Tag: Yoweri Museveni
Uganda says it detains American over subversive activities
Uganda said late on Monday it had detained an American national for involvement in subversive activities amid a deadly crackdown against opponents of longtime...
Uganda’s Museveni seeks re-election to extend rule to four decades
Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has collected papers to seek nomination as the ruling party’s candidate in next year’s presidential election, the party said...
Museveni launches Ugandan armoured vehicle factory
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has officially launched an Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing and Assembly Facility in Maga Maga, near Jinja, which is currently...
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni says to revive national airline
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday the East African country would revive its defunct national carrier to share in the region's...
Uganda’s Museveni signs law removing age cap for president
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed a law that scraps a 75-year age cap for presidential candidates, a spokesman for parliament said...
Uganda displays T-90, Type 85 tanks
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) has for the first time displayed its T-90 main battle tanks as well as Chinese Type...
Uganda to halt military, security ties with North Korea-S.Korea
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his country would halt security and military cooperation with North Korea, a South Korean official said following...
Ugandan opposition leader charged with treason
Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with treason late on Friday for declaring himself president and challenging the election victory of...
Walkout over court comments mars Uganda president’s inauguration
Uganda's veteran president vowed to fight corruption and inefficient bureaucracy on Thursday as he was sworn in to a fifth term in...
Protesters arrested in Uganda ahead of Museveni’s swearing-in
Ugandan police arrested at least 18 protesters on Thursday, with the opposition accusing them of using live rounds and detaining close to...
U.S. accuses Uganda of rights violations after presidential vote
Uganda has persistently violated the rights of its citizens and media in the aftermath of last month's presidential election which saw President...
Rival of Uganda’s Museveni challenges presidential poll result
One of the candidates who sought to end Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's thirty years in power in last month's presidential vote filed...
Voting underway in Uganda amid long delays
Ugandans started casting their votes on Thursday to decide whether to give Yoweri Museveni, in power for three decades, another term in...
Ugandan police chief accused of warning of war ahead of vote
Ugandan opposition groups expressed outrage on Wednesday after the country's police chief was quoted in a local newspaper telling a civilian anti-crime...
Uganda’s Museveni accused of ordering violence against opponents
Uganda's former prime minister, one of the frontrunners in a presidential election next month, has accused incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of using...
Opposition says Uganda government trains militias to harass them
Uganda's opposition and rights groups on Tuesday accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of training militias to intimidate opposition supporters during next year's...
Uganda’s president to mediate in Burundi as regional alarm grows
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will fly to Burundi on Tuesday to mediate between government and opposition, an official said, in a personal...
Uganda police ban public meetings for presidential challenger
Uganda's police force on Wednesday barred a former prime minister from holding meetings to promote his challenge to President Yoweri Museveni for...
Ugandan police arrest army general critical of Museveni
Ugandan police on Friday arrested an army general critical of the authorities, escalating a crackdown on opponents of President Yoweri Museveni before...
Ugandan leader blames deadly attacks in west on tribal rivalry
Uganda's president said on Tuesday that deadly attacks on its security forces near its new oil fields in the west were sparked...
Uganda defends anti-gay law at main U.N. rights forum
Uganda, under fire from Western nations, defended its toughened law on gays on Thursday as being aimed at "protecting" youth from homosexuality...
Uganda moving combat aircraft out of Entebbe
The Uganda People's Defence Force Air Wing (UPDF-AW) is moving its combat aircraft from Entebbe to Nakasongola Air Base to alleviate congestion.
Entebbe...
World Bank postpones Uganda loan over anti-gay law
The World Bank on Thursday postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda's health system over a law that toughened punishment for gays,...
Uganda told anti-gay bill poses financial risk
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg warned Uganda on Tuesday that a new bill imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality could represent a financial...
Ugandan president signs anti-gay bill, defying the West
Uganda's president signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality on Monday, defying protests from rights groups, criticism from Western donors and...
Obama warns Uganda over anti-gay law
President Barack Obama warned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday that enacting an anti-gay law would complicate U.S. relations with Uganda and...
South Sudan rebels demand Uganda end support for president
South Sudan's rebels have demanded that Uganda stop supporting government forces as a condition for signing a ceasefire to end fighting that...
Uganda leader says helping South Sudan fight rebels
Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni admitted for the first time on Wednesday to helping his South Sudanese counterpart fend off a rebellion that...
Uganda to charge opposition figure with inciting violence
Uganda's government risked spurring further opposition protests on Tuesday by signaling it would bring charges against a former presidential candidate at the...
Uganda seeks UN compensation for loss of three Mi-24s
The Ugandan governments says it is still waiting for the United Nations (UN) to compensate the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) for...
Uganda president dares exiled general to try to remove him by...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni dared a dissident general in exile on Wednesday to try to overthrow him and said anyone seeking to...
Uganda to compensate LRA victims ahead of vote
The Ugandan government will compensate about 10 000 people in the country's northern region, who were maimed by the Lord's Resistance Army...
Uganda govt accused of links to militia
Human rights activists and opposition figures yesterday accused the Ugandan government of deploying a militia to intimidate protesters and disperse demonstrations ahead...
Uganda politician refers president to ICC ahead of poll
A Ugandan opposition leader called for the International Criminal Court to investigate the country's president ahead of 2011 elections over alleged crimes...
Ugandan opposition pushing for president term limit
Uganda's opposition will present a bill seeking to amend the constitution to reinstate presidential term limits, a move that would stop the...
Uganda opposition wants election guarantees
Uganda's top opposition leader called on the international community to help guarantee a fair election next year and not wait till it...
Ugandan opposition party elects poll flagbearer
Uganda's largest opposition party has chosen its leader Kizza Besigye to face off against the east African nation's long-serving president in the...
Ugandan leader puts his guards under son’s unit
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has placed his presidential guard under an elite army unit commanded by his son, increasing opposition suspicions that...
Oil money for infrastructure, development: Uganda
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday he would not spend oil money from the east African nation's few billions barrels of crude...
