Browsing: East Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Biometric Voter Verification (BVV) system has emerged as a flashpoint in the country’s highly contested 15 January 2026 general election, with…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The East African Community (EAC) has deployed a 61‑member Election Observation Mission (EOM) to monitor Uganda’s general election scheduled for 15 January…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s 2026 general election was thrown into early turmoil after biometric voter verification machines malfunctioned at multiple polling stations, forcing electoral officials…
KAMPALA, Uganda — As Uganda moves into the decisive phase of its 2026 general elections, hundreds of Members of Parliament (MPs) are preparing to cast…
RWAKITURA, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the incumbent and presidential flagbearer of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), has cast his ballot at his designated…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, widely known as Bobi Wine, has cast his ballot at his designated polling station in Magere, as…
KIRUHURA, Uganda — Voting in Uganda’s 2026 general election got under way on Thursday 15, January 2025 amid widespread polling delays, a nationwide internet blackout…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s 2026 election day was marked by widespread polling delays, a sweeping internet blackout and rising political tensions, undermining efforts to present…
KAMPALA, Uganda — A senior presidential advisor to President Yoweri Museveni has fuelled debate over political succession in Uganda by dismissing the possibility of the…
KAMPALA, Uganda — As Ugandans head to the polls today January 15, 2026, President Yoweri Museveni is seeking a seventh term that would extend his…