Browsing: Uganda

Some have tried to justify the Western-backed, three-decade-long proxy mineral war in the Congo, claiming it is an ethnic war. They say the Rwanda- and Uganda-backed…

Town after town in North and South Kivu (east DRC) is falling into the hands of M23 rebels – aggravating one of Africa’s worst displacement crises…

A Ugandan court has detained two individuals at Kigo prison for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni and the president’s son, Gen. Muhoozi…

The charity Open for Business estimates that Uganda’s anti-gay law could cost the country as much as $8.3 billion over five years due to diminished foreign…

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, has demanded an apology from the US ambassador, William Popp, to President Museveni – for alleged disrespect. Muhoozi…

Anti-immigrant sentiment is rife in the US, much like Europe, where the far-right have seen a rise in popularity in places, such as Germany. Listen to…

According to a September 2024 report by the International Monetary Fund, Uganda will join the league of oil-producing countries in late 2025. A $10-billion joint venture…

This illustration by Carlos Latuff vividly captures the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda and Uganda have played significant roles in destabilising the…

On 3 April, Uganda’s constitutional court rejected activists’ petition seeking to annul or suspend the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which they say violated human rights and constitutionally…

These pictures are a good example of public feeling over what’s happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The candlelight vigil was held in the…