KAMPALA—Ugandan lawmakers passed legislation on Thursday to ban any trade in human body parts, after a series of media reports about criminals using force and trickery to take people’s organs. The law will impose punishments up to life imprisonment and fines up to 2 billion Ugandan shillings ($520,000) and introduce regulations to strengthen controls on…
Gun Attack on Ugandan Ex-army Chief Kills Daughter, Driver: Military
KAMPALA—Gunmen opened fire at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination on Tuesday, wounding the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, the military and local media said. Four attackers on motorcycles sprayed bullets at a four-wheel-drive vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, in…
Int’l Court Sentences Ugandan to 25 Years for War Crimes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The International Criminal Court sentenced a Ugandan former child soldier who turned into a brutal rebel commander to 25 years’ imprisonment on May 6, with judges saying that his own abduction as a schoolboy and history as a child soldier prevented him from being sentenced to life. Dominic Ongwen was convicted in February of a…
Uganda’s Bobi Wine Calls for Peaceful Protests After Polls
KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is calling for peaceful protests in the aftermath of presidential elections, charging that electoral authorities are “grappling with forged results” that showed a victory for President Yoweri Museveni. Wine, a singer and lawmaker whose real name is Kyagulanyi Sentamu, spoke on Tuesday, the day after police warned in a…
Ugandan Opposition Say 3,000 of Their Supporters Seized Since November
KAMPALA—Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and his party said on Tuesday that around 3,000 of his supporters had been detained or abducted by state agents since November, when protests flared over his arrest during a presidential election campaign. The police said they were investigating all reports of disappearances. They have previously said they arrested nearly…
Uganda’s Bobi Wine Goes to Court to Dispute President’s Win
KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine on Monday launched a court case seeking to overturn the reelection of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 35 years. Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, had suggested he did not want to legitimize Museveni’s victory in last month’s polls by seeking justice with a…
Uganda Opposition Leader Wine Challenges Election Result
KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine on Feb. 1 filed a court challenge seeking to overturn the reelection of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 35 years. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, had suggested he didn’t want to legitimize Museveni’s victory in last month’s polls by seeking justice with…
Ugandan Court Orders Opposition Leader’s Freedom, Troops Still Block His Home
KAMPALA—A Ugandan court ordered security forces on Monday to free opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a presidential election has drawn international pressure on President Yoweri Museveni’s government. Hours later, his large compound in a leafy northern suburb of the capital Kampala remained blockaded. “The military and police are still…
Canada Calls for Ugandan Opposition to Be Set Free, No Plans to Cancel UN Mission
OTTAWA—The federal government says it is “deeply concerned” about the political situation in Uganda, but that it has no plans to stop deploying a Canadian military aircraft to the country to help UN peacekeeping missions. The African nation has been on edge following presidential elections last week, with longtime Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declared the…
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