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Uganda: Police fire teargas at protesting university students

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Police in Uganda on Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse protesting Makerere University students who had assembled at the Freedom Square. Some of the student leaders were also arrested by the police and detained at unknown locations. Wednesday’s incident has reportedly disrupted academic activities with several students forced out of the lecture rooms. Students of the Makerere University have been… Read More
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Uganda: Bobi Wine ridicules Museveni’s ‘man of ghetto’ tag

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Uganda’s opposition politician Bobi Wine has ridiculed President Yoweri Museveni’s move to win the support of young people. President Museveni over the weekend visited the Kibuye and Katwe settlements in the capital Kampala to launch a savings and loans project for the youth. During that visit a picture of him standing by a mural depicting him as a ‘Man of… Read More
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President Museveni calls Bobi Wine ‘an enemy’ of Uganda

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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has further escalated tensions between him and one of his lead critics, Bobi Wine calling him an “enemy of the country’s prosperity”. Museveni and 36-year-old, Bobi Wine do not get on well. The young politician known as the “ghetto president” is hoping to challenge Museveni for the presidency in the 2021 election. Since his election to… Read More
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Rwanda, Uganda end hostilities after leaders signed a pact

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Rwanda’s Kagame said “The MoU addresses all these matters very clearly and I don’t think we should be picking and choosing what we implement and what we don’t. We are going to address all these problems. By doing that indiscriminately, we will get where we want to be.” “We have agreed on issues that will be implemented between our two… Read More
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Uganda: Bobi Wine charged with annoying Museveni

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Outspoken Ugandan MP and musician Bobi Wine has been charged with intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule President Yoweri Museveni. He is also charged with possessing fire arm. These charges add to an already charge of treason against him. If convicted, Wine could face life in prison. In 2018 Bobi Wine and his supporters were arrested for masterminding the hurling… Read More
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Ugandan academic exposes breasts in protest at jail term

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A Ugandan academic will be spending 18 months in prison after a court sentenced her over some of her comments on Facebook about President Yoweri Museveni. In protest at her jail term, Stella Nyanzi exposed her breasts via a video link during Friday’s sentencing. Nyanzi was jailed for cyber harassment but activists say her sentencing undermines Uganda’s commitment to freedom… Read More
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Ugandan MP Bobi Wine to run for president

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37 year old Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has said that he intends running for president in the 2021 election. He told a gathering in Kampala that he wants to challenge President Yoweri Museveni to a free and fair election. President Museveni is expected to run for another term after Uganda’s parliament approved changes to the constitution to scrap the… Read More

President Obama’s Visit And Africa’s Second Uhuru

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Dear Mr. President, Your trip to Africa this week presents a legacy-defining opportunity. President George W. Bush is remembered for the billions of dollars he made available to fight HIV/Aids; a program which has continued under your administration. Bill Clinton, while decried for allowing genocide in Rwanda, is also hailed for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),… Read More

Will the world remain silent with Rwanda and Uganda in DR Congo again?

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An interview with international criminal defense attorney and former law professor Peter Erlinder Ann Garrison While international attention is focused on the constitutional crisis in Burundi, Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers have again violated the territorial integrity of DR Congo by sending troops into the country. What are they up to? INTRODUCTION Rwandan and Ugandan troops have been reported in the… Read More

Stop ignoring massacres in Africa

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By: Jennifer  Fierberg We live in a world filled with terrorist attacks. So much so that they become the noise of the nightly news that most Westerners ignore. Simply watching the nightly news or scanning social media for a few minutes will typically reveal the horrors of terrorism in all corners of the world. However, why do some attacks garner… Read More