Rights office urges Uganda to release opposition leaders on bail

14 august 2025 - 05:36:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday expressed serious concern at repeated denials of bail [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader Besigye charged afresh with terrorism

23 may 2025 - 12:39:54
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his aides have been charged afresh with terrorism six months [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition leader deported from Tanzania arrives back home

19 may 2025 - 11:11:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leader Martha Karua arrived in Nairobi late on Sunday, after a six-hour-long detention at [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands release of Uganda opposition leader Besigye, other civilians

19 february 2025 - 08:21:39
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) is asking the Ugandan authorities to release from prison former opposition presidential [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition leader secures greenlight to represent detained Ugandan opposition counterpart

06 january 2025 - 14:29:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Martha Karua on Monday secured the greenlight to represent Kizza Besigye, the Ugandan [...] Full text...

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Ugandan Military Court to try opposition leader Besigye

22 november 2024 - 08:30:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan military court in Kampala has ordered former opposition presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye, and his [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International slams abduction of Ugandan opposition leader Besigye in Kenya

21 november 2024 - 09:09:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International has expressed deep concern about the abduction of Ugandan opposition leader [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader dragged to military court after abduction in Kenya

20 november 2024 - 17:06:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Prominent Ugandan opposition figure, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has surfaced in Uganda, where he was dragged to [...] Full text...

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Uganda slammed for activists arrests

07 june 2022 - 00:17:25
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan authorities must release the six politicians and activists arrested solely for protesting the high cost [...] Full text...

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Tanzanians hope for new shift in democratic trends in post-Magufuli era

20 march 2021 - 19:01:43
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Tanzanian populace is hopeful the transition of political power from the late President [...] Full text...

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Ugandan military urged to end arbitrary detaintion of opposition leader, family

21 january 2021 - 10:31:13
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s [...] Full text...

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Opposition leaders harassed, arrested during Presidential nominations in Uganda

03 november 2020 - 21:51:14
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan Opposition has faced harassment on the second and last day of the submission of [...] Full text...

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Museveni continues walk as pop star challenger is foiled

07 january 2020 - 18:57:42
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has since Saturday been walking through some of the areas where he [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s President Museveni in 100 km walk to renew 'Bush War' memories

04 january 2020 - 17:46:56
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda for close to 34 years and now aged 75, on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Year-end Analysis: Uganda’s year blighted by conflict with Rwanda, US sanctions on army general

31 december 2019 - 12:39:37
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s ruler for close to 34 years, spent 2019 laying ground for a renewal [...] Full text...

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Museveni leads Ugandans in walk against corruption amidst cynicism

04 december 2019 - 13:18:31
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s president of 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, on Wednesday morning led out government officials and supporters [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni hails China’s role in Africa’s struggles

25 june 2019 - 21:23:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has hailed China for adopting a "win-win" approach in its relations [...] Full text...

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Former Uganda army commander launches political party

22 may 2019 - 16:18:48
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A former commander of Uganda’s army on Wednesday launched a political party, taking the national tally [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s opposition protests $4.7m passed for Museveni’s countrywide tour

22 may 2019 - 10:16:17
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Parliament of Uganda Tuesday evening approved $4.7 for long-serving president Yoweri Museveni to traverse the [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s biggest opposition party snubs political parties’ summit

15 may 2019 - 17:23:08
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s biggest opposition political party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has declared that it will not [...] Full text...

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Ugandans in renewed debate on electoral reforms

15 may 2019 - 14:12:36
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Parliament of Uganda will be presented with the government’s proposed amendments to the electoral law [...] Full text...

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Museveni in campaign mode two years before election in Uganda

11 may 2019 - 13:57:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president for 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, has spent the past week traversing the country in [...] Full text...

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Uganda government comes under fire over media freedoms

03 may 2019 - 13:44:31
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The government of Uganda on Friday came under fire over violations of media freedoms in statements [...] Full text...

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Ugandan popstar-politician out with song targeting police on third day of house arrest

24 april 2019 - 19:34:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan popstar-politician who has been under house arrest, has used his time at home to [...] Full text...

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Professor clocks five months in prison over calling Uganda’s Museveni ‘pair of buttocks’

23 april 2019 - 20:09:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The trial of a university professor who is accused of calling Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, ‘a [...] Full text...

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Ugandan popstar politician under house arrest for second day running

23 april 2019 - 16:50:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan popstar who is eyeing the presidency is under house arrest for the second consecutive [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s opposition leader silenced ahead of ruling on Museveni’s eligibility to extend presidency

18 april 2019 - 13:21:51
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's leading opposition politician, Dr Kizza Besigye, has been forced off a local radio station for [...] Full text...

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Church, elders and civil society push for dialogue in Uganda

16 april 2019 - 18:27:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Promoters of national dialogue in Uganda are locked up in a two-day conference to deliberate on [...] Full text...

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Police block Uganda’s opposition leader’s radio talk show, chaos engulfs town

13 april 2019 - 19:18:40
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda police, supported by the military, has invaded a radio station in the eastern town of [...] Full text...

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Uganda's opposition leader calls for enhanced citizenship rights to shore up democracy in Africa (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)

19 july 2018 - 06:57:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye's smile brightens up before the audience. "I am a prisoner, out [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Pall of uncertainty hangs on Uganda's political future

04 january 2017 - 08:22:47
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - There is a collective sense of uncertainty in Uganda about what happens at the end of [...] Full text...

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Uganda: African leaders to attend Museveni's 5th inauguration as Ugandan president

11 may 2016 - 14:59:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli was among the African Heads of State and Government who arrived in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria salutes Museveni over election victory

24 february 2016 - 07:41:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday saluted Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni on his [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UN concerned over opposition arrests, use of force since elections

24 february 2016 - 05:32:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations human rights office has expressed concern over the “tense” post-election situation in Uganda, [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Opposition leader urges Africa solidarity after ‘fraudulent’ polls

20 february 2016 - 16:36:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye on Saturday called for international solidarity with Uganda after the Electoral [...] Full text...

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Uganda: EU observes state intimidation, ballot stuffing in Uganda poll

20 february 2016 - 16:31:28
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has cited the Ugandan Electoral Commission for its lack of independence and [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Museveni wins poll, secures fifth term

20 february 2016 - 14:55:44
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his country's presidential elections for the fifth time with 5.6 [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Museveni on course for fifth term in Uganda’s presidential poll

19 february 2016 - 11:01:40
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Incumbent Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is on course to maintain his three-decade long stranglehold on power [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Uganda vote counting begins, opposition leader arrested

18 february 2016 - 18:31:20
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested Thursday shortly after leading his supporters to a location [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Voting underway in tense presidential poll in Uganda

18 february 2016 - 11:55:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan voters formed long queues at polling stations on Thursday to choose their next leader in [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Museveni faces tough challenge in bid to extend 30-year-rule

14 february 2016 - 09:17:09
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will face seven other candidates in an 18 February Presidential election contest, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body decries arbitrary arrests, excessive force ahead of Uganda polls

07 december 2015 - 10:18:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan police have arbitrarily arrested political opposition leaders and used excessive force to disperse peaceful political [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Pope Francis says Africa is 'land of hope'

28 november 2015 - 07:34:06
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Declaring Africa a “land of hope”, Pope Francis has urged Uganda to invest in its young [...] Full text...

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Ugandan police stop opposition leader from attending independence celebrations

09 october 2012 - 14:09:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Opposition leader Kizza Besigye was blocked from leaving his home Tuesday to attend Uganda’s 50th anniversary [...] Full text...

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Media rights body condemns attack against Ugandan journos

30 march 2012 - 09:49:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has criticized the Ugandan police for attacking three journalists Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader unable to return home

11 may 2011 - 12:12:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, was ejected from an Entebbe-bound Kenya Airways flight Wednesday, leading to [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader dismisses Museveni swearing in

10 may 2011 - 18:17:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye said Tuesday President Yoweri Museveni’s upcoming swearing in for a fourth [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader leaves Nairobi hospital

06 may 2011 - 19:10:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was discharged from hospital Friday after making a full recovery from [...] Full text...

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Museveni willing to compromise on Presidential term limits

02 may 2011 - 15:21:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is ready to cooperate with the members of the East African Community [...] Full text...

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Museveni defends military role in Ugandan politics

02 may 2011 - 15:18:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has defended the inclusion of Ugandan military officers in the country’s legislature, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan workers union shows support for Ugandan protestors

01 may 2011 - 15:26:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan workers body, the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU), has criticized the arrest of a [...] Full text...

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Kenyan newspapers turn spotlight to food protests

23 april 2011 - 17:10:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan government appeared under siege this week as parliament joined forces with newspapers to demand for [...] Full text...

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Museveni wins Uganda polls, extends rule to 30 years

20 february 2011 - 16:42:35
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Incumbent Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has succeeded in extending his rule from a quarter of a [...] Full text...

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Opposition leader Besigye alleges massive rigging

19 february 2011 - 18:40:46
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – For the third time since Friday's presidential election in Uganda, incumbent president Yoweri Museveni's main rival, [...] Full text...

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Uganda opposition calls for Tunisia, Egypt style protests

19 february 2011 - 15:33:01
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's opposition has started protesting even before the results of Friday's poll are announced, describing the [...] Full text...

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Uganda polls: Huge turnout, poor logistics

18 february 2011 - 13:17:43
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - What would have been the biggest turnout of voters at an election in the East African [...] Full text...

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Electoral officials' lateness delays voting as elections start in Uganda

18 february 2011 - 09:23:35
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Presidential and parliamentary elections started in Uganda Friday, amid complaints by voters that late-arriving polling officials [...] Full text...

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Uganda ends campaign for peace, as voting holds Friday (News feature)

15 february 2011 - 19:10:47
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandans go to the polls on Friday after two months of campaign for peace, with incumbent [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader warns protests against Museveni are ripe

04 february 2011 - 14:52:09
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Leading Ugandan opposition leader, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has likened the political situation in the landlocked East [...] Full text...

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Museveni faces 7 opponents in Uganda 2011 polls

28 october 2010 - 17:06:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Eight candidates will contest next year's presidential elections in Uganda, Chairman Electoral Commission (EC), Engineer Badru [...] Full text...

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Uganda's presidential candidates open campaign 28 Oct

26 october 2010 - 17:17:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Five Ugandan presidential candidates, including incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, are expected to officially hit the campaign [...] Full text...

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Uganda opposition leader Besigye wins treason trial petition

12 october 2010 - 21:04:00
Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda's Constitutional Court on Tuesday ended a fiveâ "year treason trial involving the countryâ?s opposition leader [...] Full text...

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Ugandan minister scoffs at opposition assassination claims

23 december 2009 - 17:11:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Ugandan government Wednesday denied allegations that it was plotting to assassinate an opposition presidential candidate, [...] Full text...

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Ugandan opposition leader accuses govt of assassination plot

22 december 2009 - 11:34:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Ugandan opposition leader, Dr Olara Otunnu, Tuesday ac cused President Yoweri Museveni's government of attempting [...] Full text...

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