Yoweri Museveni (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni) was born on 15 August 1944. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni became President of the Republic of Uganda on January 29, 1986. Read Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Biography and Profile.Read More →
Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told journalists Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema because she is fearless, upright, and likely not to conceal corruption.Read More →
“Unfortunately, President Yoweri Museveni shows no signs of thinking about a transition,” Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy told a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week.Read More →
With the Bulgarian weapons, “South Sudan arranged for Uganda to issue end-user certificates (the essential paperwork for an international arms transfer) … to make it look like these weapons were for the use of the Ugandan armed forces when in fact they were always destined for South Sudan,” said Mike Lewis, the head of regional operations for Conflict Armament Research.Read More →
Uganda’s government on Monday accused the European Union Parliament of meddling in its internal affairs after the legislator passed a resolution deploring the alleged torture of opposition politicians in the East African country. “For EU parliament to pass a resolution asking the courts of Uganda to drop charges is inconceivable…we see this as a premeditated attempt to hijack and subvert our institutions,” government spokesman Ofwono Opondo told a news conference on Monday.Read More →
President Yoweri Museveni has long had police beat the defiance out of his opponents, but a 36-year-old slumboy singer Bobi Wine turned MP has energised and emboldened Uganda’s youth, worrying the government.Read More →