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News :: Uganda

Uganda 

The Great Kony'con'

11:38 GMT 25th April 2012

A hit internet film about Joseph Kony has been accused of being a smokescreen for a call for US military intervention into Africa. By Chofamba Sithole
 

Uganda

04:58 GMT 29th March 2012

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Kizza Besigye has said the threat of death will not stop him from campaigning for democratic rights.
 

Uganda

12:31 GMT 21st December 2011

UK-based rights organisation Amnesty International has criticised the government for placing ever-tighter 'illegitimate restrictions' on freedom of assembly and peaceful assembly.
 

Caught in a Trap

04:46 GMT 8th November 2011

As policy makers and MPs continue to argue about ways out of the Uganda's current financial crisis, millions of people across the country are finding it harder to make ends meet. By Matthew Stein, Kampala
 

Uganda

12:04 GMT 31st August 2011

Uganda's opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, renewed his call for more civil disobedience mid- July in an effort to force President Yoweri Museveni out of power.
 

Budget Blues

02:27 GMT 18th July 2011

The Ugandan government's attempts to rein in government spending in its latest budget has not impressed those hit by the rising cost of living. By Matthew Stein, Kampala
 

Uganda

11:27 GMT 15th July 2011

Former Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya has been charged with fraud in connection with the 2007 Commonwealth summit, the BBC reported last month.
 

Kampala

02:53 GMT 15th June 2011

Uganda is ready to lease 60,000 hectares of farmland to Bangladeshi flrms looking to grow food in Africa as part of government efforts to ensure food security for its growing population, a Bangladeshi official said.
 

Fanning the flames

02:05 GMT 15th June 2011

Street protests against rising prices have spread following the heavy-handed arrest of President Museveni's arch political enemy Kizza Besigye. By Matthew Stein, Kampala
 

Uganda

12:18 GMT 19th May 2011

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been injured after the military opened fire to disperse protesters in the capital, Kampala.
 

UGANDA

12:13 GMT 11th April 2011

Eight people who gathered to protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who they say 'rigged' the recent elections, have been arrested by police in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.
 

Oil shock tactics

05:04 GMT 24th March 2011

With Uganda expected to start oil production in the next three years, Edris Kisambira looks at the downside of a new super sector on board
 

Uganda

03:29 GMT 22nd March 2011

President Yoweri Museveni has comfortably won his fourth term in government, taking 68 per cent of the vote in the February 18 election.
 

You can't catch us

04:28 GMT 14th February 2011

Obama's plan to disarm the LRA will fail says the rebel group which also accuses Washington of scuppering the Juba peace talks of two years ago.
 

Uganda

12:18 GMT 9th February 2011

The opposition in Uganda has attacked President Museveni for involving foreign politicians in his bid to be returned to power in the forthcoming elections.