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Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye faces charges after reappearing in court following a mysterious disappearance in Nairobi. Besigye's legal troubles ...

Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been arrested multiple times, pepper-sprayed, faced spurious charges of rape and treason, and once fled the country in fear of his life.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son, who had earlier said he would run in the 2026 presidential election, announced on Saturday he would not stand and would back his father instead.

A packed Kampala audience holds its breath as four self-styled "singing fools" in choir uniforms bound onto the stage for their latest daring satire of Ugandan politics.

Bobi Wine was taken to hospital on Tuesday after he was hit in the leg with a tear-gas canister.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, a leading critic of authoritarian President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by police on Tuesday, a statement said.

Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine was shot in the leg and seriously injured by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital Kampala on Tuesday, his party said.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine shot in leg during confrontation with police near Kampala, highlighting political tensions in the country.

The ambiguous and often tumultuous relations between Uganda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have made headlines in recent months. In a July 2024 report, the UN Group of Experts on the DRC stated that Ugandan army and intelligence officials were providing active support to the M23 rebel group.