Uganda
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Ugandan Olympian Fighting For Her Life After Fire Attack
Ugandan long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei was still fighting for her life on Wednesday after being set on fire by a Kenyan man, just weeks after taking part in the Paris Olympics. The 33-year-old athlete is…
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Ugandan Opposition Leader BOBI Wine out of Hospital
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was discharged from hospital Wednesday after undergoing surgery for a leg wound suffered during a confrontation with police. The outspoken critic of President Yoweri Museveni was injured in the fracas…
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Wounded Ugandan Opposition Leader Wine to Undergo Surgery
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is set to undergo surgery, his lawyer said Wednesday, a day after suffering a leg wound during a chaotic incident in which his party reported initially he was shot. The…
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Ugandan Police Refutes Allegations of Shooting Bobi Wine
The Ugandan Police Force has denied allegations that an officer shot and injured opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, well known as Bobi Wine. According to its statement on its X page on Tuesday, the UPF alleged…
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Ugandan Olympian Suffers 80 Percent Burns After Partner ‘Set Her on Fire’
A Ugandan Olympian was in intensive care in Kenya on Tuesday suffering 80 percent burns after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence…
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Ugandan Athlete in intensive care after partner ‘set her on fire’
Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was assaulted by her Kenyan partner Dickson Ndiema Marangach
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Ugandan Police Detain Women After Nude Anti-Corruption Protest
The women, part of a civil society group known as “Uganda Freedom Activists,” were detained as they marched towards Parliament with anti-corruption messages painted on their bodies.
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Wanaharakati Uganda waandamana wakiwa uchi
Kundi moja la wanaharakati nchini Uganda leo wamefanya maandamano ya kupinga ufisadi katika taifa hilo. Hata hivo kundi hilo la wanawakwe walifanya maandamano ya kushangaza baada ya kutokezea barabarani wakiwa nusu uchi kama wamebeba mabango…
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Watu 21 wakamatwa Uganda wakifanya maandamano kupinga mradi wa EACOP
Polisi wa Uganda wamewakamata wanaharakati 21 katika mji mkuu Kampala leo Jumatatu wakati wakipinga mpango tata ya mabilioni ya dola ya mradi wa Mafuta ghafi Mradi wa Bomba ya Mafuta Ghafi la Afrika Mashariki (EACOP),…
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Uganda detains 21 people protesting oil project
BY AFP Ugandan police arrested 21 environmentalists in the capital Kampala on Monday as they protested a controversial multi-billion-dollar oil development scheme, their lawyer said. The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), headed by…
