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Shock has gripped the residents of Ggaba, an upscale suburb of Kampala after an unidentified man gained access to a daycare centre and attacked an unspecified number of children with a sharp object.

One person died, and several homes, gardens, and roads were destroyed after heavy rains triggered landslides in Nshanjare Town Council in Uganda's Rubanda District.

Government has warned of possible floods, landslides, disease outbreaks and infrastructure damage during the March–May rainy season, following a seasonal outlook indicating near-average to above-average rainfall in sever...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni blocked a church mass scheduled to honour opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who has been jailed since 2024 facing treason charges, Besigye's wife told AFP on Monday.

Uganda's Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi condemned a military raid on opposition leader Bobi Wine's home last month, telling Reuters that the popstar-turned-politician had not committed any crime and was free to re...

Where is Bobi Wine? In a recent video shared from hiding, the Ugandan opposition leader walks in a family graveyard in central Uganda, taunting the army chief who has failed to find him and lamenting what he calls the i...

Uganda's military chief said on Friday that authorities had detained 2,000 opposition supporters, killed 30 and were hunting for more following a disputed presidential election in which his father Yoweri Museveni, won a...

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is on the run after police raided his home.

Ugandan military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba said he was praying for fugitive opposition leader Bobi Wine's death and gave him 48 hours to surrender to the police following a contentious presidential election.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections that early results show President Yoweri Museveni firmly in the lead as he seeks to extend his four-decade rule. With abo...

Voting began Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election despite a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticised as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986.

Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of the long-term president while raising concerns about transparency, hereditary rule, military interference and an opposition strategy t...

Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine has warned he will call for mass protests if President Yoweri Museveni rigs this week’s presidential election, as more than 20 million Ugandans prepare to vote on Thursday.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to extend his four-decade rule in an election on Thursday after a campaign marred by violence and clouded by questions about who might eventually succeed him.

Tension continues to build in Uganda ahead of next week's presidential elections.

The Ugandan presidential candidate known as Bobi Wine wears a flak jacket and helmet while campaigning to protect himself from gunfire. But the safety gear offers no protection from the stinging clouds of tear gas that o...

Uganda has denied plans to shut down internet access during next week’s elections, dismissing reports of a possible blackout as unfounded.

Uganda’s military has confirmed it is holding Father Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Catholic priest who went missing nearly two weeks ago.

The prominent opposition candidate and former pop star Bobi Wine said in posts on social network X late on Saturday that he was attacked while campaigning in the north of the country.

The United Nations has spoken out against what it said was an intensifying crackdown on the opposition and media in Uganda ahead of next month’s election.