Why have they become a popular tool of repression? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The military court martial of the Uganda ...

Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who is on trial on charges including treason, has been placed in solitary confinement, a leading official in his party told AFP Saturday.

While reading a book in a Ugandan hotel in 1990, exiled Koigi wa Wamwere noticed the key turn on his door. Five hooded men ...

There was a conversation about elevating partnership from a coalition and the decision taken was necessary, Mudavadi insists.

Rights groups fear "mass atrocities" in Uganda as it prepares for an election next year, with a president seeking a seventh term, a crackdown on the opposition and violent threats from the heir ...

The wife of Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has called the trial against him a "sham", as he faces a ...

While Kenyan authorities deny their involvement in renditioning Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, a blood-stained ...

Previously seen as a safe haven for foreigners, Kenya now is on the brink of becoming a top spot for professional abduction ...

The recent surge in abductions of Kenyan youth, coupled with the enforced disappearances of citizens from neighboring ...

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A military court in Uganda has ruled that a leading opposition figure can stand trial on the serious charge of treachery that ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY UGA 001 / 0125 / OBS 003 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Torture and ill ...