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Dr. Besigye was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2024 and deported to Uganda, and is now facing charges related to illegal firearm possession and alleged plans to overthrow the government.
Two Ugandan women were arrested for kissing in public, a police spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday, under an anti-gay law considered among the harshest in the world.
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.
A Ugandan court has dismissed the first case brought under an anti-gay law seen as one of the harshest in the world, a lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.
Uganda’s army chief broke ties with the United States on Friday, accusing its embassy of helping missing opposition leader Bobi Wine, then reversed his stance an hour later.
Kenyans in the diaspora and the homeland, as well as friends and family, are today holding a memorial service for the three US-based siblings who died in a freak road accident while on holiday in Naivasha, Kenya.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine told AFP Wednesday he was on the run following last week’s election, while another, Kizza Besigye, risks dying from illness in jail, his wife said.
Kiongozi wa upinzani nchini Uganda, Bobi Wine, amesema yuko mafichoni kufuatia uchaguzi wa wiki iliyopita, huku kiongozi mwingine wa upinzani, Kizza Besigye, akiwa mahututi kutokana na hali mbaya ya afya, kwa mujibu wa mke wake.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has deleted a series of threatening posts he directed at supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and opposition leader Robert Kyangulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
Uganda’s army chief, who is also the son of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, said he wants opposition leader Bobi Wine dead, days after Wine claimed he had been forced into hiding.
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