UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army
Activists call move ‘absurd’, as Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Museveni, is accused of torture and abusing critics
February 2024
Oscar nomination gives Bobi Wine new hope of toppling Uganda’s regime
After years of repression, a film about Bobi Wine’s heroic stand against Yoweri Museveni has given new life to the opposition
August 2023
Bobi Wine: The People’s President review – shocking look at Ugandan star’s campaign
For five years, documentary-makers followed the Ugandan pop star and revolutionary politician as he attempted to challenge the country’s reigning autocratic leader
July 2023
Ugandan president and son accused of sponsoring violence in ICC testimony
The Ugandan satirist who scared a dictator: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on torture, exile and activism
June 2023
Opinion
Uganda’s anti-gay laws are a new apartheid. I urge President Museveni to think again
Mpho Tutu van Furth
The Observer view on Uganda’s anti-gay laws: grotesque, legalised bigotry
May 2023
Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts
There is nothing un-African about being gay. Museveni’s bigotry will cost lives
Linda Mafu
April 2023
UK government funded anti-LGBTQ+ organisation in Uganda, says report
The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, which is openly homophobic, has been a direct recipient of UK aid money
February 2023
What do Prince Andrew, Kim Jong-un and a Ugandan general have in common?
Simon Tisdall
Dynasties distort open societies and should be resisted - yet succession has become an obsession for political families
January 2022
‘I’m free at last’: Uganda’s rudest poet on prison, protest and finding a new voice in Germany
Stella Nyanzi talks about challenging Uganda’s President Museveni from her new home and why she had to leave the land she loves
Ugandan writer charged over tweets critical of President Museveni
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been in detention since 28 December and his lawyer says he has been tortured
PEN prize-winning Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija illegally detained and tortured
The author is being held after tweets criticising President Yoweri Museveni and his son
December 2021
Temperature Check
Climate cost study authors accuse Bjørn Lomborg of misinterpreting results
Graham Readfearn
A key claim in a column by the Danish thinktank head frustrates scientists who modelled reducing emissions
November 2021
Ugandan children held in prison for months after crackdown on opposition
Victims describe systematic physical abuse, denial of basic legal rights and appalling conditions
October 2021
From Roys to royals, succession battles are raging the world over
Simon Tisdall
For edge-of-the-seat drama, the TV dynasty can’t match the power struggles of leading families in Japan, Saudi Arabia … and Britain
June 2021
Hundreds detained without trial in Uganda in new wave of repression
Assassination attempt on Ugandan minister kills daughter and driver
May 2021
Uganda police drive-by killings revealed using mobile phone footage
Interviews with more than 30 witnesses also used in investigation by BBC Africa Eye into deaths in Kampala
