Browsing: Opposition Leaders
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…
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 — Tundu Lissu, the prominent Tanzanian opposition leader and former Chadema presidential candidate, currently in custody facing a treason trial, has…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — On Wednesday, Tanzania’s electoral commission barred the presidential candidate of its second-largest opposition party from contesting the October elections, leaving…
MIGORI, Kenya — President William Ruto has stated that Kenyans are no longer interested in outdated political tactics, empty rhetoric, and slogans. Speaking at a…
KIGALI, Rwanda — Prominent Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been arrested on charges of inciting public disorder and creating a criminal organisation, a state…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan opposition leaders have vehemently condemned the violent clashes in Kilgoris Constituency, Transmara, Narok County, which resulted in the deaths of five citizens…