility in Kampala with symptoms including acute stomach pain, high fever, and severe dehydration, his party says; prison authorities denied his condition was critical.

    21 January 2026 · The Namibian →

  2. Uganda's Bobi Wine rejects election, vows street protests not court challenge

    Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine told the BBC from hiding that he will not contest President Yoweri Museveni's election victory in court, citing a captured judiciary, and has instead urged supporters to take to the streets in peaceful protest. Wine maintains the results are "fake" and alleged ballot stuffing, while Museveni won 72% of the vote to Wine's 25%, and security forces have intensified a crackdown with arrests and alleged killings of opposition supporters.

    21 January 2026 · The Namibian →

Sunday 18 January

  1. Museveni declared winner of contested Uganda election

    Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has been declared winner of Thursday's election with 72% of the vote, extending his four decades in power by another five years. Opposition challenger Bobi Wine has condemned the result as "fake" and called for non-violent protests, while the election process was marked by violence, internet blackouts, and restrictions on Wine's movements.

    18 January 2026 · The Namibian →

Saturday 17 January

  1. Uganda police deny opposition leader Bobi Wine abducted

    Uganda's police have denied allegations that presidential candidate Bobi Wine was abducted by helicopter on Friday during ongoing vote counting, saying his movements were restricted as his home is in a "security interest" area. Wine's party claimed a helicopter forcibly took him to an unknown location, though his son later said his father "escaped" while his mother remained under house arrest, amid confusion over his whereabouts and an internet blackout hampering information verification.

    17 January 2026 · The Namibian →

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