Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has jumped into the 3rd position in the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI), a leap from the 4th position in 2024. The index evaluates 28 countries, ...

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has been challenged to consider conducting a public evaluation of the 2026 general elections, as a way of identifying weaknesses and ...

Wine went into hiding shortly after Uganda's disputed presidential election on Jan. 15. An internet shutdown marred the vote, and the failure of biometric voter identification kits meant to prevent ...

On January 22, Soroti District returning officer Joseph Mukwaya declared Bob Owiny of the ruling National Resistance Movement ...

Those in custody are Patrick Ongom Eyul, the incumbent Apac Municipality mayor and flagbearer of the Uganda People’s Congress ...

A human rights organisation in Uganda that supports members of the LGBTQ+ community was ordered to shut down by the ...

A military hunt is underway in Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine, whom the country's army chief is calling a wanted fugitive ...

The next Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament is set for mid-2027, but already there have been reassuring comments and ...

January, social media users circulated pictures and footage purportedly showing a surveillance helicopter hovering over opposition leader Bobi Wine’s home, amid claims that he had been abducted.

Uganda holds no patent on this ascendant impunity. Africa’s most recent polls (in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tanzania, respectively) were conducted under similar moral auspices: with the incumbent ...

Ugandan military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Monday denied allegations by opposition leader Bobi Wine that soldiers attacked ...