Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who is on trial on charges including treason, has been placed in solitary confinement, a leading official in his party told AFP Saturday.

A group of youth from Makerere University staged a demonstration to express their displeasure with the arrest of Dr Kizza ...

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Just a week ago, on January 12, the activist was abducted in Nairobi, sparking fresh concerns about freedom of expression in ...

A group of youth activists have called upon the judiciary to break its silence on human rights violations, particularly when ...

While reading a book in a Ugandan hotel in 1990, exiled Koigi wa Wamwere noticed the key turn on his door. Five hooded men ...