Uganda’s parliament ignores rule of law
In defiance of a supreme court ruling, Uganda’s parliament under the National Resistance Movement’s President Yoweri Museveni has passed into law that civilians can be tried in military courts
ROBERT KYAGULANYI
Who will defend the defenders of social justice, human rights and democracy?
It is all of our responsibility to defend brave people such as Uganda’s Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, Agather Atuhaire, Bobi Wine and Kenya’s Kasmeul McOure
Uganda comms regulator orders social media shutdown ahead of vote
The vote will come after one of the bloodiest campaigns in years, as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni seeks a sixth term against popstar-turned-MP Bobi Wine
A playlist for pan-African integration
‘Music is the weapon of the future,’ said Fela Kuti. If so, Africa’s leaders need to arm themselves —and these are the songs they should start with
Uganda police arrest pop-star MP Bobi Wine, teargas supporters
Having already been detained a number of times, the singer who looks set to challenge President Museveni in the 2021 elections has been arrested
The best of the M&G’s Africa coverage in 2019
This is a selection of the best stories published in the newspaper’s Africa section this year, in no particular order
Bobi Wine, live in concert
This is the show that the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, does not want you to see
How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media
There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression
Uganda’s popstar MP Bobi Wine to contest 2021 presidential vote
Wine, 36, entered Parliament in 2017, and has emerged as a leading critic of President Museveni
Uganda: One year of social media tax
The introduction of a social media tax a year ago in Uganda caused an outcry from government critics and rights groups
Ugandan police detain Bobi Wine: sources
Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was scheduled to perform Monday but the much-anticipated show was cancelled by police
Uganda’s ruling party endorses Museveni for sixth-term run
Museveni, who seized power at the head of a rebel army in 1986, once said leaders who ‘overstayed’ were the root of Africa’s problems
Uganda presidential age limit challenged in court
A Bill removing the limit was signed into law in December 2017 after a chaotic passage through parliament that saw MPS engaging in fisticuffs
Uganda’s popstar MP ‘hiding’ from police after raid: lawyer
Kyagulanyi is among the most prominent critics of Uganda’s longtime President Yoweri Museveni
Bobi Wine: ‘The writing is on the wall in Uganda’
Ugandan MP and musician Robert Kyagulani, aka Bobi Wine, writes that a united Uganda is snubbing the regime’s divide-and-rule strategy
Africa is urbanising fast – and its leaders are struggling to adapt
Expanding cities will fundamentally change politics on the continent
Bobi Wine’s unlikely hero
Wine has been tortured —although President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed these reports as ‘fake news’ —and earned a treason charge for his troubles
Bobi Wine to return to Uganda on Monday
The opposition leader faces an uncertain reception at the airport
Arrest of Ugandan security forces demanded over alleged torture
Rebecca Kadaga, speaker of parliament, said those responsible for any maltreatment of the arrested individuals must be brought to justice
Bobi Wine gets bail
On Monday, judge Stephen Mubiru at the high court in the northern town of Gulu released Kyagulanyi and some of his co-accused on bail
Bobi Wine, Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’, upstages the real head of state
Musician-turned-MP Bobi Wine may be the most serious threat to President Yoweri Museveni’s continued stay in State House
Ugandan ‘Ghetto president’ treason charges reduced
Ugandan artist and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi’s charges have been reduced from treason to ‘illegal possession of arms’
