Mar 11, 2021 · Museveni’s security forces are among the most brutal and violent in the world. They have tortured legislators and killed opposition supporters, gunned down unarmed villagers, and sparked conflicts in neighboring countries. But Museveni has long been one of the Pentagon’s closest partners in sub-Saharan Africa.

Jul 11, 2023 · The briefing accuses nine top Ugandan officials of abuses, including President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country with an iron grip for almost four decades, and his son, Gen. Muhoozi...

Jul 29, 2020 · Ugandans have lived under Mr. Museveni’s tyranny for 34 years. We have had elections, but their legitimacy has been marred by rigging and the killing and torture of opposition supporters....

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni became President of the Republic of Uganda on January 29, 1986 after leading a successful five-year liberation struggle. He went to the bush with 26 other young men and organised the National Resistance Movement and National Resistance Army (NRM/NRA) to oppose the tyranny that previous regimes had unleashed upon the ...

Oct 5, 2023 · He believes Museveni acted against him because of his well-supported national tour and the promise by organisers that a million Ugandans would meet him on his return.

Feb 3, 2025 · The historic ruling by Uganda’s Supreme Court which declared that civilians cannot be tried in military courts was expected to benefit Dr. Kizza Besigye, one of President Yoweri Museveni’s fiercest political rivals, and other opposition figures.. Besigye and a friend were abducted from Nairobi, Kenya, last year and were being tried in a military court for treason and illegal possession of ...

For General Yoweri Museveni, the 79-year-old leader who assumed power in Uganda through the overthrow of Idi Amin, the desire to cling to power is as great – if not greater – than his ambition to first wield it many decades ago. ... With the advent of social media, for a while, the costs of tyranny, notes William Dobson in The Dictator’s ...

Sep 12, 2017 · “For decades, Western policy-makers have hailed Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni as a benign autocrat, a charming African Bismarck and trusted partner in the fight against Islamic fundamentalism. Another Fine Mess reveals a far darker side to this key African ally, while exposing the cynicism at the heart of American policy in Africa’s Great ...

4 days ago · President Museveni yesterday authored a missive that has rattled the legal fraternity, which claims that his views clash with the rule on sub-judice and are in contempt of two Constitutional ...

Mar 17, 2024 · When President Museveni captured power in 1986, he banned party activities and promoted individual merit and broad-based arrangement, which was politically amorphous.