A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical ...

M23 rebels take ‘instructions’ from Kigali, as Kampala ‘doubles’ army presence in DRC, says leaked report by UN experts.

The Military and Transition Politics in Uganda" has laid bare the deep and expanding influence of Uganda's military across ...

Through indirect rule, Britain governed Uganda by manipulating existing hierarchies. But they also planted a dangerous seed: ...

In the 1970s, Amin enlisted Black Ugandans to battle against racial minorities who were said to dominate the economy and ...

It was around 9 a.m. when Mwesigwa Masagazi heard what he thought were gunshots. He was at work on a January day this year, building a water drain in a village near his home. A few minutes later a ...

A newly released report has sounded alarm over Uganda's increasingly militarized political landscape, warning that the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) is tightening its grip on power and ...

Uganda's army chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has accused the United States of secretly negotiating with Somalia-based ...

KAMPALA: Uganda’s military chief claimed he had abducted the bodyguard of main opposition leader Bobi Wine and was torturing him “in his basement”, days after his party said he went missing.

Uganda is marking 62 years of independence, but democracy and constitutionalism is on a lifeline. Uganda’s parliament recently debated comments made by the head of the Uganda People’s Defence ...

A former commander of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group has been convicted of dozens of crimes against humanity in a key moment of justice for many in Uganda who suffered decades of its ...

What began as a ragtag bush-war protection detail for Yoweri Museveni in 1981 has now been transformed into one of the four recognised service branches of Uganda’s army. This transformation was ...