Browsing: Opposition crackdown
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan authorities have detained prominent human rights lawyer and civil society leader Dr. Sarah Bireete, in what critics describe as a widening…
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has expressed personal dissatisfaction regarding the prolonged detention of his long-time political rival, Dr. Kizza Besigye, while simultaneously defending…
SOROTI, Uganda — The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused Ugandan security agencies of systematically obstructing his…
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has intensified his rhetoric against Uganda’s opposition, specifically targeting the National Unity Platform (NUP) with allegations of systematic electoral…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a scathing rebuke of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) following the controversial deployment of canine…
BANJUL, The Gambia — Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has fiercely contested the recent presidential election results, has fled to The Gambia seeking…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Despite a partial restoration of internet services after Tanzania’s contentious general election, citizens continue to face strict digital restrictions, with…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The Tanzanian Government has announced an immediate curfew in Dar es Salaam following a tense election day marred by widespread…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Tanzania plunged into a near-total digital blackout on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, as major mobile service providers reportedly shut down…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Tanzania’s presidential election opened on Wednesday with polls widely viewed as a decisive moment for President Samia Suluhu Hassan to…