Yoweri Museveni has been president longer than most Ugandans have been alive, and shows no sign of giving up his place among the world's longest-serving leaders after he won a seventh election on ...

President Museveni has been declared the winner of the January 15, 2026, elections, extending his rule beyond four decades. Mr Museveni, a former rebel leader who came to power in 1986 after a ...

On the surface, their win looks like a triumph. But look closer at the maths. With a 52.5 per cent voter turnout—the lowest ...

When Ugandans went to the polls on 15 January, the outcome was never in doubt. As voting began, mobile internet services ground to a halt, ensuring minimal scrutiny as President Yoweri Museveni ...

The 15 January elections in Uganda are almost a foregone conclusion, preceded, as has become customary, by a violent crackdown against the opposition. As the results begin to trickle in, what are the ...

It’s been decades since I read a book as compelling as Prof Mahmood Mamdani’s extraordinary tour de force on Uganda. For most ...