Voting kicks off in Uganda with interest riveted on President Museveni, fears of massive rigging in towns swirl
The East African country of roughly 52 million people has 21.6 million registered voters. Polls are expected to close at 4pm on Thursday, according to the electoral commission. Results are constitutionally required to be announced in 48 hours.
Police officer attacked, gun stolen as violent crime spirals out of control in Vihiga County
Vihiga County Commissioner Peter Maina, confirmed that one police officer was indeed attacked in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Over 2,000 killed in Iranian protests, activists say the chaos bear echoes of 1979 revolution
The activist group said 1,850 of the dead were protesters and 135 were government-affiliated. Nine children were killed, along with nine civilians it said were not taking part in protests. More than 16,700 people have been detained, the group said.
Museveni deploys military in capital as communication commission orders internet service cut off as Uganda holds elections
Military spokesman Col Chris Magezi said that the deployment was meant to deter violence, rejecting concerns that the mobilization was anti-democratic.
‘They could see my colour’: Minneapolis Uber driver recalls encounter with ruthless US Border Patrol agents
In the videos of the incident, one posted by a bystander and one from Bin Hassan himself, the Uber driver can be seen asking the ICE officers for their ID, questioning their citizenship. Throughout the confrontation, Bin Hassan remains defiant, refusing to share his identity with the officers and asking them for their identities and proof of citizenship. At one point a Border Patrol agent tells him, “Man, shut up!” Bin Hassan never does.
Yibir tribe: Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is traceable to the lost and forgotten Jews inside Horn of Africa’s Jewish past
Situated along the strategic Gulf of Aden, Somaliland offers Israel a critical diplomatic foothold in the Horn of Africa. But beyond ports, shipping lanes and intelligence cooperation lies another, largely overlooked dimension of this emerging relationship: Jewish history.
Tanzania president grappling with accusations she killed more than 10,000 civilians in election violence
Independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in December that “disturbing reports” indicated security personnel were given “shoot to kill” orders during an enforced curfew, without saying where that information came from.
Washington’s silence on ‘foreign elections’ is what Museveni needs to retain power in Uganda
Violent youth-led protests in neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania over the past two years have underscored the risks to the government of young people’s frustration with political systems they see as corrupt and unresponsive to their needs.
Architecture of electoral authoritarianism: How President Museveni steals elections in Uganda with help of state agencies
Having been rejected at the ballot box in 1980 under the banner of the Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM) and led by cadres who often hailed from exogenous communities outside the constitutionally recognized indigenous groups, the NRM elite prioritised consolidation over competition.
Analysis: In Ugandan, the military is a powerful institution that’s forced the country to resign to dynastic rule
Muhoozi Kainerugaba joined the army in the late 1990s, and his fast rise to the top of the armed forces proved controversial. In February 2024, a month before Kainerugaba was named army chief, the president officially delegated some of his authority as commander-in-chief to the head of the military.
