Colonial occupation and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into ...

Why have they become a popular tool of repression? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The military court martial of the Uganda ...

Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who is on trial on charges including treason, has been placed in solitary confinement, a leading official in his party told AFP Saturday.

These incidents are part of a troubling trend of eroding democratic principles and escalating repression in Kenya and East ...

This trajectory of carefully guided and guarded elections producing low uncertainty and extensive rewards culminated with the ...

The wife of Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has called the trial against him a "sham", as he faces a ...

Rights groups fear "mass atrocities" in Uganda as it prepares for an election next year, with a president seeking a seventh ...

While Kenyan authorities deny their involvement in renditioning Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, a blood-stained ...

Previously seen as a safe haven for foreigners, Kenya now is on the brink of becoming a top spot for professional abduction ...

Dr. Kizza Besigye, a longtime government critic and four-time presidential candidate, is facing new charges before the ...

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