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  • After riots, looting, and arson during cost-of-living protests, over 1,800 people were arrested throughout France.
  • Authorities have detained a number of people in connection with a deadly stampede in Kolkata, in eastern India.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
  • Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
  • On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.

Tag: Ugandan Government

April 20, 2021

Uganda Army, Media Using Soccer to...

Relations between the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces and the media have been strained in recent months, after several journalists were beaten by army troops while trying to cover a demonstration

February 10, 2021

Families Press Ugandan Government on Missing...

There’s a growing outcry in Uganda from relatives of missing opposition supporters who were detained by security forces ahead of last month’s election. As Halima Athumani reports from Kampala, the government confirms 44 people have gone missing since November and that most are from the opposition National Unity Party

December 25, 2020

Uganda Opposition Leader Wearing Bulletproof Vest...

Bobi Wine says security forces are stopping him from campaigning, often with tear gas and rubber bullets. Ugandan police say they are enforcing COVID-19 guidelines

November 19, 2020

Uganda’s Presidential Hopefuls Kick Off Campaigns...

Campaigning is underway in Uganda for January’s elections but candidates are struggling to follow coronavirus guidelines.

March 12, 2020

Uganda Politics Poetry

Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending over a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time behind bars to write a book and is inspiring others to use poetry to express their political opinions. But as Halima Athumani reports from Kampala, Uganda’s public prosecutor plans to appeal her acquittal

December 5, 2019

Uganda’s Museveni Criticized for Leading March...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni led a march against corruption Wednesday, but critics were quick to dismiss the march as a publicity stunt. Uganda has one of the worst rankings in the world for corruption, with activists pointing fingers at the highest levels of government

August 3, 2019

Freedom of Expression in Uganda Takes...

Stella Nyanzi, formerly a research fellow at Makerere University’s Institute for Social Research, posted a birthday poem on Facebook for President Yoweri Museveni on 16 September 2018

May 2, 2019

Uganda Music Star and Opposition Legislator...

Ugandan music star and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, is free on bail following his arrest earlier this week. The popular singer was jailed for taking part in anti-government protests

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