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AfricaUganda's Museveni sworn in for seventh term, extending 40-year rule
AfricaUganda military chief denies soldiers assaulted Bobi Wine's wife during raid- OpinionAmerica Will Not Rescue Uganda — and the Post-Election Script Is Now Playing in PublicAmerica Will Not Rescue Uganda — and the Post-Election Script Is Now Playing in Public When I wrote that America is not coming to rescue Uganda from Museveni, I was not celebrating abandonment. I was diagnosing reality. Great powers do not do charity in foreign policy; they do cost-benefit, risk…January 25, 2026
- PoliticsUganda’s 70% Landslide and the Sound of a Nation Being MutedA landslide is meant to settle the room. But Uganda’s reported 70%+ victory does not settle the room. It shakes the table. Not because a government cannot win big. But because, in a contested democracy, numbers need legitimacy to breathe. And legitimacy does not breathe well in a country where the…January 18, 2026
- AfricaUgandan opposition leader Wine seized by army helicopter after disputed electionUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was forcibly removed from his home in an army helicopter on Friday, his party said, a day after elections marred by violence in which longtime President Yoweri Museveni took a commanding lead. The National Unity Platform (NUP) said an army helicopter landed in…January 17, 2026
- AfricaUganda opposition leader Bobi Wine under house arrest after vote: partyUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections in which early results showed a commanding lead for President Yoweri Museveni as he seeks to extend his 40-year rule. Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, has been accused of "brutal repression" of…January 16, 2026
- AfricaUGANDA’S BILLBOARD DEMOCRACY: WHEN THE BALLOT MEETS THE BUSH-WAR STATEBy Brilliant Pongo | Political Analyst & Editor-in-Chief, Report Focus News There is a certain kind of African photograph that functions like a political thesis. A sea of bodies. A popular opposition figure moving like a living headline through the street. Chants rising—People Power!—as if volume…January 15, 2026
- PoliticsUganda’s Museveni to Seek Re-election in 2026KAMPALA- Uganda’s President 80 year old Yoweri Museveni, who has led the East African nation since 1986, will seek re-election in the general elections scheduled for January 2026, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has confirmed. The announcement, made via a statement on the NRM’s…June 24, 2025
