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Uganda orders internet blackout ahead of presidential elections

Ugandan authorities have shut down internet access nationwide just days before Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, reviving memories of the violent 2021 vote, when connectivity was cut for more than a week and dozens of people were killed.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 14

Crackdown on Uganda's opposition intensifies as elections draw near

Forty years since Yoweri Museveni took power in Uganda, he plans to seek a seventh term as president in elections on 15 January. His strongest challenger is former entertainer Bobi Wine, but his party's rallies have been marred by what watchdogs call a "brutal campaign of repression".

Radio France Internationale · Jan 8

Political policing in Museveni’s Uganda: what it means for the 2026 elections

Uganda’s police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways that observers describe as excessive or indiscriminate. The main targets of restrictive or coercive tactics are supporters of the political opposition.

The Conversation · Jan 4

Ugandan President Museveni, in power since 1986, to seek another term

Yoweri Museveni urges supporters to back his vision for the future as he seeks to run for a record seventh term.

Al Jazeera · Sep 23, 2025

Ugandan court denies bail to veteran opposition leader in treason case

A Ugandan judge refused to grant bail to veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been in jail for nearly nine months on treason charges.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 9, 2025

‘Controversy is always good fodder’: Uganda’s cartoonists turn their pens on president’s provocative son

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s inflammatory social media posts provide rich pickings for satirists in country where freedom of expression is usually curtailed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025

Ugandan opposition MP abducted and tortured ahead of elections

Barnabas Tinkasiimire, a Ugandan member of parliament critical of President Yoweri Museveni, was abducted over the weekend and apparently tortured before his release, a member of the law society said on Monday. Uganda has seen increased pressure on opposition figures ahead of presidential elections in January. Museveni announced he will…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 1, 2025

Uganda’s President Museveni confirms bid to extend nearly 40-year rule

The 80-year-old leader pledges economic growth from today’s GDP of $66bn to $500bn within the next five years.

Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2025

Ugandan opposition denounces brutal crackdown ahead of 2026 elections

With less than a year until Uganda's presidential election, the political climate is increasingly tense. The main opposition party NUP has condemned the brutal crackdown on activists, saying 2,000 kidnappings have taken place since the last elections in 2021. But the government accuses the opposition of staging the abductions for…

Radio France Internationale · May 5, 2025

Uganda’s military chief says holding opposition activist ‘in my basement’

Opposition leader says Eddie Mutwe’s abduction ‘a reminder to the world’ of breakdown in law and order in Uganda.

Al Jazeera · May 2, 2025