UUganda’s resident Yoweri Museveni on Sunday dismissed his main challengers as fortunate despite his commanding landslide in the 15 January 2026 presidential election, claiming low voter turnout spared the opposition greater humiliation. The 81-year-old leader, addressing the nation from his rural home in western Uganda amid gathered dignitaries, declared the result a powerful demonstration of […]
Ugandan authorities partially restored internet services late Saturday after President Yoweri Museveni was declared winner of a seventh term in Thursday’s disputed election. The 81-year-old leader, in power since 1986, secured 71.65% of the vote, according to the Uganda Electoral Commission. Challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, received 24.72% and rejected the results, alleging […]
Veteran Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was declared the landslide winner of the country’s presidential election on Saturday, securing a seventh term in office and extending his iron grip on power into a fifth decade. The 81-year-old leader, who first seized control in 1986 as a rebel commander, received just under 72% of the vote, according […]
In the tense aftermath of Uganda’s disputed presidential election, opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, has dramatically announced that he evaded a nighttime raid by police and military forces on his home in Kampala. The 43-year-old former pop star-turned-politician posted on X that the operation unfolded late Friday, with assailants cutting power, […]
Uganda police denied on Saturday allegations by opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party that he had been arrested by soldiers as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election. Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Friday night an army helicopter landed in his compound in Kampala and “forcibly took him away to an unknown […]
In a dramatic escalation of post-election tensions, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi) was forcibly removed from his home in the capital and flown to an unknown destination aboard an army helicopter, his National Unity Platform (NUP) party announced late on Friday. Dramatic seizure amid blackout The NUP posted on social media […]
President Yoweri Museveni has seized a commanding early lead in the 2026 Uganda presidential election, with partial results showing him securing 76.25% of votes from 45% of polling stations, the Electoral Commission announced on Friday. The 81-year-old leader, in power since 1986, is poised for a seventh term in a tightly contested vote held on […]
Polls closed on 15 January after a chaotic day of voting in Uganda’s general election, marked by long delays, technical breakdowns and a sweeping internet blackout that left the country in digital silence. President Yoweri Museveni, the 81-year-old leader who seized power in 1986 at the head of a rebel army, is widely expected to […]
Polls closed on 15 January 2026 in Uganda after a chaotic day of voting marked by widespread delays, technical failures and a nationwide internet blackout, as President Yoweri Museveni seeks a seventh term to extend his nearly four-decade rule amid opposition crackdowns and international condemnation. Voting, scheduled to begin at 07.00am (04.00 GMT), faced delays […]
Polling stations across Uganda opened on Thursday amid heavy security deployments, a nationwide internet blackout and widespread fears of violence, as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his nearly four-decade rule in a highly contentious general election. Voting began shortly after 7.00am (0400 GMT) in parts of the capital Kampala, though delays were reported in […]
Ugandan pop star and opposition candidate Bobi Wine says he has been beaten, tasered and attacked with teargas and pepper spray while campaigning against long-serving President Yoweri Museveni ahead of Thursday’s election. Now 43, and nearly a decade into his political career, violence on the campaign trail comes as no surprise to a man who […]
When Yoweri Museveni seized power in Uganda in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war, the young rebel leader delivered a message that would haunt his critics for decades. “The problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular is not the people but leaders who want to overstay in power,” he declared at his swearing-in […]
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