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  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    World
    Museveni’s grip on Uganda: ‘he doesn’t believe in change’

    The longstanding president won a sixth term amid allegations of vote-rigging, corruption, and nepotism

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Ugandan opposition leader cries foul after Museveni landslide

    Singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine claims widespread fraud during presidential vote

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Person in the News
    Bobi Wine, a tenacious challenger set on power in Uganda

    During his campaign, Africa’s ‘ghetto president’ has been beaten and thrown in jail more times than he can recall

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Uganda’s election shows dangers of a captured state

    Africa’s people have not given up on democracy. Nor should others

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Uganda’s ‘ghetto president’ Wine battles for office in a bulletproof vest

    Democracy ‘on trial’ as pop star takes on longstanding leader Yoweri Museveni

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    David Pilling
    Democracy in Africa is in retreat

    But the clamour from the street for representation and justice is getting louder

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Uganda security forces shoot supporters of Bobi Wine

    Killings mark a sharp escalation in violence two months before elections are due to take place

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    David Pilling
    Is the coup making a comeback in Africa?

    Democracy is the norm across the continent, but soldiers are still seizing power

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    FT SeriesMeet the NextGen
    The 19-year-olds who will shape Africa’s future

    In a continent with a median age half that of Europe, tech is opening up new vistas for the young

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2019
    Uganda’s oil ambitions delayed as deals stall

    Oil majors will be pulling back from project preparations

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Tullow Oil PLC
    Tullow scraps $900m Ugandan stake sale to Total and Cnooc

    French and Chinese groups fail to resolve tax credits dispute

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
    Huawei Technologies
    Uganda confirms use of Huawei facial recognition

    Police deny surveillance technology is monitoring opposition politicians

  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    News in Focus podcast13 min listen
    Bobi Wine takes on Uganda's ageing dictator

    David Pilling takes us on a tour of the African ghetto he visited with Bobi Wine, th…

  • Monday, 15 July, 2019
    Bobi Wine to run for Uganda president in 2021

    Former rap singer will stand as independent against Yoweri Museveni 

  • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
    ESG investing
    Ebola escalation keeps ‘pandemic bonds’ in spotlight

    Instruments have been criticised for strict criteria on when affected nations receive payouts

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    Ebola
    Ebola outbreak in Congo causes first death in Uganda

    Confirmed cross-frontier cases mark significant escalation of epidemic

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
    African politics
    Botswana court decriminalises homosexuality

    Gay sex still criminalised in 30 of Africa’s 54 countries

  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    MTN Group Ltd
    Deportation of MTN unit head compounds African mobile group’s problems

    Company gives no explanation for Wim Vanhelleputte’s expulsion from Uganda

  • Thursday, 6 December, 2018
    Emerging markets
    Ex-HK official convicted in US on Africa bribery charges

    Guilty verdict shows US not deterred from taking sensitive Chinese cases to court

  • Friday, 19 October, 2018
    World3 min
    Musician turned politician aims to shake up Ugandan politics

    'Ghetto president' Bobi Wine has fanatical support among the urban youth

  • Friday, 19 October, 2018
    Reggae star Bobi Wine mobilises Uganda’s youth

    Musician turned politician poses challenge to Museveni after surviving serious assault

  • Sunday, 23 September, 2018
    World
    Bobi Wine’s return challenges Uganda’s regime

    Police ban rallies on security grounds after MP comes back from the US

  • Friday, 7 September, 2018
    Africa holidays
    A family road trip along the Nile in Uganda

    A drive along the upper reaches of the river takes in history, nature — and some serious rafting

  • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
    David Pilling
    Uganda’s Bobi Wine embodies the rise of African youth

    Popular Kampala singer challenges his country’s ageing leader in song and parliament

  • Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
    FT MagazineHannah Kuchler
    A social media tax, freedom of speech and Uganda

    Campaigners are concerned the tax is part of a strategy to prevent critical discourse

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