Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has made it clear to rebels under the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) that he will not allow them to turn the country into an Islamic state governed under sharia law.

A former spy in President Yoweri Museveni’s government has revealed what looks like a family affair, listing members of the Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s family and his close associates running things at the main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP).

In a Christmas Day attack, suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have killed three family members in Kamwenge District, prompting security to announce the recruitment of members of the Local Defence Unit (LDUs), a paramilitary defence group.

When officials from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) asked Judith Bero-Irwoth to relocate from her home to pave the way for the project in 2018, she sternly refused cash compensation and instead asked for another piece of land to continue farming.

Initial election results released by Ceni, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Electoral Commission, on December 25, 2023 indicate that President Felix Tshisekedi, the incumbent, was leading.

The Ugandan Catholic Church has joined its counterparts across African continent and around the world in expressing reservations on a pronouncement by the Pope Francis regarding blessing for same-sex couples.

Outgoing leader of opposition in Parliament (LoP) Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba has spoken out after main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) and its leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine fired him in a mid-term reshuffle of the leadership in parliament.

Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has shaken up its leadership in Parliament, changing the top leadership, shadow cabinet and shuffling chairpersons of committees. 

Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party has named Joel Ssenyonyi Beswekezi the new leader of opposition in Parliament a few days after the youthful legislator celebrated his 37th birthday. Born in 1986, the year President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni took power after years of a bush war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, Ssenyonyi replaces Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, the Nyendo-Mukungwe MP. Mpuuga is now a commissioner of Parliament.