Etiket: Uganda
Human Rights Watch calls for closure of places of detention and torture in Uganda
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the Ugandan government to close illegal detention centers used by the security services to suppress the opposition, in a report documenting the…
What we know about the condemnation of Uganda in the conflict which opposed it to the DRC 25 years ago
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on February 9, 2022. Kampala will have to pay Kinshasa $325 million in reparations for the violence perpetrated during the invasion of eastern…
Rwanda to reopen land border with Uganda closed since 2019
The Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday the reopening on January 31 of the main border post with Uganda, closed since February 2019, formalizing a thaw in relations…
Uganda | Writer arrested for displeasing president’s son released
(Kampala) Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, accused of insulting the family of President Yoweri Museveni, was released on Wednesday after being held in detention despite a court order, his lawyer said.…
Uganda | Famous writer remains in prison despite court order
(Kampala) The Ugandan state refuses to comply with a court order ordering the release of a famous writer, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, accused of insulting the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni,…
Arrest of the writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija in Uganda, where the authorities do not support any critical voice
Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was brutally arrested Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at his home in the Ugandan capital Kampala. “Gunmen claiming to be Ugandan police” broke into Mr. Rukirabashaija’s house…
Democratic Republic of the Congo | With Kinshasa agreement, Uganda attacks ADF jihadists
(Beni) Uganda launched Tuesday in consultation with Kinshasa a military operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) against rebel positions of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), accused by the…
Double attack in Uganda | Police say they shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people
(Kampala) Ugandan police said on Thursday they had shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people as part of the investigation into a recent double suicide bombing claimed by the…
The Islamic State in Uganda | Three dead, 33 injured in two ISIS “suicide bombings” in Kampala
(Kampala) At least three people were killed and 33 injured on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala in a double “suicide bombing” claimed by Islamic State. Posted on November 16,…
In Uganda, the creation of a national park comes at the expense of an indigenous people
At the start, there is an exceptional natural site. Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano, on the border between Uganda and Kenya, the fourth peak in East Africa and eighth on…
Uganda calls for vigilance after terrorist attacks
One of the attacks was claimed by the Islamic State organization Article written by France Televisions Writing Africa Posted on 10/27/2021 at 1:00 p.m. Update the 10/27/2021 1:06 PM Reading…
Uganda calls for vigilance after terrorist attacks
One of the attacks was claimed by the Islamic State organization Article written by France Televisions Writing Africa Posted on 10/27/2021 at 1:00 p.m. Update the 10/27/2021 1:06 PM Reading…